barbados hotels
Jul 16th 2007, 1:25 pm
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barbados hotels
Hi All,
Does anyone have any recommendations for hotels on the island of
Barbados? There are so many to choose from, so if you experienced
Barbados visitors could whittle down our choices, that would be very
helpful. I found a great price on the Barbados Hilton at hotels.com
but we're not sure we want to stay at such a big, chain, resort-type
place....unless it's really great (looks very nice from the website).
Not interested in AI, and would like beachfront. I have no idea about
which area we want to be in. The only activity planned is a visit to
Orchid World, but that's not on the beach, so not interested in
staying near there. A place within walking distance of a nice
assortment of restaurants would be good. We'd like to spend under $200
per night, if at all possible. Locally owned is fine.
Thanks.
Lee
Does anyone have any recommendations for hotels on the island of
Barbados? There are so many to choose from, so if you experienced
Barbados visitors could whittle down our choices, that would be very
helpful. I found a great price on the Barbados Hilton at hotels.com
but we're not sure we want to stay at such a big, chain, resort-type
place....unless it's really great (looks very nice from the website).
Not interested in AI, and would like beachfront. I have no idea about
which area we want to be in. The only activity planned is a visit to
Orchid World, but that's not on the beach, so not interested in
staying near there. A place within walking distance of a nice
assortment of restaurants would be good. We'd like to spend under $200
per night, if at all possible. Locally owned is fine.
Thanks.
Lee
Jul 16th 2007, 10:44 pm
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Re: barbados hotels
In article <[email protected]. com>,
[email protected] writes
>Hi All,
>
>Does anyone have any recommendations for hotels on the island of
>Barbados? There are so many to choose from, so if you experienced
>Barbados visitors could whittle down our choices, that would be very
>helpful. I found a great price on the Barbados Hilton at hotels.com
>but we're not sure we want to stay at such a big, chain, resort-type
>place....unless it's really great (looks very nice from the website).
>Not interested in AI, and would like beachfront. I have no idea about
>which area we want to be in. The only activity planned is a visit to
>Orchid World, but that's not on the beach, so not interested in
>staying near there. A place within walking distance of a nice
>assortment of restaurants would be good. We'd like to spend under $200
>per night, if at all possible. Locally owned is fine.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Lee
>
Hi .... rates in Barbados vary hugely by season so when do you intend
travelling? The period 19 Dec - 15 April is usually over twice the rate
right now.
You chose well to avoid the BGI Hilton. It is not typical of Barbados.
I suspect you may be well suited by one of the really comfortable places
on the South Coast. The local owners will be pleased to hear of your
last remark :-))
There are many Barbados specialists who help in this ng .... you should
get some useful feedback ... especially from Leif if he still signs on.
Enjoy the island .... I'm going there again on Wednesday.
Tom W.
--
Tom Withycombe
Dorset/UK
[email protected] writes
>Hi All,
>
>Does anyone have any recommendations for hotels on the island of
>Barbados? There are so many to choose from, so if you experienced
>Barbados visitors could whittle down our choices, that would be very
>helpful. I found a great price on the Barbados Hilton at hotels.com
>but we're not sure we want to stay at such a big, chain, resort-type
>place....unless it's really great (looks very nice from the website).
>Not interested in AI, and would like beachfront. I have no idea about
>which area we want to be in. The only activity planned is a visit to
>Orchid World, but that's not on the beach, so not interested in
>staying near there. A place within walking distance of a nice
>assortment of restaurants would be good. We'd like to spend under $200
>per night, if at all possible. Locally owned is fine.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Lee
>
Hi .... rates in Barbados vary hugely by season so when do you intend
travelling? The period 19 Dec - 15 April is usually over twice the rate
right now.
You chose well to avoid the BGI Hilton. It is not typical of Barbados.
