Our niece is considering SXM as a honeymoon destination. She was looking for an oceanfront property with a private pool and came across a property at the Sapphire. It says it is privately owned and just underwent a 300K renovation a couple of years ago. The pictures on VRBO look beautiful. We think she would love the Cupecoy area as much as we do but we had concerns about booking a place at the Sapphire in general as well as booking one a year in advance. Does anyone know if she would be affected by the general mess at the Sapphire (ie loss of services, security, etc...) and does anyone have any first hand knowledge of the private villas there. There aren't too many options for her in her price range that are oceanfront and have a private pool so we do not want to steer her away if this is really a nice place to stay. Any information would be appreciated.