Hey. I recognize this place. We were just there in August. My wife took a bunch of pictures in hope of convincing a couple friends to get together and buy the place. Right!!! I'll try to post a few below. BTW, the trail was moved about 50 yards back from the house after the park realized it was on p...

We stayed at Caneel Trailside Cottage earlier this month, and we met the owner of the neighboring Villa Tamarindo (and got a tour of the villa). Both villas are very nice (nearly identical), but we all agreed that we were glad to be staying at Caneel Trailside Cottage. Caneel Trailside Cottage was b...

We are packing down our FeatherCraft sea kayak next month. Does anyone have recommendations about favorite sea kayak trips around the islands?

I cannot imagine anything less reassuring than a management company telling us one thing, and having a written, published policy on their website that states something completely different. I don’t think that I will be renting from Viva! Villas any time soon. I must presume that the Viva! agent you ...

flip-flop... if you follow the link in my previous post above to the Viva! villas' policy page you will see that they charge the non-refundable $35 damage insurance fee PLUS they collect up to a $1000 refundable damage deposit for some houses. For some houses they only collect the $35 insurance char...

I just did some research after realizing that we too paid 50% of the total booking (rent+tax+deposit) at the time of making the reservation and our balance was due 60 days before our arrival. Here is some interesting reading and some links that will take you straight to the source: "...I just n...

We are booked at the same villa for a week this August, arriving late and expecting to be exhausted. We too plan to walk down to Courtesy for our rental car the next morning. So we asked if we could stop and get groceries on the drive from the ferry to the villa on the night we arrive. Joe, the owne...