British Virgin Islands

6 records and the birthplace of the whole-island rental market. Necker in 1978 set the pattern every island in this register copied: one party, one island, a staff that arrives with the booking.

Necker and Moskito now work as a pair — the same operation, two islands, and guests moving between them — which the register records as two entries with the relationship stated, because the properties are let separately and the difference matters to a buyer.

Irma is the fact behind the current buildings. The 2017 hurricane flattened much of this territory, Peter Island closed for years, and several properties here are new construction on old footprints. A review written before 2017 describes a hotel that no longer exists, and the records say which.

The sailing is the underrated part. This is the densest charter water in the Caribbean, and several of these islands are as much a base as a destination.