GENTLE WINDS CONDOMINIUMS: Near St. Croix’s historic Salt River on the North Shore.
[ad name=”HTML-68″]CHRISTIANSTED — One of the biggest single location short-term rental properties on St. Croix says that the government of the Virgin Islands is missing out hotel room taxes to the tune of about $100,000 per month.
Gentle Winds Condominiums, which carries 4.5 stars on TripAdvisor, told the Virgin Islands Free Press today that it has 64 “luxury condos” of two and three bedroom size that were not damaged by Hurricanes Irma and Maria — but they have no electricity.
“The owners of Gentle Winds condominiums would like you to know that our St. Croix vacation homes are still without power,” property owner John Trimmings said. “Some rumors say we won’t be restored until May!! It seems that our situation is being ignored for some reason.”
The pictures you see in this news article were taken after Irma and Maria hit St. Croix — and Gentle Winds property owners had a chance to clean up debris from nearby trees and bushes.
The owners of Gentle Winds condominiums would like you to know that our St Croix vacation homes are still without power.
“Our condos were not damaged during Maria,” Trimmings said.
On average, Gentle Winds Condominiums contributes between $70,000 to $90,000 per month when people from the U.S. mainland stay in one of the units and pay the 12.5 percent hotel room tax as required by law.
“We are a 64 unit luxury grouping of two and three bedroom vacation condos on St. Croix and we are always in demand,” Trimmings added. “We cannot get any access to WAPA or the government to highlight our problem. And it seems that they have not prioritized our restoration, even though the USVI loses $70,000 to $97,000 in hotel taxes for every four weeks we are vacant. Please write our story – why are they (the government) throwing away so much money?”
No comment so far from WAPA or Government House on the situation at Gentle Winds Condominiums.
The condominiums are located near Salt River on St. Croix’s North Shore.