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Pondering an AirBnB
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07/14/2022 03:52 PM
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This year Beach Side Villas is fully booked for the two weeks that I want to be there. Y'all need to shut up about it! lol Anyway, a place at Rainbow Beach Club looks pretty nice. Two bedroom. Top floor, gorgeous kitchen (yes, I cook), laundry ...walking to Jordan Village. There was another choice at LaSiesta on the beach in Simpson Bay, but we can get a lot of rum punches and dinners out for the price difference. So I decided I could give up being directly ON the beach. We usually travel to Orient or Mullet anyway. Or spend the day at El Zafiro. And Rainbow has a pool, and if the beach is "in," a walk down the spiral staircase. My concern is the cancellation policy. It seems HARSH. Only 50% refund for canceling? Does trip insurance cover an AirBnB? Has anyone had experience staying at RBC in Cupecoy? Thanks in advance!
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Re: Pondering an AirBnB
[Re: BeachKitten]
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07/14/2022 04:36 PM
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Leona--MOST places do not have such a harsh cancellation penalty. PERSONALLY, I would not accept that. Trip cancellation insurance pays, regardless of the type of accommodation, but doesn't cover if you just decide not to go, unless you buy "cancel for any reason" coverage, which is very expensive. You have to cancel for a covered reason, which generally is your health, or a family member, etc., but they are VERY strict about those things, so you might need to cancel, thinking it is covered, when it turns out it is not.
Rainbow is a pretty big complex. I think actually most units there are fairly similar. Why don't you look for another unit there which doesn't have that cancellation policy? Or at the Cliff? The Cliff would probably be more expensive though.
I presume that you know that Bill and Elaine live at Rainbow. I've visited their unit, which is very nice.
Best wishes in your search!
Carol Hill
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Re: Pondering an AirBnB
[Re: BeachKitten]
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07/14/2022 07:15 PM
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Not sure exactly what you want but our favorite place is The Belair Beach hotel.
On the beach, a very private beach with virtually no access points but from Divi. Fabulous swimming. Every unit is oceanfront and two bedroom with a small but very usable kitchen. The resort has been nicely renovated since Irma. It has a wonder little store and a decent restaurant and a FABULOUS staff. It's close to Phillipsburg and grocery stores. Plenty of secure parking. Designated beach chairs for your entire time there. Additional restaurants available at Divi which is exactly adjacent. And NO jet fuel fumes!
It literally has everything WE need.
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Re: Pondering an AirBnB
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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07/14/2022 10:01 PM
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Exactly Carol. We even go so far as to filter for the best cancellation policy. Some are ridiculous like losing 50% of the booking cost if you cancel after just 48 hours after you book!! When you book 6 months + in advance that is unreasonable. It's their place I guess so they make the rules but we don't even bother with those places regardless of how cheap or swanky or marketed as the best thing since sliced bread they are. We also look on both Airbnb and Vrbo too.
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Re: Pondering an AirBnB
[Re: BeachKitten]
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07/15/2022 06:36 AM
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Have you looked into Mary's Boone??? We stayed many times before we discovered BSV through, thanks to TTOL!! Mark and Carla Cleveland do a nice job of owner/operating this lil gem!! http://www.marysboon.com/
Sand Gravity, got to love it!
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Re: Pondering an AirBnB
[Re: BeachKitten]
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07/15/2022 08:56 AM
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At the Belair you get with Beach Attendant on your first day, select chairs and the attendant puts a piece of tape with your room number and those chairs are now yours for the duration of your stay. We almost always find available chairs near our room so it can be a short walk. Our last stay it was 28 foot steps from our front porch to our chairs.
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Re: Pondering an AirBnB
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07/15/2022 09:00 AM
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dolfer--I really LIKE the planes at BSV! I don't smell any jet fumes either. But, everyone has different wants and needs.
Carol Hill
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Re: Pondering an AirBnB
[Re: BeachKitten]
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07/15/2022 09:47 AM
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I would not mind being near the airport but my wife has an ultra-sensitive nose. For example, I was experimenting with a new tequila-based cocktail the other night. She walks in the door from work and two rooms away, before she has seen me or the cocktail, and she says "Oh, hitting the tequila already?"
