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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Elle Boyd on Tuesday, July 11, 2000 - 10:45 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Just got back from Harbour Village. First of all, we got a great package deal and were psyched before we left!!

I highly, highly recommend Caribbean Bound travel agency if you are planning your trip to Bonaire. A nice woman on this board recommended me to them, and they were so wonderful. You should ask for Vicki (her direct e-mail is: caribound@go-jamaica.com). The phone number is. AWESOME!!! They specialize in the Caribbean, and particularly Bonaire, Jamaica, Aruba, the Caymans, and Turks and Caicos. Great diving packages as well.

Second, what can I say about Harbour Village? ABSOULTELY INCREDIBLE!! This is our third time to Bonaire, and we will definitely be splurging again next year and staying at H.V. (I guess I'll have to work some more overtime :) !!). Just so beautiful and the staff were so friendly and helpful. Great snorkeling and diving, and we loved just hanging out on the beach. The food was great, and we wound up eating at H.V. five times because we loved it so much. We got free wine with our meal, and also got a two-for-one special in our package.

We stayed in the Oceanview Jr. Suite - so worth every penny we spent. We loved just sitting on our patio at night sipping wine and staring at the ocean and the sunset.

Snorkeling and diving excellent as usual - went biking through Washington-Slagbaai for the first time - that was a ton of fun.

so, now I sit here very sad to be back at home, but have already started a new vacation fund for our next trip back to Bonaire and Harbour Village (hopefully in less than a year!!).

I highly recommend it to all. You can e-mail me with any questions!!

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Michelle M on Wednesday, July 19, 2000 - 11:41 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Wow! Great to hear what an amazing time you had!

I always love to hear from Bonaire fans! So many people don't know about this little treasure, and I hope it stays that way.

We recently returned from Cap't Dons - I will put together a longer trip report soon.

However, I can say that we just loved it there - good to see the little beach again, the pool looks much better, and there was no construction noise at all.

Finally found Maikey Snack! Very good!

We went to look around at some other properties too, but think we will return to Cap't Dons again next year - Harbour Village just isn't in our budget yet. Someday though!

I would highly recommend Cap't Dons and the Plaza, which we stayed at one year.

For the couple of people who e-mailed me: For honeymooners or special trips (ie. anniversary) I think you should really go with Plaza or Harbour Village - they have that romantic ambience that I don't think the others really have.

We would also recommend Caribbean Bound Travel and Vicki to anyone planning a trip to Bonaire - we were nervous about booking online (we got the recommendation from another travel site) but have had 3 great trips to the Caribbean, and also got the lowest prices.

Sometimes the Mom and Pop shops are a lot better than these faceless, large travel agencies, and have better deals too.

I think we should all support them when we can - they provide quality, caring service you can't get at many places.

I worked with Vicki and also a nice girl named Cathy who really knew their stuff. The E-mail for them again is: caribound@go-jamaica.com

I am hoping to make it back for the Regatta - anyone else on the board going then? Maybe we could meet up for a drink!

Ayo!

 


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