The resort collects 13% when you check in. Add that to whatever you think you are paying through Airbnb. It’s on top of that. I didn’t recall seeing that in the description or didn’t expect it at least since I’ve never seen that for an other Airbnb’s I’ve used.
Other than that, pretty much as described. The unit is clean. Felt relatively new. The kitchen has dishes, pots and pans, some spices, etc. It’s a resort, so the unit is serviced daily. There’s soap in shampoo in the bathroom.
It’s a 45 minute golf cart ride from town. That’s going top speed. Couldn’t go faster if you wanted to. The road is horrible. There are very few food options nearby but the unit has a full kitchen so we cooked some of our meals. If you want to be away from everything, this is a great place. If you want to go to restaurants every night, then pick something closer to town. A cart is $200-$250 a week USD.
The room looks onto a courtyard with two pools separated by a tiki bar. There were few people staying at the resort while we were there so it felt like we had the place largely to ourselves. It’s definitely far away from everything.
There is a tour company onsite. There is free use of kayaks. You also have free use of paddle boards, bikes, fishing poles, snorkel gear. We didn’t use the bikes because nothing is close so we went everywhere on our golf cart. Bring your own fishing tackle. They didn’t have weights. They keep Sardines in the freeze so just open it and get some for bait. I would not call the resort personnel especially helpful. It’s a bit hit and miss and I had to more assertive at different times. The staff make or break a good resort and the staff could be much better here.
The sargassum is horrible at the resort right now. It creates what is called a red tide at the beach which makes the water red/brown and essentially unswimable. It goes out into the water maybe a hundred yards. This is completely outside of Craig’s control but I wouldn’t stay here during sargassum season. Secret beach is not impacted so that’s become a very popular place. It’s maybe 30 minutes away by cart.
Everyplace has pros and cons. The pros and cons here all depend on what you want. Some might hate being so far away. Others might love it. If you want to swim right at the resort beach, don’t come during sargassum.