Another fabulous vacation on Bonaire.
We travel to Bonaire each year for the Holidays.
We have stayed at HHH for many years now and this year we spent one month at HHH.
We love our apartment.
It is super clean and comfortable.
The bedroom has great windows, ceiling fan and A/C for peaceful sleeping.
The living area is open to the dining area and has 2 couches, a TV and lots of books for relaxing.
There is plenty of storage space, a good size refridgerator and efficient cooking area.
Parking right in front of the door is great for carrying in and out of sports gear and groceries.
I would challenge anyone to find a place to stay on Bonaire that is as clean, inexpensive, comfortable and functional.

All you need is bug spray for the night time outdoor activities and sunscreen for the day.

I love Happy Holiday Homes. I have stayed here twice in 10 years ( the latest was Sept 11-18th 2010), and if the following describes the way you travel, then this is exactly where you want to stay. If you are 1) the kind of person that likes to vacation diving/birdwatching/kite surfing with family and friends, 2) Seeking an extremely affordable quiet, clean, and simple home with a nice porch, AC in every bedroom, equipped kitchen, and the space to wash and hang your dive gear for the next adventure and 3) Would rather spare some opulence in order to stay a little longer on/near/under the sea, then Happy Holiday homes is for you. You get a nice living room with books, sat TV, and a big kitchen table. Rooms are simple with closets, accordian doors off the living room, and 2 twin beds each that can be pushed into a queen. Its located in Belnam south of the airport: a good location that is just far enough from town to be quiet, and close enough that a tank of gas lasts a whole week . Louise is great too, and will also book all your additional needs for you (truck waiting at the airport when you land, unlimited tanks for your stay, scooter rentals, etc.) all in an affordable package. We are talking somwhere in the range of $500 pp a week for everything divers need excluding groceries and flights (I'm assuming here that you are bringing some dive buddies along to share the additional rooms and actually confirm you saw that Morey the size of a drain pipe). While you can get all these things at Buddies, the Habitat, or Flamingo without even having to leave campus, it will cost you about 4 times as much. There were one or two things I would change at HHH though (but they are minor) : Wifi was a bit sketchy on the edge of the complex in the three bedroom #1 condo. I found that if I went outside and sat on the bench against Louise's wall, I got 4 bars. Additionally, If I had it to do over again, I would stop at the hardware store on the first day and get 2 or 3 small fans, one for the bath and a couple to keep the mosquitoes away on the porch. Oh, additional tip, NEVER shower with hot water here. You will find you love that 10 seconds of cold water that comes out at first, then the ground heated water feels like a bath (and this is with the hot tap sealed shut). Would I stay here again? I already have.

Some additional tips for you first time Bonaire visitors: as of Sept 2010, Delta only flies in and out once on Saturdays from ATL. Most of the groceries are located on the same street, about 5 minutes away (north on the main road, right at the first round-about north of the airport). You will find most everything you need, and they take dollars too. Eating out: You know you will, but remember that almost everywhere you go will only serve lunch from 11 till 2. PERIOD. ( I think Buddies and Wanna Burger serve till 3). Dinner starts at 6. Your stay and patience will last far longer if you just go ahead and accept the fact that it will take 2 hours to eat with service, and getting bills. Work your dive schedules around that if you want to catch a meal out. If you are diving on the wildside (east side) and its NOT Sept or Oct, pay for a boat. Waves on shore are big, there are sea urchins everywhere near the beach, and the cuts and scraps that are still healing from the milder waves of Sept, should serve as warning. Plus, its a pretty long swim out to the reef. Instead of going shirtless and slathering on a gallon of sunscreen, just wear a rash guard. The sea life will thank you. Water Temp was 86 F in early Sept, you only need a dive skin or at most a shorty for those that stay cold.

HHH is such a relaxing place to call home, Toward the end of the week, I stopped caring about checking email, news, etc. and let wifi lie. I even forgot what day it was for a while. These are milestones in the measure of a good vacation.

We stayed at HHH for the second time. Once more we had at wonderful stay and every thing where just fine. The rooms have a very nice size and the service is fine.

We are divers so it is so nice that it is possible that we can rinse and dry the gear.

I've spend 10 nights at The Happy Holiday Homes, it's a very quiet place, with easy way to reach the city center just in a few minutes by car. A lot of dive sites can be reached also in a few minutes.
To sum-up, I really recommend this place.
Enjoy your trip in Bonaire.