I suspect you may be well suited by one of the really comfortable places
on the South Coast. The local owners will be pleased to hear of your
last remark :-))
There are many Barbados specialists who help in this ng .... you should
get some useful feedback ... especially from Leif if he still signs on.
Enjoy the island .... I'm going there again on Wednesday.
Tom W.
--
Tom Withycombe
Dorset/UK
Jul 16th 2007, 10:52 pm
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Re: barbados hotels
On Jul 16, 6:44 pm, Tom Withycombe <[email protected]> wrote:
> In article <[email protected]. com>,
> [email protected] writes
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >Hi All,
>
> >Does anyone have any recommendations for hotels on the island of
> >Barbados? There are so many to choose from, so if you experienced
> >Barbados visitors could whittle down our choices, that would be very
> >helpful. I found a great price on the Barbados Hilton at hotels.com
> >but we're not sure we want to stay at such a big, chain, resort-type
> >place....unless it's really great (looks very nice from the website).
> >Not interested in AI, and would like beachfront. I have no idea about
> >which area we want to be in. The only activity planned is a visit to
> >Orchid World, but that's not on the beach, so not interested in
> >staying near there. A place within walking distance of a nice
> >assortment of restaurants would be good. We'd like to spend under $200
> >per night, if at all possible. Locally owned is fine.
>
> >Thanks.
>
> >Lee
>
> Hi .... rates in Barbados vary hugely by season so when do you intend
> travelling? The period 19 Dec - 15 April is usually over twice the rate
> right now.
The trip is planned for mid-November, so I should be able to find a
deal...
> You chose well to avoid the BGI Hilton. It is not typical of Barbados.
I thought not. Thanks for the feedback on this.
> I suspect you may be well suited by one of the really comfortable places
> on the South Coast. The local owners will be pleased to hear of your
> last remark :-))
Can you offer any names?
> There are many Barbados specialists who help in this ng .... you should
> get some useful feedback ... especially from Leif if he still signs on.
Leif???? Are you there???? Can you hear us????
> Enjoy the island .... I'm going there again on Wednesday.
Thanks. We will, I'm sure. Didn't actually have plans to visit, but we
have to connect through Barbados to get to our "real" destination in
the Grenadines. We just tacked on a few days at the end of the trip,
to get a quick taste of what Barbados has to offer for a potential,
longer future visit.
Lee
>
> Tom W.
> --
> Tom Withycombe
> Dorset/UK
> In article <[email protected]. com>,
> [email protected] writes
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >Hi All,
>
> >Does anyone have any recommendations for hotels on the island of
> >Barbados? There are so many to choose from, so if you experienced
> >Barbados visitors could whittle down our choices, that would be very
> >helpful. I found a great price on the Barbados Hilton at hotels.com
> >but we're not sure we want to stay at such a big, chain, resort-type
> >place....unless it's really great (looks very nice from the website).
> >Not interested in AI, and would like beachfront. I have no idea about
> >which area we want to be in. The only activity planned is a visit to
> >Orchid World, but that's not on the beach, so not interested in
> >staying near there. A place within walking distance of a nice
> >assortment of restaurants would be good. We'd like to spend under $200
> >per night, if at all possible. Locally owned is fine.
>
> >Thanks.
>
> >Lee
>
> Hi .... rates in Barbados vary hugely by season so when do you intend
> travelling? The period 19 Dec - 15 April is usually over twice the rate
> right now.
The trip is planned for mid-November, so I should be able to find a
deal...
> You chose well to avoid the BGI Hilton. It is not typical of Barbados.
I thought not. Thanks for the feedback on this.
> I suspect you may be well suited by one of the really comfortable places
> on the South Coast. The local owners will be pleased to hear of your
> last remark :-))
Can you offer any names?
> There are many Barbados specialists who help in this ng .... you should
> get some useful feedback ... especially from Leif if he still signs on.
Leif???? Are you there???? Can you hear us????
> Enjoy the island .... I'm going there again on Wednesday.
