When you have more money than time,
shelling out (US) $31,500 for one week in a villa is small change.
On the celebrity-loving Shoal Bay West,
Altamer is a trio of towering chalk-white,
butler-staffed beachfront villas: African Sapphire,
Blue Diamond and Antilles Pearl.
All seaside stunners,
African Sapphire is the largest at 14,000 square feet andincludes eight bedrooms,
ninebathrooms, a gym, a pool, a billiard table,
a formal dining room that seats thirty,
fourteen televisions, and a hot tub that fits twelve.
Artsy additions like the South African chandelier crafted from one million beads.
And an intertwined pair of wooden giraffes that stand guard by the door are eye-catchers.
The most expensive restaurant on Antigua also happens to be the finest.
On the sunset side of the bluff at Cocobay Resort in the Parish of St. Mary’s,
dinner at Sheer Rocks is as pretty as it is pricey.
Carved into the cliffs,
tables are tiered on wooden pavilions suspended over floor-lit rocks.
Palate-pleasing main courses – created by a team of British chefs – are worth the splurge,
including a ribeye that goes for 245 Eastern Caribbean dollars or (US) $90.
A seven-course wine-pairing dinner comes with a bill of (US) $200 per person,
but who’s counting?
Five minutes (literally) from La Romana International Airport on the southeast coast of the Dominican Republic is the Casa de Campo Resort & Villas.
Top pick for picky privacy seekers are two spacious villas,
each one priced at (US) $6,800 per night,
with a private pool and Jacuzzi.
A member of The Leading Hotels of the World,
the upscale digs are convenient for sailors who park their big boats at the 370-slip Marina & Yacht Club.
Low-key luxury with a pedigree past,
Round Hill Hotel and Villas is the regal retreat for the discerning.
West of Montego Bay,
the seaside resort was once an 18th-century plantation house,
then rebuilt in 1953 by a Jamaican-born entrepreneur,
and since then has hosted a guest book of movie A-listers and world leaders.
The twenty-seven villas are the benchmark of all-things-glamorous with the six-bedroom Premium Luxury villas going for
(US) $26,269 per week,
from April 16 to October 31
($45,719 from November 1 to April 15).
Villa 20 is a stand-out with eight bathrooms,
multiple balconies and a large pool.
Ralph Lauren put his design touch on thirty-six of the oceanfront rooms.
Less-trodden than its bigger sister St. Kitts,
Nevis is small and homey and favored by a moneyed crowd who lay low at the Four Seasons Resort,
the only one in the Caribbean.
On the west coast,
the AAA Five Diamond resort on the beach ups their game for high net worth travelers with The Spa under the Stars offered to just one couple each night.
An exclusive spa experience that goes for (US) $250,
couples make their way down a torch-lit pathway to soak in the volcanic-stone whirlpools,
chill out in the Japanese-inspirited cold plunge pool and sip from a bottle of Roederer champagne.
For those with beaucoup bucks,
Oasis de Salines on St. Barth is the real deal.
With panoramas of the southeastern side of the island,
the epic tri-level villa is yours for
(US) $70,070 per week until the middle of December and then doubles during the holidays with rates starting at (US) $140,070.
Not for fans of kitschy cocktails in coconut shells,
the tropical palace comes with six bedrooms spread out between the main house and two guest houses accessed by a curving stone staircase.
Incentives to book include a trio of kitchens (one for the chef on-call), gym,
wine bar and two heated pools: an 80-foot lap pool, and a 40-footer with graded access.