July w/o Air

[snorkelnut]

Have a great deal for end of July, BUT , no air in Coral Bay side villa. Need help quickly,is this a problem?

[John LMBZ06]

My wife and I tried that once, never again. We did not get a good night sleep and we felt like we were sweating when we got out of the shower getting ready to go out for the night.

I have been told that if you are on the very top of the mountain, it is cooler and you get a good breeze.

[islandchef]

We tried that once... i will NEVER try it again... that being said, the villa we stayed at was very low and I guess the breezes werent as good there as they can be up high... and hey... we still had FUN!

[ShelleyZ]

We've always gone in late July and August and never used air conditioning. This was a big concern on our first trip, but now we know what to expect. We always stay on the Coral Bay side of the island and high up. The breezes and ceiling fans worked for us. Of course, the houses where we stayed did not get the afternoon sun. I would talk frankly with the owner/management. Which house? Maybe I've stayed close by.

(P.S. We live in NYC. The heat in the summer on St. John is not nearly as oppressive as here, in my opinion.)

[Pia]

Never for me - air is on at night now in Coral Bay

Pia

[jimg20]

We have only stayed in one villa on STJ, but did not need the A/C. It depends on the design of the villa and it site.

There was one night we ran the bedroom A/C this year. That was due to the heavy rain and our inability to leave the window open. The humidity was about 130%.

JIM

[nowah1965]

We were there last July. We had A/C in the bedroom only. We slept well, but the rest of the time we were very uncomfortable. When you've been sweating on a beach all day it wasn't fun coming back to a hot and sticky villa. There was no relief. We'd shower and then wonder why we did because we were hot and sweaty again. That being said, it really comes down to your tolerance. For us, the next villa we stay in will have A/C throughout the entire house.

[Gromit]

If you are used to heat and high humidity and can handle just a fan....

BUT we realized that we just don't sleep as well unless we have AC in the bedroom no matter how high up we are. The only exception is if you are traveling in Winter and are up high enough it's much cooler but not in July.

We did an overnight at Ivan's Campground on Jost this trip (trip report soon come) and all we had was a fan. It was HOT and sticky and we honestly didn't sleep as comfortably. But that's just us.

My advice is to get AC in the bedrooms at least-- unless you think you can handle it. Even a good deal isn;t that great if you aren't going to be comfortable.