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Capella Marigot Bay
Resort in Saint Lucia.

Jade Mountain

Ladera

Sugar Beach, A Viceroy Resort

Often named the best resort in the
Caribbean, Jade Mountain in Saint Lucia
boasts James Beard award-winner chef
Allen Susser, stellar service, and 24 threewalled, hillside Sanctuaries with private
infinity pools and immense living spaces.
Even the lowest category, the five Jacuzzi
Sky suites, measure 1,650 sq. ft. Jade
Mountain's all-inclusive Total Romance
package is akin to the one at sister resort
Anse Chastanet. A week in a Sky suite
costs $16,356, or $14,148 with an Early
Bird seventh night free. A $21,144 Star
Suite with an infinity pool costs $18,252
with the Early Bird. Jade Mountain pays
commission on it all, too.

This was the first luxury boutique resort
in Saint Lucia, and maybe anywhere,
in which every room and suite had a
completely open fourth wall. Its sexy,
breezy cliffside dwellings feature handcrafted furnishings, art, plunge pools, and,
despite the missing wall, extreme privacy.
All views from rooms, the resort pool,
and Dasheene restaurant funnel between
the two Pitons, because Ladera is in the
UNESCO site.
A Hilltop Dream Suite costs $7,105 per
week (commissionable), $8,526 with tax.
The all-inclusive meal plan is $280 per
couple per day, or $2,352 per week with
tax, so the total is $10,878.

What, another luxury resort in Saint Lucia
with an all-inclusive option? Yes, and at a
resort near the Pitons with a white-sand
beach and excellent snorkeling. The spa
features "rustic" treehouse treatment rooms,
guestrooms sport soothing white furnishings,
and the Great House restaurant mixes local
flavors with colonial elegance. A Luxury
Sugar Mill Room costs $5,443 plus $1,089
taxes and fees, for $6,533. The optional AI
package costs another $4,200 (no additional
taxes or fees), so the total is $10,733.
The resort pays commissions on $9,643-
everything but the taxes and fees. ■

Villas
Lodgings with kitchens, especially popular with families, generally feature the
option to purchase full provisioning and book a chef, if needed. In Jamaica, for
example, most of Villas of Distinction (villasofdistinction.com) properties are
already staffed, so you'd just add about $50-$65 per day per adult (half that
for children) for groceries, and the villa itself-one suited for a family of four-
might cost approximately $8,000 (the commisionable part). Or consider booking
through a resort: At the Four Seasons Nevis (fourseasons.com/nevis) an allinclusive for a family of four in a 2-bedroom villa with meals and a chef would
start at $3,680 per night, or $25,760 per week plus tips. The commissionable
(villa) part of that tab is $10,465 a week.
32 october 2017

- None of these hotels and islands sustained
damage from Hurricanes Irma or Maria. For
information on those islands that did receive
impact from Hurricanes Irma and Maria, please
visit recommend.com.
Contact Information

Anse Chastanet: ansechastanet.com
Cap Maison: capmaison.com
Capella Marigot Bay Resort & Marina:
capellahotels.com/saintlucia
Carlisle Bay: carlisle-bay.com

Casa de Campo Resort & Villas: casadecampo.com.do
Eden Roc at Cap Cana: edenroccapcana.com
Jade Mountain: jademountain.com
Ladera: ladera.com
Sugar Beach, a Viceroy Resort:
viceroyhotelsandresorts.com/en/sugarbeach
recommend.com

http://www.recommend.com http://www.villasofdistinction.com http://www.ansechastanet.com http://www.capmaison.com http://www.capellahotels.com/saintlucia http://www.carlisle-bay.com http://casadecampo.com.do http://www.fourseasons.com/nevis http://www.edenroccapcana.com http://www.jademountain.com http://www.ladera.com http://www.viceroyhotelsandresorts.com/en/sugarbeach http://www.recommend.com

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