Villa Life - Just Ask Nancy!

Trip Insurance - What to Do???

Many people believe that trip insurance is only for when storms are a possibility, but that is a common belief that overlooks so much of every day life.

Lots of events can affect your travel plans, including worker strikes, military deployment of a family member, loss of a job, or even illness. 

This is why, regardless of the time of year, we highly recommend trip insurance to our guests and their trusted representatives.

If you want to know more about travel insurance and the different plans and costs, here's a new web site to consult: Travelinsurancereview.net

Bookmark it for when you need it!

We are a Constant Contact All Star!

Imagine that!  Constant Contact®, trusted marketing advisor to over 400,000 companies, likes to reward users who have made the best use of their tools while sticking to best practices in email marketing. 

Our IT Manager, Anita Davis selected them 2 years ago and with access to their webinars and great support, she has been churning out newsletters and mailers ever since.

Fewer than 15% of Constant Contact customers made the cut.

We have seen great results, making new friends and even hearing from guests who have been off the radar for years.  But we are most proud to have been selected as one of Constant Contact's 2010 All Stars, as a business that plays by the rules while sharing the villa life.

Read the full press release on our web site, and we look forward to your signing up via this link or on our FaceBook page!

Post-Earl update: We are back.

Earl brushed by to our north, toppling some big trees, a few telephone poles and ruffling our lush island landscaping.  Within a couple of days the power was back on for the most part, and many businesses reopening.  The sun continues to shine, and there is still plenty of greenery all around.

Fortunately for our office, we were able to get up and running within the first hour of curfew being lifted this past Tuesday thanks to our trusty generator and the company that maintains it, Import Supply, and crack engineer at Broadband VI, Jody Davis for our internet connectivity and remote login capability.

Can money buy happiness?

It can if you spend it right!  At least that's what U.S. News & World Report's Kimberly Palmer believes.  With so many factors influencing the ratio of cash to smiles, Thomas DeLeire (University of Wisconsin-Madison) and Ariel Kalil (University of Chicago) pored through the national Health and Retirement Study and found two surprising realities...

McLaughlin Anderson Luxury Villas marks silver anniversary

McLaughlin Anderson celebrates an important milestone this summer - it's our Silver Anniversary! We have been providing luxury villa vacations for a full 25 years from our headquarters on St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands.

McLaughlin Anderson actually began in 1985 as an offshoot of longtime island Broker Frank McLaughlin's real estate company as a way to keep new island owners' homes vibrant and lived-in, bringing in some cash to offset operating expenses. Without someone in there to run the water and the air-conditioning, splash around in the pool, and sleep in the beds, a home can lose its luster. Pipes rust, musty smells arise, electrical wiring corrodes in the salt air, pools get murky, and tropical critters move in. Enter our villa rental guests, who keep the homes in our portfolio filled with joyful living while creating their own special memories.