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Re: Pondering an AirBnB
[Re: BeachKitten]
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07/15/2022 10:27 AM
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Too bad re your wife's scent sensitivity because BSV is really an awesome place to stay. No issues with beach loungers as each unit is equipped with two on the sun porch and I think two more - possibly even four - in the sand for their personal use.
In all the times we've stayed there we've never had an issue with fuel odors except for one time when DH was sitting on the observation deck for almost an hour watching the big boys come and go, and even then, it was minimal. But we've never been bothered either in the BSV unit or on the beach there.
I never thought we'd find island accommodations we'd love as much as we did our specific unit at the Towers, but a couple of years before we lost it we discovered BSV so while losing our Towers time was sad, we decided we are possibly even happier at BSV. Never thought I'd say that.
Respectfully,
pat
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Re: Pondering an AirBnB
[Re: GeorgeC1]
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07/15/2022 12:19 PM
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George--a lot of private owners do not accept credit cards. Agreed that is more protection, but not always possible. The last VRBO place we stayed at did not accept credit cards, but I knew someone who regularly stayed there, so felt fine sending a check. I was able to talk directly to the owner on the phone also, so that gave me a higher level of confidence.
The explanation that I have heard, from more than one person, as to why many private owners do not accept credit cards, is basically a scam in reverse, by renters. People pay with a credit card, and then MAKE UP something that the place was uninhabitable and dispute the charge, and the owners get screwed out of a rental. I THINK that VRBO has some kind of protection for their rental clients now? Not sure.
Carol Hill
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Re: Pondering an AirBnB
[Re: BeachKitten]
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07/15/2022 02:25 PM
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My concern is the cancellation policy. It seems HARSH. Only 50% refund for canceling? always a concern for us, so wherever we may be travelling, we don't even consider places that have what we consider strict cancellation policies....we often use AirBnB, VRBO, Booking.com, and will sometimes choose to pay a premium rate for cancellation flexibility, vs. a prepaid discounted rate with "no cancellations"...especially when making reservations well in advance
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Re: Pondering an AirBnB
[Re: SXMFOX]
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07/16/2022 09:10 AM
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Yes, I do wonder whether it would be kind of spooky to be inside that building after night. I wonder if they have security?
Carol Hill
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Re: Pondering an AirBnB
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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07/16/2022 10:33 PM
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Yeah, I saw that too. There is one bedroom on the first floor of the unit though. True but the Master Br is pretty nice. I wouldn’t want to pay the 1 bedroom rate and get the downstairs one.
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Re: Pondering an AirBnB
[Re: TravelHat]
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07/17/2022 08:10 AM
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No idea on that, but I 'assume' that if you get one bedroom, they lock off whichever bedroom you don't want.
Carol Hill
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Re: Pondering an AirBnB
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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07/18/2022 09:54 AM
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Hey Leona, look at this. Looks pretty nice!! LinkYeah, I saw that, Carol. But the Blue Mall and it's "isolation" wouldn't be my first choice...lol. And if the power goes out, you're screwed if you are in the elevator. I had a friend that lived on top pre-Irma. The pool was on the top floor as well. I notice no pool in these pics. Must be gone gone...ha ha. What I saw happen to her unit was criminal. Once a window went, Irma just blew through. She lost everything, including some pets.
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Re: Pondering an AirBnB
[Re: Colour1]
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07/18/2022 11:07 AM
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Have you looked into Mary's Boone??? We stayed many times before we discovered BSV through, thanks to TTOL!! Mark and Carla Cleveland do a nice job of owner/operating this lil gem!! http://www.marysboon.com/We love Mary's Boon too. We have stayed at all of them but is our favorite place out of all the others on Simpson Bay. Problem is they book up fast but do keep checking back. Great caring staff, excellent food and nice beach bar,,,, The property has become more and more gorgeous over the years.
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