Caribbean
Agency: Island Hideaways (islandhideaways.com)
This Virginia-based company's 800 villas throughout the Caribbean are meant to fit all budgets, from $2,000 a week to $45,000 a day. (Online customer reviews help you sort through them.) It can also connect clients with local wedding planners and arrange yacht and helicopter rentals.
Top property: The Distillery
A rum distillery turned residence on Tortola, this five-bedroom estate sits on eight manicured acres and includes a maid, cook, tennis courts, pool, and gym. From $6,790/week.
Agency: St. Barth Properties (stbarth.com)
Affiliated with Sotheby's, this boutique agency's 150 properties are located solely on St. Bart's and, unlike most of its competitors, it has an on-island office. Founder Peg Walsh publishes "helpful hints" manuals, hosts welcoming cocktail parties, and arranges for in-villa spa treatments, gym equipment, or baby furniture.
Top property: Au Soleil
A four-bedroom villa with a gourmet kitchen and on-property chef, media room, multiple covered terraces, barbecue area, and two-level infinity pool with expansive bay views. From $9,500/week.
Agency: Unusual Villa Rentals (unusualvillarentals.com)
Owner John Greer specializes in private islands; he has access to more than 50. Some rentals include a yacht and crew, while others come with a helicopter. Rentals on more mainstream islands —such as St. Bart's, Turks and Caicos, and the Dominican Republic—are also available.
Top property: Villa Beach 921
A four- bedroom beachfront property in the Dominican Republic, with an infinity pool facing the sunset, media room, wood-burning pizza oven, herb garden, and daily maid service. From $21,000/week.
Agency: Villas and Apartments Abroad (vaanyc.com)
Company founder Sylvia Delvaille-Jones makes homeowners provide guest references before accepting their properties. Ask about epicurean vacations. Clients can tour local markets with personal chefs, who will offer cooking lessons back at the clients' villas.
Top property: La Koubba Villa
A five-bedroom, Moroccan-style house in a href="/guides/turks-and-caicos">Turks and Caicos with a guest cottage, on the calm and kid-friendly Sapodilla Bay. A stairway leads directly into the ocean, and tranquility is the main attraction. From $10,000/week.
Agency: Villas Caribe (villascaribe.com)
The family-run outfit offers one of the largest collections of luxury villas in the region. Its Web site provides 360-degree tours of most of its 1,200 properties, and lets you customize your search by vacation theme, such as golf, spa, scuba diving, or fishing.
Top property: Petite Plage
A four-bedroom, air-conditioned beachfront villa on St. Martin with a large swimming pool, media room with film projector, satellite TV, and Jacuzzi. Babysitter and chef services are available on request. From $22,000/week.
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My wife and i eloped to puerto vallarta and the guy running this site helped in a lot of ways beyond just booking us a villa. He had some great pointers and advice which helped us get our wedding off without too much issue - despite our planning for trouble with all the family we had come down to meet us.
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