Now that it's been 3 days of waking up and not being by the beach in beautiful Hopkins, it's time to give kudos to Areca. Contact with Joseph was easy and prompt and during our stay, the caretaker Janet was equally responsive. Areca is in a great location of Hopkins where there is no street noise. You can walk less than 10 mins and find at least 10 restaurants. We tried 6 of them and all were a great. We had a 4 course dinner at Chef Robs that included steak and lobster for $40 USD. Nowhere in Chicago can I get that. The location across from Jaguar Reef is perfect, only 1 minute walk to the Caribbean Sea. The house has beach chairs you can bring to the beach (there are lounge chairs at the beach but they are for the guests of Jaguar Reef and the other hotels). The staff from the hotel came to take drink orders even though we weren't staying with them! We opened a tab and drank fancy drinks while sitting by the beach, at very affordable prices. I asked about the $10 daily fee to use the pool and the nice employee said that as long as we ordered drinks, we could use the pool. Not sure if he is allowed to make that decision but we took him up on it. After all, we did spend more on drinks than we would have paying to use the pool. Sorry, my mind wondered with the thought of Bloody Mary's by the beach - back to the Areca house review. The house is very comfortable, well built, with AC in main area as well as in each bedroom. Ceiling fans too and windows that open with screens to keep bugs out. Bathroom is very spacious, but the shower is a bit small, so ladies, don't think you will be comfortable shaving your legs in the shower. Plenty of hot water to shower, good pressure, too. Comfy bed and nice linens, plenty of towels including beach towels. The kitchen is equipped with all the stuff a kitchen should have and the Wi-fi worked for us all the time. It was a nice touch having a giant water bottle for us. They say you can drink Hopkins water but I didn't want to risk it. The people of Hopkins are great. It is a very poor community, but the people in it have a HUGE heart. I highly recommend Areca House!