Thanks. We will, I'm sure. Didn't actually have plans to visit, but we
have to connect through Barbados to get to our "real" destination in
the Grenadines. We just tacked on a few days at the end of the trip,
to get a quick taste of what Barbados has to offer for a potential,
longer future visit.
Lee
>
> Tom W.
> --
> Tom Withycombe
> Dorset/UK
Jul 18th 2007, 4:58 pm
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I'm in the same boat. We're looking to try and return before the Dec
15 deadline. The last time we were in Barbados was '96 and we stayed
in Divi South Winds. We'd like to stay in a place like that again
where it's a very short walk to the beach. But, a bit more upscale
than Divi. There will be 2 adults and one child. So the room should
be sizeable enough to accomodate 3 people.
15 deadline. The last time we were in Barbados was '96 and we stayed
in Divi South Winds. We'd like to stay in a place like that again
where it's a very short walk to the beach. But, a bit more upscale
than Divi. There will be 2 adults and one child. So the room should
be sizeable enough to accomodate 3 people.
Jul 18th 2007, 9:23 pm
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Re: barbados hotels
Last time we stayed at the Amaryllis.
We LOVED it there! And the Savannah A little fancy for us and not a great beach.
This time we will be staying at Sandy Bay Beach club same Hotel family as Amaryllis.
There used to be several people on this NG that were huge Barbados fans but I fear all the spam and BS has chased them away.
Have you looked at Coconut Court?
I can stay almost anywhere all I need is a beach and real nice people!!
--
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People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did, but
people will never forget how you made them feel.
"HugeBob" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] oups.com...
I'm in the same boat. We're looking to try and return before the Dec
15 deadline. The last time we were in Barbados was '96 and we stayed
in Divi South Winds. We'd like to stay in a place like that again
where it's a very short walk to the beach. But, a bit more upscale
than Divi. There will be 2 adults and one child. So the room should
be sizeable enough to accomodate 3 people.
We LOVED it there! And the Savannah A little fancy for us and not a great beach.
This time we will be staying at Sandy Bay Beach club same Hotel family as Amaryllis.
There used to be several people on this NG that were huge Barbados fans but I fear all the spam and BS has chased them away.
Have you looked at Coconut Court?
I can stay almost anywhere all I need is a beach and real nice people!!
--
Dilly
[email protected]
http://home.comcast.net/~itsdilly/
http://community.webshots.com/user/savalier
People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did, but
people will never forget how you made them feel.
"HugeBob" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] oups.com...
I'm in the same boat. We're looking to try and return before the Dec
15 deadline. The last time we were in Barbados was '96 and we stayed
in Divi South Winds. We'd like to stay in a place like that again
where it's a very short walk to the beach. But, a bit more upscale
than Divi. There will be 2 adults and one child. So the room should
be sizeable enough to accomodate 3 people.
Jul 19th 2007, 4:12 am
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Re: barbados hotels
In article <[email protected]>,
"M Savalier" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Last time we stayed at the Amaryllis.
> We LOVED it there! And the Savannah A little fancy for us and not a great
> beach.
> This time we will be staying at Sandy Bay Beach club same Hotel family as
> Amaryllis.
>
> There used to be several people on this NG that were huge Barbados fans but I
> fear all the spam and BS has chased them away.
>
> Have you looked at Coconut Court?
>
> I can stay almost anywhere all I need is a beach and real nice people!!
We tried Coconut Court in 2002 and found it expensive and run down in
some areas. The ASTI hotel right next door was modern, clean, right on
the beach and about half as expensive.
"M Savalier" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Last time we stayed at the Amaryllis.
> We LOVED it there! And the Savannah A little fancy for us and not a great
> beach.
> This time we will be staying at Sandy Bay Beach club same Hotel family as
> Amaryllis.
>
> There used to be several people on this NG that were huge Barbados fans but I
> fear all the spam and BS has chased them away.
