Let me start with the fact that I have rented homes through VRBO many times and have never had this issue. This was a birthday gift for my mom. She was going to Nicaragua after 2 years of not going and I wanted her to have a good time. Masachapa is her favorite beach so I booked this house. Everything was great until the day before the booking. My mom drove to the house to ensure she knew where it was. She then met the owner of the house Christine. This is when Christine made her aware that the booking was for 2 people only. I was under the impression that I was renting a house. She then went on about how expensive her house is and that she has to keep its integrity. She then told her that no one could use her kitchen and that kids were not allowed for the same reason. None of this is on the home description. I couldn't get a refund so I told my mom to make the best of it. The worst happened on the first night when at 10 PM she went out and told my mom that she had to go to bed and turned off all the lights outside. I could not believe it!!!! We ended up paying her almost $300 extra for the guest my mom wanted to join her and she has still not taken off the extra charges (She was pain in Cash in person). Her housekeeper came in crying on Saturday because she treated her so bad blaming her for the extra guest when she had already been paid for it. The cherry on top was on Sunday when she turned off the Wifi. She also has cameras all over the house and watches you and comes and asks what are you doing. The house next door was having a party louder than my moms music and she kept blaming my mom for making too much noise. Advise to Christine dont put your house up for Rent and then want to control your guest who are paying good money to stay there. I called VRBO and they could not do anything about it which is ridiculous. The worst thing is that there are no bad reviews on this site for this home and I highly dought that I am the first to have this experience. VRBO please be honest and post real reviews because I rented this home thinking it was going to be great and now I am $800 out of pocket and my moms birthday weekend was ruined.

The property was super beautiful great location great access to the beach and the town you relax and forget about everything like a dream Dolores is great she makes you feel at home and takes care of you for whatever you need she will get,directions,souvenirs Shops food suggestions,she will help you pick up fresh seafood from the local fisherman, also The owner is great and offers any help you need all and all a wonderful stay I highly recommend it. Max and Maritza alvarez

The property was super beautiful great location great access to the beach and the town you relax and forget about everything like a dream Dolores is great she makes you feel at home and takes care of you for whatever you need she will get,directions,souvenirs Shops food suggestions,she will help you pick up fresh seafood from the local fisherman, also The owner is great and offers any help you need all and all a wonderful stay I highly recommend it. Max and Maritza alvarez

We spent 5 perfect days in beautiful place. Just a few steps from Pacific ocean, sandy beach and fish market, where you can get anything you can imagine. Christine is perfect host ready to help in any way. Highly recomend.

What can we say but this unknown adventure turned out to be one of our favourite places to visit and stay. First of all Christine was the most fantastic host with regard to communication and hospitality. Before we came she maintained communication to help me surprise Corby with the most amazing meal cooked by the best cook and housekeeper anyone could ask for ..Dolores was so good to us and the food she cooked for us was fabulous. She made fresh lobster for the birthday dinner and had a local cake maker surprise us with a custom cake. We will be going back in the near future. The people that helped us ...Randal for helping us get around and picking us up from the airport to bringing us to local markets and helping us communicate to buy fresh fruit and vegetables was forever memorable and we thanked him continuously for all his help and teachings about Nicaraguan culture. Julio was the most amazing surf instructor who made our lessons memorable and entertaining...we recommend him if you want to learn to surf. A beautiful place, in a beautiful town and secure ... this was absolutely way more than what we expected. Thank you to Christine and John and Dolores for everything ... we will be back soon. Corby and Mark

If you are thinking of traveling to Nicaragua, you should definitely consider this gem. This is better than staying in a mega resort. Christine is a top notch host. She arraigned transports to and from Managua with Randall, as well as having Randall take us to tour the Flor de Cana distillery and visit Leon on our anniversary. When we returned Delores prepared a sunset dinner of lobster and chicken for us as well. We decided to have Delores cook the rest of our dinners for the week. She is an amazing asset to have at Casa Del Mar. The fresh food and vegetables are unmatched, you will be amazed at the flavor from the vegetables. You can relax poolside and watch the local fisherman leave and return daily as well as local kids play soccer on the beach. If you want to explore more, Christine can arrange everything prior to arrival as well. She will send you many options that are available. Christine is very easy to communicate with through email as well as phone if needed. It is indeed a wonderful gem in Nicaragua, and we would love to find some time to return next year.

