Wonderful!

We tried to do our homework before we picked your place Susan, but the truth is you never really have enough information. I say this in a positive way.I found that Saphire beach is everything we hoped for and more. I feel Saphire is the most beautiful beach on St. Thomas with all the different colors that blend together in the ocean and with St. John and other islands in the backround. There is a place for swimming and a place for snorkeling. The fish were beautiful. The fact that there were plenty of shade trees on the beach if you needed it and a dive shop on the beach with free snorkel rental equipment was great too. When our family decided that we would maybe just like to go for a swim, the multi level pool was beautiful with the ocean within a stone throw away. I say this because for the week we were there we could not get enough of the view.

The things I feel sets your condo apart from all the others are multiple. You have a beach level condo which meant was all we had to do was walk fifty out the door and we were in the water. We would also sit in your lounge chairs at night watching the sun go down and the lights appear on St. John. We also found it enjoyable to watch the sailboats and regular boats come in and out of the marina next door. The other thing we really liked was since you are located on the part of the beach that is not only the closest to the water but primarily a snorkeling beach the vacationers choose to spend their time in front of the other condos where there was more of an area of swimming and snorkeling which made us feel like we had our own private beach.

Clean is number one with us for any place we want to consider and I agree with the other vacationers that you get an A+ for clean.

Other things worth mentioning are a variety of reasonably priced restaurants are within walking distance as well a the ferry, taxi, and car rental. I will definitely be recommending your place and hope to return myself someday. We also took a dinner sail with horizon one night. We walked 150 feet out the door and we were ready to sail. I would recommend it to anyone.

Hi, I'm 'Rich's wife, Theresa and I couldn't have said it better myself. I'll just add that your contact man Sam was great at getting back to us promptly whenever we had any questions; he was both courteous and helpful. Your place was the gem of the Carribean!!!!

I'll make one closing comments. You have no idea what if is to get praise like this from my wife. THANK YOU.

We can say enthusiastically that staying in E-107 was every bit the dream destination we hoped for! The condo is clean, luxurious, and cozy, and there simply is nothing like opening the sliders and walking right out onto the beach. The view of St. John and the BVIs is just breathtaking, and the patio is the perfect spot to soak in the sun. And more than we enjoyed the condo, we were so grateful to Susan for all her help in planning our trip, providing tips and information, and other essentials as needed. We simply could not have had a better experience than that provided by Susan and her condo at E-107. Thanks so much for a great vacation!

Thank you, Susan, for all your help and suggestions with our trip to St. Thomas. We have enough memories to last us MORE than a lifetime.
Here is our story.

My husband and I wanted to plan a trip with our two teenagers as one last big hurrah before my 19-year-old son left for the Marines bootcamp in a month. We wanted to have a big family vacation before he left!

After quite a bit of research we decided on St. Thomas, the biggest reason was that we didn't need passports! I browsed the internet for months before deciding on St. Thomas. We had never been out of the continental U.S. and were excited to see somewhere different!

I used the internet for everything from our hotel to a rental car to things to do! It worked out great for us! I used Vacation Rentals By Owner, which is a website. We actually rented a condo from an individual owner. We made contact directly with the owner, Susan.

We stayed at Sapphire Beach & Resort, E-107. Some of the reviews said the resort was run down. We did not feel it was run down. The best part about it was how quiet it was, peaceful. Not a real tourist trap. There were people there to associate with, but when you wanted to be alone, there was a quiet spot on the beach if you wanted it!

We stayed in E-107. Susan was great to work with. She answered every single one of the e-mails I sent her promptly -- and I sent a lot of
e-mails.

In E-107, we walked out our sliding glass doors and walked about 30 feet and we were in the ocean. The area by our condo was a little rocky, we needed water shoes, but it was great for snorkeling. The beach on the other side of the pool was the beach we called, "the swimming beach". It had a lot less rocks and was also great for snorkeling. We saw sea turtles, a stingray, squid and so many different kinds of fish. I couldn't believe the whole world that was beneath us right after you put your mask in the water. Beautiful is all I can say!

We had a kitchen in our room so we spent about $100 grocery shopping when we got there, plus we brought some food in our luggage, which was a suggestion from Susan, the condo owner, and then we ate out one meal a day, usually dinner, and except for the steak dinner one night, never spent more than $70 for a meal for the four of us.

St. Thomas is such a beautiful place! I was a little worried planning the whole trip on the internet on my own, but my whole family thought it was a great vacation. There was a little bit of something for everyone!

