Lulu are you back? Hale Lani Review???
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 4:09 pm
Lulu are you back yet? What did you think of Hale Lani? I am dying to know.
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 4:53 pm
Me too,Flip! I am anxiously awaiting Lu's return and review!!!
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 5:17 pm
I think she comes back Saturday or Sunday ? I've been checking for her message in the sand but have not seen anything yet, unless I missed it.
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:16 pm
I talked with her on Monday, they were chillin at Trunk Bay. I know they/she was planning on heading to Jost on Friday and they come back Sunday.
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:32 pm
Sorry guess I jumped the gun. I'll try to be patient.
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 1:24 pm
Hi everyone. I'm back.
Ruth told me that you were all looking for me when I stopped by St. John Spice at one point during the week.
Every time I stopped by the web cam the tide was too high and would've erased my efforts so I didn't bother. My friend Tiffany and I did wave at it drunk one night, maybe Monday...
I'm trying to catch up here, but I will tell you that we all loved Hale Lani, and I did take pictures for you that I will post in my photobucket and link to at some point. Maybe a few days from now. I'm swamped this week!
Hale Lani is a great house in a great location. We spent the whole week marveling at how we managed to get it for $3000 for a week. We're already planning a trip for 2009 with our "Six for Red Hook" group, and some of us are trying to figure out if we can somehow manage to stay there next year, although that might be a smaller group.
It would probably be better for a families or a group of girlfriends than for four couples. The downstairs bedrooms both have outdoor entrances, but are connected by a door and share a bathroom. One room has a king-sized bed and the other is two twins. Upstairs are two large king bedrooms with their own bathrooms and stone outdoor showers. All the bathrooms have their own patio. The bedroom off to the left of the pool area had a nice little deck with a chair and table, but the girls said it was kind of grown up and hard to see anything from it. The views for the rest of the house (including the patio from the two bedrooms downstairs) were amazing. You could see nothing but ocean and the lights of St. Thomas.
The area up on Maria Bluff is pretty quiet, although when folks came to the two villas closest (one on the other side of the driveway and one right above on the hill) mid-week, we noticed their arrival. (Just more lights, voices, music, but for the most part our villa was very quiet.)
The landscaping for the yard was very nice, lots of flowers, rocks and a couple little man-made ponds. There was a living/dining area off the pool and there was a grill where we made many dinners. The pool is bigger than it looks in pictures. There was also an inside living/dining/kitchen area with a deck outside. There was a TV with all the cable channels and a VCR. The hallway had a laundry room and half-bath that was quite handy.
The kitchen was pretty much stocked with all the pots, pans, dishes, appliances we could ever need. All of the door walls pushed all the way into the exterior walls so the house was completely open during the day. We managed just fine with ceiling fans and tradewinds, even though it was hotter than a mother a few days. The mosquitos got bad, but we just kept citronella candles burning in the common areas and that helped, plus added ambience. All of the bedrooms had air conditioning, which worked pretty well.
I know you all had questions. Feel free to post them here and I'll answer them.
Ruth told me that you were all looking for me when I stopped by St. John Spice at one point during the week.
Every time I stopped by the web cam the tide was too high and would've erased my efforts so I didn't bother. My friend Tiffany and I did wave at it drunk one night, maybe Monday...
I'm trying to catch up here, but I will tell you that we all loved Hale Lani, and I did take pictures for you that I will post in my photobucket and link to at some point. Maybe a few days from now. I'm swamped this week!
Hale Lani is a great house in a great location. We spent the whole week marveling at how we managed to get it for $3000 for a week. We're already planning a trip for 2009 with our "Six for Red Hook" group, and some of us are trying to figure out if we can somehow manage to stay there next year, although that might be a smaller group.
It would probably be better for a families or a group of girlfriends than for four couples. The downstairs bedrooms both have outdoor entrances, but are connected by a door and share a bathroom. One room has a king-sized bed and the other is two twins. Upstairs are two large king bedrooms with their own bathrooms and stone outdoor showers. All the bathrooms have their own patio. The bedroom off to the left of the pool area had a nice little deck with a chair and table, but the girls said it was kind of grown up and hard to see anything from it. The views for the rest of the house (including the patio from the two bedrooms downstairs) were amazing. You could see nothing but ocean and the lights of St. Thomas.