>
> Have you looked at Coconut Court?
>
> I can stay almost anywhere all I need is a beach and real nice people!!
We tried Coconut Court in 2002 and found it expensive and run down in
some areas. The ASTI hotel right next door was modern, clean, right on
the beach and about half as expensive.
Jul 19th 2007, 12:33 pm
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On Jul 18, 12:58 pm, HugeBob <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm in the same boat. We're looking to try and return before the Dec
> 15 deadline.
What's the Dec 15 deadline? Is that when holiday/winter rates go into
effect?
> I'm in the same boat. We're looking to try and return before the Dec
> 15 deadline.
What's the Dec 15 deadline? Is that when holiday/winter rates go into
effect?
Jul 19th 2007, 2:35 pm
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If it were just me, I wouldn't be so picky. I really wouldn't care
too much about the accomodations as it would be just me, some shorts
and my camera equipment. But, I have two fussy ladies with me. LOL,
ones 4 and the other is 47. I looked at Amaryllis. It's nice! I
think I remember Sandy Bay Beach Club. It neighbored Divi if memory
serves. It was nice too.
On Jul 18, 5:23 pm, "M Savalier" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Last time we stayed at the Amaryllis.
> We LOVED it there! And the Savannah A little fancy for us and not a great beach.
> This time we will be staying at Sandy Bay Beach club same Hotel family as Amaryllis.
>
> There used to be several people on this NG that were huge Barbados fans but I fear all the spam and BS has chased them away.
>
> Have you looked at Coconut Court?
>
> I can stay almost anywhere all I need is a beach and real nice people!!
>
> --
> Dilly
> [email protected]
> http://home.comcast.net/~itsdilly/ht.../user/savalier
> People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did, but
> people will never forget how you made them feel.
>
> "HugeBob" <[email protected]> wrote in messagenews:[email protected] ooglegroups.com...
> I'm in the same boat. We're looking to try and return before the Dec
> 15 deadline. The last time we were in Barbados was '96 and we stayed
> in Divi South Winds. We'd like to stay in a place like that again
> where it's a very short walk to the beach. But, a bit more upscale
> than Divi. There will be 2 adults and one child. So the room should
> be sizeable enough to accomodate 3 people.
too much about the accomodations as it would be just me, some shorts
and my camera equipment. But, I have two fussy ladies with me. LOL,
ones 4 and the other is 47. I looked at Amaryllis. It's nice! I
think I remember Sandy Bay Beach Club. It neighbored Divi if memory
serves. It was nice too.
On Jul 18, 5:23 pm, "M Savalier" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Last time we stayed at the Amaryllis.
> We LOVED it there! And the Savannah A little fancy for us and not a great beach.
> This time we will be staying at Sandy Bay Beach club same Hotel family as Amaryllis.
>
> There used to be several people on this NG that were huge Barbados fans but I fear all the spam and BS has chased them away.
>
> Have you looked at Coconut Court?
>
> I can stay almost anywhere all I need is a beach and real nice people!!
>
> --
> Dilly
> [email protected]
> http://home.comcast.net/~itsdilly/ht.../user/savalier
> People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did, but
> people will never forget how you made them feel.
>
> "HugeBob" <[email protected]> wrote in messagenews:[email protected] ooglegroups.com...
> I'm in the same boat. We're looking to try and return before the Dec
> 15 deadline. The last time we were in Barbados was '96 and we stayed
> in Divi South Winds. We'd like to stay in a place like that again
> where it's a very short walk to the beach. But, a bit more upscale
> than Divi. There will be 2 adults and one child. So the room should
> be sizeable enough to accomodate 3 people.
Jul 19th 2007, 3:27 pm
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In article <[email protected]>,
Orval Fairbairn <[email protected]> wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "M Savalier" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Last time we stayed at the Amaryllis.
> > We LOVED it there! And the Savannah A little fancy for us and not a great
> > beach.
