We spent 10 days on Antigua (3) and Barbuda (7) February 2017.
While in Antigua, we stayed in English Harbor at the Copper and Lumber Store Inn. The English Harbor area is wonderful. The Inn has a Friday night fish event that reminds me of the Leverick Bay Jumbie night.
We love Antigua, a lot of quiet anchorages. Even with the damage at Barbuda, the beaches will still be amazing. Charter companies used to lot let you go to Monserat. they will let you go to Nevis/St Kitts and Guadaloupe/Ile de saints. Horizon runs a great operation in Jolly Harbor, which has great restaurants and provisioning.
I agree on the Barbuda beaches. There was very little on Barbuda pre-storms so you won't be missing anything (provisioning, water etc), so to speak, due to the storm damage. If you stick to the beaches, you won't be in anyone's way. That was the best vacation we have taken as a family, by far, and it makes me so sad to see the damage.