The area up on Maria Bluff is pretty quiet, although when folks came to the two villas closest (one on the other side of the driveway and one right above on the hill) mid-week, we noticed their arrival. (Just more lights, voices, music, but for the most part our villa was very quiet.)
The landscaping for the yard was very nice, lots of flowers, rocks and a couple little man-made ponds. There was a living/dining area off the pool and there was a grill where we made many dinners. The pool is bigger than it looks in pictures. There was also an inside living/dining/kitchen area with a deck outside. There was a TV with all the cable channels and a VCR. The hallway had a laundry room and half-bath that was quite handy.
The kitchen was pretty much stocked with all the pots, pans, dishes, appliances we could ever need. All of the door walls pushed all the way into the exterior walls so the house was completely open during the day. We managed just fine with ceiling fans and tradewinds, even though it was hotter than a mother a few days. The mosquitos got bad, but we just kept citronella candles burning in the common areas and that helped, plus added ambience. All of the bedrooms had air conditioning, which worked pretty well.
I know you all had questions. Feel free to post them here and I'll answer them.
Hale Lani
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:30 pm
Hi LULU! Glad u had a good trip! Good to hear the great reviews about this villa new to the rental scene. Did u have enuf lounge space around the pool? it's hard to tell from pic's on web.??did the villa have screens in the living area???? I must say it looks beautiful on web! did u find the villa to live up to those pic's?? we have booked Miles Away for next spring & will make a point to view hale lani while there(hopefully)!! Looking forward to your pic's!!! Thanks... Rachelle & Joe know u must b having island withdralws !!! u have our sympathy!!!! 
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:49 pm
Yay LULU! Thank you so much for reporting back. I really appreciate it.
I can't wait!
Can you tell me is there a private space/deck off somewhere if we were to have nomadic spa come and set up for an afternoon massage. I know so decadent but its VACATION!
I can't wait!
Can you tell me is there a private space/deck off somewhere if we were to have nomadic spa come and set up for an afternoon massage. I know so decadent but its VACATION!
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:57 pm
The pictures on the web didn't even begin to describe this villa. It's much nicer than the web site even makes it look. Amazing.
You could probably use the private deck down where the two bedrooms are or maybe the one on the back of the house. I don't think we used that at all.
All of the doors had screens. In our room, we got enough breeze that we just opened all the windows and doors and ran the fans at night. Much better than AC.
You could probably use the private deck down where the two bedrooms are or maybe the one on the back of the house. I don't think we used that at all.
All of the doors had screens. In our room, we got enough breeze that we just opened all the windows and doors and ran the fans at night. Much better than AC.
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:58 pm
You have no idea how happy you have made me with your review! Are we there yet? repeat 100 times. I have become my 5 year old!
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:04 pm
Lulu- glad you had a great vaca. Looking forward to the trip report!
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:31 pm
Here is a link to some photos of the villa. The captions should explain the pics but feel free to ask.
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v619/ ... 521/Villa/
the password is fins07. Or at least it should be. Let me know if that doesn't work.
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v619/ ... 521/Villa/
the password is fins07. Or at least it should be. Let me know if that doesn't work.
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:43 pm
Lulu you are the best! The house looks awesome. I am so glad you had such a nice time & so glad we booked it!
pic's
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:54 pm
Hi LULU, Thanks for reply! I can't seem to get into your album?? I'll try later again..... Thanks for sharing!! Hey FlipFlop i see your next in line for hale lani!!!!!! How exciting!!!!!!!!! bet u love that review!!! Massage ha?? that's the life!! Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:04 pm
I tried to get in to see if I did something wrong, and it was a little tricky for me too, Joe. Just keep trying.
I want to rave and rave about this villa, but at the same time I'm worried that now y'all will book it and I won't be able to get a week for myself.
I want to rave and rave about this villa, but at the same time I'm worried that now y'all will book it and I won't be able to get a week for myself.