I came to St. Thomas for a long weekend with a girlfriend. We booked at this particular hotel because the price was right, the pictures on the website were nice, and the lady who took our reservation over the phone was extremely helpful. We were not disappointed. The staff was friendly and helped us with our bags (lots of steps!) and the place is actually quite cute. Our room was clean and comfortable and the property appeared to be well cared for.
We had absolutely picture perfect views of the surrounding hillside and harbor. The free breakfast every morning was great. It was a typical one egg breakfast (egg, bacon, toast, OJ, coffee or tea), but I'm not the biggest egg and toast person so by the third morning, I asked if they had anything else and the breakfast lady offered to make me french toast. The french toast was to die for delicious by the way. Anyway, we were told by some locals on main street be careful in the area, but honestly we live in the city, so we have pretty good street smarts and we never felt unsafe no matter what time of day or night.
All in all, we thoroughly enjoyed our time on St. Thomas and we would definitely stay at this place again. Oh and I should add that I travel quite a bit (try to get off somewhere at least once a quarter) and my last name isn't Rockefeller so I hardly ever stay at larger resorts unless I can find a steal of a deal. I prefer to spend my money where it counts- dinners, drinks, excursions and SHOPPING. I figure I'm only in the hotel long enough to change clothes between outings and sleep so why spend the bulk of my money there?
A tip- Book less expensive accommodations and spend your days at the resorts. That's what I do every time. That way you get to use the resort amenities (beach, pool, restaurants, etc., without paying the hefty resort prices. On St. Thomas we spent one day lounging at the Marriott and the next day over at Sugar Bay, then we spent a day in St. John and our last day shopping in town. That reminds me, the hotel is located right down town so we ended up saving a ton (A TON!) of money on cab fare. We were able to walk to most places of interest and catch the $1 taxis to others :)