> > This time we will be staying at Sandy Bay Beach club same Hotel family as
> > Amaryllis.
> >
> > There used to be several people on this NG that were huge Barbados fans but
> > I
> > fear all the spam and BS has chased them away.
> >
> > Have you looked at Coconut Court?
> >
> > I can stay almost anywhere all I need is a beach and real nice people!!
>
> We tried Coconut Court in 2002 and found it expensive and run down in
> some areas. The ASTI hotel right next door was modern, clean, right on
> the beach and about half as expensive.
Correction! IIRC, it was ASTA Hotels.
Orval Fairbairn <[email protected]> wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "M Savalier" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Last time we stayed at the Amaryllis.
> > We LOVED it there! And the Savannah A little fancy for us and not a great
> > beach.
> > This time we will be staying at Sandy Bay Beach club same Hotel family as
> > Amaryllis.
> >
> > There used to be several people on this NG that were huge Barbados fans but
> > I
> > fear all the spam and BS has chased them away.
> >
> > Have you looked at Coconut Court?
> >
> > I can stay almost anywhere all I need is a beach and real nice people!!
>
> We tried Coconut Court in 2002 and found it expensive and run down in
> some areas. The ASTI hotel right next door was modern, clean, right on
> the beach and about half as expensive.
Correction! IIRC, it was ASTA Hotels.
Jul 19th 2007, 9:07 pm
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On Jul 18, 5:23 pm, "M Savalier" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Last time we stayed at the Amaryllis.
> We LOVED it there!
I read some rather unfavorable reviews of Amaryllis on
tripadvisor.com. One or two negatives, I can look past, but repeated
comments about how rundown the resort is, mold, outdated and dirty
bathrooms, ciggy butts on the walkways, bird droppings on the lounge
chairs, etc. At first glance, it looks like a place we'd like, but now
I'm hesitant. Cleanliness is of the utmost importance to me, as far as
hotels go.
Lee
> Last time we stayed at the Amaryllis.
> We LOVED it there!
I read some rather unfavorable reviews of Amaryllis on
tripadvisor.com. One or two negatives, I can look past, but repeated
comments about how rundown the resort is, mold, outdated and dirty
bathrooms, ciggy butts on the walkways, bird droppings on the lounge
chairs, etc. At first glance, it looks like a place we'd like, but now
I'm hesitant. Cleanliness is of the utmost importance to me, as far as
hotels go.
Lee
Jul 19th 2007, 9:09 pm
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Re: barbados hotels
On Jul 19, 11:27 am, Orval Fairbairn <[email protected]>
wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> Orval Fairbairn <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > In article <[email protected]>,
> > "M Savalier" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Last time we stayed at the Amaryllis.
> > > We LOVED it there! And the Savannah A little fancy for us and not a great
> > > beach.
> > > This time we will be staying at Sandy Bay Beach club same Hotel family as
> > > Amaryllis.
>
> > > There used to be several people on this NG that were huge Barbados fans but
> > > I
> > > fear all the spam and BS has chased them away.
>
> > > Have you looked at Coconut Court?
>
> > > I can stay almost anywhere all I need is a beach and real nice people!!
>
> > We tried Coconut Court in 2002 and found it expensive and run down in
> > some areas. The ASTI hotel right next door was modern, clean, right on
> > the beach and about half as expensive.
>
> Correction! IIRC, it was ASTA Hotels.
Isn't the Asta now the Amaryllis?
Lee
wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> Orval Fairbairn <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > In article <[email protected]>,
> > "M Savalier" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Last time we stayed at the Amaryllis.
> > > We LOVED it there! And the Savannah A little fancy for us and not a great
> > > beach.
> > > This time we will be staying at Sandy Bay Beach club same Hotel family as
> > > Amaryllis.
>
> > > There used to be several people on this NG that were huge Barbados fans but
> > > I
> > > fear all the spam and BS has chased them away.
