How a beach house dream became StolenTime’s 60-year success story

It all started in the 1940s with a husband’s promise to his wife, and over time, that promise grew into one of Saint Lucia’s most enduring tourism success stories.Years before all-inclusive resorts transformed Caribbean tourism, Dennis Barnard bought a piece of beachfront land. His wife, Marguerite Laurie Barnard, had always dreamed of building a beach house there and encouraged him to make it happen. That choice became the starting point for what is now StolenTime by Rendezvous, a family-run resort that has welcomed guests to Saint Lucia for six decades and has helped shape the island’s tourism industry.