Sue,

I want to express our great appreciation for the effort you made to make our recent celebration a great success.

Your unit is beautifully decorated and updated and was ideal for the totally stress-free getaway we wanted at what has become our idea of paradise.

Your assistance in accomodating the others in our travel party, helping us arrange the day sail and making us feel welcome and at home was beyond our expectations.

You and your management staff were also unbelievably prompt in responding to and resolving a problem that came up.

I'm afraid we're going to have to arrange return stays with you. As Arnold said, "We'll be back."

Thank you for a wonderful stay in St. Thomas! As a first-time user of VRBO, we appreciated the way Susan made us feel comfortable about our decision to rent directly from the owner. She communicated the process clearly, responded quickly to emails, and provided lots of information to help us make the most of our time in St. Thomas.

When we arrived at Sapphire Beach, the condo fulfilled all our expectations and we loved it! The location and view were awesome. We especially enjoyed the view of St. John from the patio and beach after dark. We were also fortunate to be there during an almost full moon...very special. Anything we wanted seemed to be in the condo--from the comfortable king bed, super kitchen, and plasma TV to a bottle of after-sun lotion, beach towels,and small cooler for outings at the beach.

We were only sorry we couldn't stay longer and will definitely be talking with Susan again when we plan our next trip to the Caribbean. We would love another stay at their beautiful vacation home.

We had been planning our trip to St. Thomas for over a year, for our daughter's wedding at Magen' s Bay (which was amazing). We are not travelers, and contacting Sue for our stay in E107 on Sapphire Beach was the best thing we could have done! Sue send us information about the island, answered all my questions via email so I would feel comfortable. Thanks! My husband and I, along with 2 of our children, age 12 and 17 had the perfect vacation! The condo is located on the quiet side of the resort (which we loved) and the view was breathtaking, not to mention steps from the water, beach is beautiful.
The condo was clean, comfortable, everything we needed was there for us to use. The kitchen is updated and completely stocked with everything you need to cook and the flat screen TV was enjoyed by all. The king size bed was very comfortable. Nice to have our own private beach lounge chairs to use. As soon as we walked in the condo we felt at home!
We went to Plaza Xtra (the locals go there, you can buy bulk items, everyone was very nice) and stocked up on breakfast and lunch items. Each morning my husband would cook breakfast, and we would eat out on our patio.. so relaxing!
One night we carried out pizza from Pizza Amorie (real New York style, yum) and ate on the patio by candlelight, with the island breeze. The town of Red Hook is only a mile down the road. We had dinner at Molly Malones.. burgers and fries, and not overly priced, it was a relaxing and fun place, excellent!
We rented a car (once you get used to driving on the left, you will be glad you did) On Sunday, we took the car ferry over to St. John's (Budget allows you to take the car ferry) and we drove around the island, and snokeled at Trunk Bay (a must!, ps, we had great snokeling right at Sapphire Beach), we also visited Cinnamon Bay, beautiful! It was nice to pack the coolers that were in the closet at the condo, with sandwiches and drinks for our St. John's adventures.
This was a true vacation, we want to go back to the islands and we will be contacting Sue and Mark because this condo was perfect! It was everything we had hoped for and more! Thank you for everything!

Sapphire beach is in my opinion the best location in St Thomas to experience a true beach vacation. Wake up to beautiful views of St John, while experiencing all the amenities of home.
The condo was stocked with all the necessities we needed, right down to coffee filters and citronella candles on the patio. Check in was prompt, the condo was clean and the bed comfortable. We loved our stay and will definitely return. Enjoyed the use of the beach floats, included in the rental -Thanks Sue!
Location - Sapphire is on the east in of the island so I would recommend a car rental if you're okay with driving on the left. It's also convenient to Red Hook ( less than 5 min away) where lots of new restaurants and bars have popped up recently.

This unit at Saffire Beach is on the far east end of a gorgeous, tranquil beach and the patio of this unit is literally footsteps from the beach. The foot traffic on this end of the resort is very light--an added bonus!! This unit was outfitted with all of the necessities needed to cook great meals when not venturing into Red Hook which cannot more than a mile away from the resort. Red Hook is also where you catch the passenger and vehicle ferries to St. John. We rented directly from the owner and she made our stay extra special by providing some sand toys, books and games for our little one which we have left behind for future guests to enjoy. If our travel takes us back to St. Thomas we would definitely rent this unit again.