My wife and I rented Sally and Stew's place for our family members who were attending our wedding from abroad. In summary, they were outstanding hosts who went above and beyond to make our family members feel comfortable and welcome.

After our wedding, we hosted a BBQ in their backyard where several dozen guests attended to enjoy the post-wedding Sunday. Realizing the special circumstances of our special period, our delightful hosts did far more than we expected, setting up the BBQ, preparing food, ushering guests and basically treating everyone as though they were their own family.

Our hosts also took our family on a tour of their part of Victoria and were always available whenever they needed anything. We rented their place expecting to get a house but we got a home that came with good friends, conscientious service and unparalleled friendliness and sincerity. We cannot recommend the house and our former hosts enough. We certainly got much more that we expected in their beautiful, well maintained home that has lots of character and the most charming back yard.

For the price we paid we enjoyed amazing value, despite the availability of numerically cheaper options. Sally and Stew are the very best hosts that any traveler to the Victoria area could ask for. We would give them six stars but the rating system only provides for five.