Robert

Reviews

19 total reviews

95% Excellent

19 reviews

4.95

2022–2026

19 reviews

5BR Villa in Placencia

Carlin

Excellent, 6 months ago

Villa Tipsy Gecko was the perfect place to celebrate a 50th birthday with our group of 9. An astonishing value for the rate, the villa is fully staffed at all times with stellar service provided by Mabel, the house manager. Javier was happy to help troubleshoot the tv so we could tune into the super bowl, Mindy was delightful every day in her housekeeping rounds and Manuel served us memorable meals and was a consummate professional. All of the staff were amazing at their jobs and kind humans to boot. Really they made our stay and we are so grateful for the hospitality. Bob provided thorough communication throughout the planning process and helped us arrange transportation through a great local tour company who, by the way, were also incredible people. Zero complaints, just good times.

What a great place to make memories. A private villa in a beautiful setting. . We felt right at home and the caretaker staff was great. We would have booked this place even without a chef but having the chef for three days was extra nice. Manuel is friendly and flexible and had no issues making the meals vegetarian. We liked the extras that we had not even thought off like coffee and sugar to get us started and regular restocking of filtered drinking water. The grounds and pool were kept very nice by Junior (who also promptly helped rescue us when the first golf cart decided to stop working) and we also appreciated Mindy's hard work keeping the house (and our laundry....another bonus) clean. The wifi was good. Baggo and the pool kept us entertained and we enjoyed watching manatees off the pier. Thanks for a great vacation.

The tipsy gecko was an incredible house and exceeded our expectations. We were there the end of September, during slow season, but there was still quite a bit to do. The golf cart was amazing to have as we went into the village almost everyday. You trying can’t beat the views and location of this house. We felt extremely safe. The house staff was also incredible. Mabel went above and beyond to make sure our needs were met. We highly would recommend this house especially if you are traveling with a large group. We will be back!

Robert responded quickly to questions we had both prior to the trip and during the trip. The staff worked well as a team to take good care of us. We have no complaints about Robert or the staff. The only thing we can complain about was the issue of warm/hot water in the upstairs showers. It took a very long time to get warm and never really got hot. But if you don’t mind that, everything else was great. If you are traveling with children without both parents present you must present paper copies of birth certificates and a consent form signed and notified by the parent not traveling. We were asked for documents both before boarding in the U.S. and at customs in Belize City. We witnessed a mother with two children being sent back to the U.S. at customs because she did have paper copies.

Bob was amazing to work with, very responsive and it felt like I had my own personal travel agent when booking and having questions. Staff was friendly, helpful and absolutely terrific to work with. Tipsy Gecko is in a great location, peaceful and even though there were people at the villa next door, you had privacy and it was still quite. Every morning Jorge would clean the pool, rake the beach and clean up what was needed. He was just a pleasure. Mabel, the house manager is awesome and always took time when needed. We had two chef's, Brittany was a sub and Julie. Both cooked fabulous food and way too much of it too :) Our housekeeper was there everyday and always did a great job! Having access to the golf cart was very beneficial as the village is about 9 miles away. It takes about an hour to drive it, but there are wonderful restaurants .5 to 1 mile away too. The villa was stunning, the pool perfect, beach and dock a huge bonus. I highly recommend Bob and Villa Gecko!

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