The house is steps from the ocean on a beautiful quiet beach in a small fishing village. Nicaragua is very safe to visit now and never once did we fear for our safety. If anything this is the time you should be going, because it isn’t overwhelmed with tourists like it usual is. Having Dolores the house keeper around doing some tidying up in the morning and making some excellent meals for us is just an added bonus to enhance our vacation. She was so kind and works very hard every day. As well there is a night watchman Antonio that keeps watch of the property during the night. Good to know that he was around, though we didn’t feel unsafe at all. He was a really nice guy to talk to each evening. Though our Spanish is very minimal, we had some very nice conversations. We walked the beach every day and hit a few restaurants along the water. Small little community that seems to all work together to survive. Really great to see. We spent a lot of time in the Tikki hut (Rancho) during the hot hours of the day and cooling in the pool for late night swims while star gazing. The house has everything you need and if you needed something, Christine or Dolores would be very helpful to accommodate you. My wife had a few massages by the pool overlooking the ocean. She has had many before and said that these were some of the best ones she has ever had. She highly recommends them. Christine and Joe are wonderful owners. They respect your privacy. They live on the upper levels of the home and travel a lot, so you may not even get to meet them. We never really seen them around, but were always at our disposal if we needed through a quick email. I did get a chance to talk to Christine and she said that she and Joe are retired and that she employs several local people to help out around the house and to give them jobs. We think this is a great idea giving back and helping the community out. Don’t hesitate to stay at this wonderful house. The sunsets are to die for and the weather could not have been any better. There was a nice breeze off the ocean cooling the temps down during the day and keeping the bugs away at night. I never got bit once while there and usually I am the buffet cart for them. Can’t wait to return in the near future. Thanks for everything Cory and Sherri

We enjoyed our stay very much! Great pool and beautiful view. Thanks. Nita

What a wonderful Christmas we had at Casa Del Mar. First, I cannot say enough about Christine, she was so helpful with many answers to my many questions before the booking, after the booking and even helping to plan our stay and activities while we were there. It was our first time in Nicaragua, Christine thought of everything from transportation, communicating with locals and even having lovely Delores cook for us each day. Delores was quite a wonderful treat for this mom of 2 growing/grown boys, always in the kitchen back at home, she truly was the reason why I was able to really sit back relax and enjoy my vacation. She would get fresh fruit, vegetables and seafood from market and prepare them for us each day, we loved everything she cooked, in fact on our next visit we will just let her choose what to get and prepare because there was not one meal breakfast, lunch or dinner that disappointed. And Jo...We must not forget Jo, being a soccer family back in the States, we enjoyed so much chatting with this "Man United" fan, a lover of this great sport, we even watched a game or two on the great outdoor barbecue area where we swam in the pool daily, played games at night and just enjoyed the most beautiful sunsets you'll ever see. We were a family of 4 with grown sons, the rental was very comfortable with plenty of space for each of us and everything you need. Masachapa is a great little town, it was fun watching the fisherman come and go each day, the locals were so welcoming and friendly folks, we enjoyed walks on the beach and in town. If you are looking for a beautiful place to stay, enjoy good food and good company ... Casa Del Mar is the place for you!

My now fiancé and I stayed with Christine for 4 nights at the end of Jan 2018. During the course of those 4 days we got such a personal experience with her, the place was better than the pictures showed it and was absolutely perfect. I had a big surprise in mind for my girlfriend and I set up cameras and a picnic on the pool deck, as the sun went down and we started a puzzle I had made with the words “will you marry me” on it. Just as the sun hit the horizon she clues into what was being said, needless to say we are now happily engaged!! Delores went on to make us a fabulous meal as we sipped wine and ate in the glowing orange sunset. We will be back!! Thank you so much for everything. Braden and Amanda ❤️