Your St Barts -Villa Rental in St Barths, Saint Barthélémy

SIBARTH happens to be the biggest rental agency on the island.  With over 200 available rental properties on their roster, they easily have the largest inventory  of rentals available on the island. Additionally, their counterpart, SIBARTH Real Estate keeps a wonderful stock of properties for purchase as well.

With 30+ years of experience, the owners of SIBARTH, Brook and Roger Lacour, are quite famous around these parts.  Everyone on the island knows them and enjoys them tremendously. Wonderful people, they will make your stay on the island extra-special by setting you up with the finest, and most secluded, villas available.

Each year, SIBARTH makes sure that some 10,000 guests are accomodated and well taken care of.  Their on island services include a wonderful concierge service that will secure restaurant reservations, massages, provision deliveries, plane charters, car rentals, home help with chefs, babysitters, and anything else you can imagine.  Additionally, they have a 24-hour service, manned by a bilingual supervisor, just in case of an emergency. 

If you're looking for top-notch service on this island, call SIBARTH before you book a villa.  They will, literally, take care of everything!

St Barts Island :: Anne Dentel
Photo Credit ~ St Barth Weekly

In a new issue of St Barth Weekly, Anne Dentel, the new president of the Saint Barth Hotel Association, talks about a few things that might be of concern to our American tourists when they visit St Bart Island :: the value of the American dollar and the delays at St Martins airport.

Anne is a friend from the island, and I value her opinions very much.  Not only does she know every single villa on the island very, very well, she is the go-to person if you need to find a villa at the last minute.  So, when I saw her in the paper, I just had to share her thoughts with you!

First up, Anne tackled a subject that's on everyone's mind: the decline in the value of the American dollar.  According to Anne, the euro/dollar conversion rate is not going to affect the number of visitors to the island this year, but it may change the spending habits of visitors while they are on the island.  Herself and villa owners are more worried about next year and the low season as those reservations have not yet been made.  However, Anne is quite creative, and is investigating putting together some packages and deals to help bolster visitors and keep our little economy humming right along.  Stay tuned; if there are any deals to be had, I'll certainly pass them along!

Next, the delays at St Martin airport.  This has bothered me for quite some time.  Once you go through customs and leave the states, you go nowhere but St Martin.  Once in St Martin, it's not like you leave the airport before you hop on a plane to head here.  Yet, you must go through the same procedures over again; it really gets quite tiring.  What's worse, with these delays, many visitors that arrive to St. Martin after 4:00pm find that they are not able to catch a flight over to St Barts until the next day, or they are forced to take a boat over. As president of Saint Barth Hotel Association, Anne is working with other members of the association, and the president of the island council, Bruno Magras; their goal is to get this process working more efficiently so you can get here and start enjoying your vacation!!

Anne is a great resource for all things St Barts related.  She was an excellent choice to head up the Hotel Association, and I'm sure her work will be wonderful.  Remember, if you're ever in a pinch and need a villa at the last minute, she's the gal to call! 

St Barts Villas :: Domingue Villa

As you all know, I own a villa on St Barts; and I have to be honest, I love it when Americans rent it.  In fact, 90% of our visitors are Americans, while 5% are from Canada, and the rest are French.  Overall, Americans just show so much more respect for our house, much more than our French guests.  They're also really good about leaving us very detailed feedback about what they would like to see different in our house. All this feedback has led to some changes around here.

Because of the large number of American guests that we host, we have given a lot of thought as to what we can do to make the house more comfortable for our guests.  We decided, first and foremost, that we'd need to put a Starbucks in every room…….no, I'm just kidding.  But we know how you Americans love your Starbucks, so we did put  a Nespresso machine in the kitchen, so you may enjoy espresso, à la European.

St Barts Villas :: Villa Domingue ~ Fitness Room      

We've also installed air conditioning in every single room, heat in the pool and wi-fi on the top floor for those of you who can't vacation without your computer…..we'll be putting in a seperate wireless connection in the Summer of '08.  A gym with a television and DirecTV, straight from the East Coast.

But with all the renovations, we also removed the jacuzzi, for aesthetic reasons.  Although, according to the guest book, no one really seems to be missing it.

This is one of my favorite St Barts Villas on the entire island! The Indian Song is an impressive villa that boasts a foundation of several levels, made of stone and wood. Located at the entrance of the Domaine du Levant complex in Petit Cul de Sac, the surrounding neighborhood is gated, quiet and calm; a perfect retreat for anyone that is looking for a serene vacation.  Those who rent the villa are entitled to use the community tennis courts as well.

The interior is a beautiful blend of pastel and dark colored fabrics, carrying the theme of serenity right on through. Combine with the effects of the wood, tile and stone, the interior plays wonderfully with the light that comes through the large windows. Watch Direct TV & French Satellite in the media room or sneak into the office for some quiet reading time. Personally, my favorite part of this villa happens to be the gym.  Admittedly, I am not always first in line to work out, but once I get going I'm fine.  They gym in this villa makes it easy to want to be first up; surrounded by lush vegitation and views of the water, it makes it hard to feel like you're actually engaging in strenuous activity.

The Indian Song Villa is available to rent from two different agents on the island.  Wimco has their rates set up based on weeks of the year while St Barth Properties has their rates listed by number of bedrooms.  Either way, the rates are about the same; if you like what you see, inquire now as this villa tends to book quickly!