You can not argue about the location, beach, shops, bars, restaurants, easy access to where ever you needed to go (Walmart, Publix, Winn Dixie, etc etc). As far as the condo goes. Poor communication on when and how to check in. Never heard from anybody until the day off (Saturday 3/12) about how, when, and time to check in. If this is the standard way of communication for this property, then please put that in the listing and people know. In the past 5 years of using VRBO, I have never had "lack of communication" as an issue until this property. When people need to plan, then we need to know. Waiting to the last minute is not good. I was worried that we were going to show up at the property and our reservation was lost and nobody knew we were arriving. But, I will say this, once we did hear from them, then it did state we were able to check in right then and there, which was a huge plus since we had been in Tampa since Friday evening, so we were able to check in around 1pm, instead of the posted time of 4pm.
Once checked in, started to notice some issues. 1. Outlets in the girls bedroom (2 double beds) would not keep items plugged in, very loose. They had to prop up bags to hold their cell phone chargers in place so they would stay being charged and not falling out. They stated that all the outlets were like that. 2. Dryer did not work at all..!!!!! Called and reported it and they had maintenance over to fix it super quick. He came back and said put this piece of "duct tape" over it to keep the button on to work....did not work and he stated that the dryer probably needs to be replaced. Could not put clothes in the dryer and leave the condo to go to the beach, had to go and spend $1.50 for 30 minutes with dryer in hallway for public use, and this did not get the clothes dried in 30 minutes. Not very accommodating when the listing states you have a washer and dryer and then you have to go hunt down quarters to use the dryer that would not dry. Had to hang clothes over chairs or shower rods to dry. 3. Lack of good useable kitchen utensils. Some were broken or non-existent. Probably would be good to do a survey on what is needed and see if you have them or if they are in good shape and useable. 4. Griddle to fry bacon was not useable (Broken). 5. 3rd bedroom (1 queen bed by entrance) Needs a new mattress, very uncomfortable and person sleeping in there woke up with backaches for the entire week. Again, GREAT location