>
> > > Have you looked at Coconut Court?
>
> > > I can stay almost anywhere all I need is a beach and real nice people!!
>
> > We tried Coconut Court in 2002 and found it expensive and run down in
> > some areas. The ASTI hotel right next door was modern, clean, right on
> > the beach and about half as expensive.
>
> Correction! IIRC, it was ASTA Hotels.
Isn't the Asta now the Amaryllis?
Lee
Jul 20th 2007, 2:25 pm
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On Jul 19, 7:42 pm, "M Savalier" <[email protected]> wrote:
> We saw zero dirt or mold what was the date of those reviews?
> By chance was there several reviews from the same people?
The reviews were from this month...July 2007. Here's the link, or you
can go to tripadvisor.com and search Amaryllis Barbados.
Some folks gave a favorable review, despite the fact that there
appeared to be some maintenance & upkeep issues. Good for them, to be
able to look past the shorfalls of the resort. I'm not so sure I could
be as generous. I don't look for things to complain about, but I would
not be comfortable with some of the issues related in these reviews.
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Rev..._Barbados.html
Lee
> We saw zero dirt or mold what was the date of those reviews?
> By chance was there several reviews from the same people?
The reviews were from this month...July 2007. Here's the link, or you
can go to tripadvisor.com and search Amaryllis Barbados.
Some folks gave a favorable review, despite the fact that there
appeared to be some maintenance & upkeep issues. Good for them, to be
able to look past the shorfalls of the resort. I'm not so sure I could
be as generous. I don't look for things to complain about, but I would
not be comfortable with some of the issues related in these reviews.
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Rev..._Barbados.html
Lee
Jul 20th 2007, 10:12 pm
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I did go and I read them all. I found that some reviews good and bad were in the same time period.
So
You get what you pay for, one couple were going to stay at the Hilton next time LOL and another guy said I Expect a 4 star hotel.
That hotel has two buildings I wonder if that played a part.
Except for the bug issue
If you want fancy you have to pay twice what Amaryllis charges.
--
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People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did, but
people will never forget how you made them feel.
<[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] oups.com...
On Jul 19, 7:42 pm, "M Savalier" <[email protected]> wrote:
> We saw zero dirt or mold what was the date of those reviews?
> By chance was there several reviews from the same people?
The reviews were from this month...July 2007. Here's the link, or you
can go to tripadvisor.com and search Amaryllis Barbados.
Some folks gave a favorable review, despite the fact that there
appeared to be some maintenance & upkeep issues. Good for them, to be
able to look past the shorfalls of the resort. I'm not so sure I could
be as generous. I don't look for things to complain about, but I would
not be comfortable with some of the issues related in these reviews.
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Rev..._Barbados.html
Lee
So
You get what you pay for, one couple were going to stay at the Hilton next time LOL and another guy said I Expect a 4 star hotel.
That hotel has two buildings I wonder if that played a part.
Except for the bug issue
If you want fancy you have to pay twice what Amaryllis charges.
--
Dilly
[email protected]
http://home.comcast.net/~itsdilly/
news://news.annexcafe.com/annexcafe.sports.baseball
http://community.webshots.com/user/savalier
People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did, but
people will never forget how you made them feel.
<[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] oups.com...
On Jul 19, 7:42 pm, "M Savalier" <[email protected]> wrote:
> We saw zero dirt or mold what was the date of those reviews?
> By chance was there several reviews from the same people?
The reviews were from this month...July 2007. Here's the link, or you
can go to tripadvisor.com and search Amaryllis Barbados.
Some folks gave a favorable review, despite the fact that there
appeared to be some maintenance & upkeep issues. Good for them, to be
able to look past the shorfalls of the resort. I'm not so sure I could
be as generous. I don't look for things to complain about, but I would
not be comfortable with some of the issues related in these reviews.
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Rev..._Barbados.html
Lee
