My husband and I decided to go to St. Lucia over the week of Christmas and stayed at Marigot Palms. We weren't quite sure what to expect since we've always stayed at all-inclusive resorts, but after reading all of the great reviews on here as well as VRBO, we decided to take a chance! We are SO happy that we did! It was a completely different experience than we would have ever gotten at a resort. First of all, we got to get more of a local type feel with shopping in the grocery stores, making our own food and talking with the locals. Secondly, Ann and Danny!! Words cannot describe the amazing hospitality they provided us. We had numerous great conversations the whole time we were there- whether it was learning all about Ann and Danny, Belgium, St. Lucia, the surrounding areas or whatever else! We ended up doing two different excursions with Danny- the North tour and the South tour. Both were SO much fun and unlike other excursions we have been on with groups of people, if there was a place we wanted to check out, Danny had no problems stopping for us as well as taking many pictures of us! I HIGHLY recommend doing both of these tours with Danny while there! Lastly... the pizza!! If you haven't read it already, Danny makes the absolute BEST homemade pizzas around!! In fact, we each ordered our own pizzas two of the nights we were there... they were THAT good! Ann and Danny also put on the greatest Christmas BBQ on the patio for all of the guests which was out of this world! I can definitely see why so many people say they leave St. Lucia with two extra friends in their lives! We cannot wait to go back!
A few notes on the side: Expect to pay higher prices at the restaurants on the bay. We read that they hike up the prices a little over the holidays (not sure if that's true or not), but when going to either Bayside Café, Cheteau Mygo (our fav) or Doolittles, expect to pay around $60-$80 for two people for just burgers and a couple of diet Cokes. Make sure you have shoes with traction as walking up and down the hilly roads can be a little difficult (especially if it had just rained) if you don't have traction. Prepare to fall in love with all the animals you see all over the place- cats, dogs, goats, horses, etc. :)