The home and amenities were beautiful. Being in Del Mar was great, you’re only an 18-minute drive from everything in San Diego. The homes’ proximity to the ocean/beach, restaurants and stores was real bonus. I enjoyed being able to see the ocean from the second-floor balcony. And Bluewater Vacation was always responsive and just a text away.
My only concerns with this property are the tools that Bluewater Vacation uses to monitor and serve their guests. These things might make sense on paper for a property manager but are ultimately unpractical.
The first night we received a text message at 3am warning us about the noise level at the home. Tired from traveling that day, everyone was in bed and asleep by 9:30pm. Chalked up to a “malfunction”, it left us tiptoeing around the house inside and out the rest of our trip. Never really being about to relax.
Additionally, on the final day the spa wasn't heating and we weren’t able to enjoy that the final afternoon or evening. A tech came to look at it, but after seeing it raise one degree, he left without fixing the problem. I have a hunch it had to do with the remote timer as that is about the time the heat for the pool would have turned off as well.
Those are just two examples of things we've never had to deal with at other rental properties and while they didn't ruin our vacation by any means they did impact our ability fully relax and took our focus away from family time.