ISLAND S'enfuir. SE DÉTENDRE

If you’re beach bums then this is the house and island...it is wonderful for a couple that wants to get away and relax or it’s great for a family with kids. It does take some prep because no restaurants or places to go but once you make it to the house and the beach you really don’t care to go anywhere! Would recommend a golf cart just to make it a little easier to make it to the dock for pickup from water taxi. Also would recommend just to bring a back pack with a couple swimsuits, T-shirt’s and shorts...you’re all set! Enjoy!

We loved LGI. It was restful and beautiful. You have to plan carefully for your meals and food, as they’re are no shops to buy provisions on island. We were able to do that successfully by having a shopper assemble our weeks groceries from the Publix in Placida. We planned simple and delicious meals and took turns cooking. The Publix held our groceries for pick up with our car service from the airport. We grabbed a few extras then too. The car service guys were great! Everyone we met in FL was pleasant and helpful, both on LGI and off. While at Bonnie’s I asked another family who were renting nearby very respectfully to turn down their country music which we could hear in the house with the windows closed. They very kindly did. We preferred to have the windows open to listen to the waves and the wind rustling the palm fronds. That’s the beauty of LGI. Wind, warm waters, waves, walks, shells, super nice people, no crowds. Bonnie’s place is wonderful with views of the gulf, a three minute walk to to the beach and a five minute walk from the dock on the bay side. There’s a cart to bring your stuff up from the dock. Pirate’s Water Taxi’s Emmet is amazingly kind and helpful. You have to take your own trash off island, but we sort and manage and haul our own trash in VT, so it was not hard, and Pirate’s helped. It’s $2.50 per bag to dump at Eldred’s Marina. You have to filter the drinking water through two Britta pitchers but that’s easy enough too. We had a wonderful time and Bonnie was a responsive host. She answered all our questions promptly and we had many. She has three kayaks at the house and we had kayak adventures on both the gulf and the bay. Dolphin sightings, all sorts of shore birds, the osprey nest in the big pine outside our kitchen window that provided a show of parents taking turns sitting and feeding, the gopher tortoise who made way across the yard on our first day, fish jumping in the bay- all magical. There’s a little gift shop art gallery that’s very cool. We’ll be back to LGI to stay at Bonnie’s again. Her house is nicely set up, simple and functional, with a charming light filled bedroom at the top of a circular stair. The two downstairs bedrooms were comfortable and worked well for our family. Two clean functional bathrooms is a plus as is the outdoor shower. The lanai where we ate all our meals was lovely. Thank You for the opportunity to tell you how much we enjoyed our time in LGI, and the grace that was Bonnie’s home.

We had a great time

We adored staying in Bonnie's house for a week! The house is exceptionally clean and perfectly laid out. We loved that all of the floors were hard services which in my mind is a top priority when we visit the beach! Our favorite parts were probably the screened in porch and the outdoor shower. We literally all used the outdoor shower for 7 days because we loved it so much! We all spent many hours on the porch reading, playing games and eating family dinners. It is truly a relaxing place and a perfect island to reconnect with your family. The beds are in great shape and sleep perfectly unlike other VRBO's I've rented, you will sleep really well in this house. The location is perfect because you can walk to the beach in under 2 minutes and to the bay in about the same time. We only rented a golf cart for 2 days because you really don't need one in this location. We've stayed in a different house on the island years ago and can't believe how much better our experience was at our new favorite house! Bonnie has thought of everything so literally all you need are clothes and groceries! We brought our own spices and realized when we arrived that this place is a fully stocked house. We will be renting again this fall because we so enjoyed our stay!

.... but I was disgusted at all. Dirt in the drawers, kitchen equipment sticky. Carpets dirty, sheets didn't smell good. Armchair glued with tape. I had a hard time to stay their for one week. Thanks god, that we could spend every day at the beach. There we had to deal with dogs, who were allowed to go to the toilet, where they wanted to. But the island is nice, calm and could be very relaxing in a clean home!