Your St Barts - guide to Saint Barthelemy

I will shortly write a few posts about this new trip to our villa. Today is a beautiful day, temperature is rising, the high seas are over, and I am in a better mood. But the rising euro and a wave of crimes a few recent isolated crimes have made our arrival to St Barts [...]

St Barts Villa Services :: Chef Bernard Javelle St. Barts island villa services get even better with Chef Bernard Javelle at your disposal.  One of the finest French chefs on the island, he acquired his skills by working in restaurants all around the world.  For the last 15 years, Bernard has graced us with his [...]

CMI – Claudine Mora Immobilier – is another of our fine St Barts villa rental agencies.  Claudine is a wonderful woman that can lead you to a fabulous villa, whether you’re looking for a small and quiet villa for two, or a larger villa for the whole family. Her featured property this month is for [...]

Here on St Barts Island, we have a number of different Villa Rental Agencies.  One is Caraibes Welcome Center.  Although I do not know much about them, they seem to have both car rentals and villa rentals.  It seems their approach is to take your request, and then match you up with a villa.  They [...]

Here on St Barts island, we have nex taxes to look forward to in 2008; Happy New Year to us! The island’s territorial council met on November 13th and voted 19-1 in favor of a new financial code, amidst 100 or so people that came to hear the discussion.  So, what happened? Well, new indirect [...]

You, my lucky readers, will be the first to preview my very first video posted on YouTube, about St Barts Villas.      Villa Maco Lodge is a rental property available through St Barth Properties and is described as "stunning."  And really, it is.  Just take a look at this photo of the living room [...]

St Barts villas are an amazing piece of real estate to own; just ask anyone that has one.  Once, one of the most destitute islands in the Carribean, a building boom by the Rockafellers jump-started both its growth and popularity.  It has now become the "St. Tropez of the Carribean." Before you go out and [...]

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 [...]

St Barts Villas :: Villa Iku When it comes to St Barts villas, there is one in particular that always stands out in my mind; Villa Iku.  Resembling what I believe to be a traditional Japanese-style house, it is intriguing in its looks with its black roof and brown walls.  Low in profile, this 3000 [...]

Our island may be tiny, but some of the St Barts villas are anything but small.  And then some of them are small, but their views more than make up for it. So, in the spirit of the holiday season, and knowing that many of you are dreaming of warm weather vacations, I wanted to [...]