Hey Heather!!! We stayed in the Caribbean Village and we thought it was very nice. We had the honeymoon luxe king room. We were very close to the beach and close to the rest of our party. When booking the girl receommended we choose the caribbean village and at the time the Italian village was the same price. She said most of our guests would be staying in the caribbean village and that it is the center to the entire resort. Close to the beach and our favorite pool was in the caribbean village. It was a perfect location with a very nice room. I will post some pics to this thread later today.
My favorite review on trip advisor is some snotbag "obviously if you stay in the caribbean village you are poor" and Im pretty sure no poor people are traveling to turks and caicos for one and/or are staying at Beaches. We paid $4950 for our room and I dont think that is cheap. And I wouldnt consider myself poor!
The italian village gets a lot of hype because it is new. The pool is gorgeous yes but we did not spend one day there, way too many little children. Caribbean village pools were great fun and we loved that section of the resort. (we loved the whole resort).
All in all you are barely in your room anyways. But ours was spacious with a very large balcony/patio, large king bed with extra pillows, and a pull out couch area. It was perfect for us! Hope this helps!