We first visited in May 1988. Laraine's sister and her husband had bought a timeshare at the Flamingo the year before and could not use it in 1988, so they offered it to us. Our chosen flights had us on the island a few days early so we stayed a few days at La Belle Creole (owned by Hilton at the time) in the lowlands. We went back every 6 months for a number of years and stayed at La Belle Creole most of the time.

La Belle Creole was an amazing property (some pics attached, we took most but a couple are from post cards). On one trip the hotel had a screw up and was overbooked. Ian, the manager put us up for free at Mount Vernon for the whole stay. On our next trip we were greeted with flower and gifts when we arrived at La Belle Creole. Of course the hotel was heavily damage by hurricane Luis in 1995 and never reopend. We have not been able to bring ourselves to tour the ruins.

We also owned 2 summer weeks at the Pelican which we greatly enjoyed for about 15 years. We ended up turning them in when the AMF's went too high. We've been doing AirBnB, VRBO etc since then but are doing BSV in the fall (thanks for the tip you all).