Prior to my trip, I was bombarded with emails from a management company listing rules and asking me to compare my reservation and make sure I had gotten the right space.
The space itself felt crowded, lacked ventilation, and didn’t include any hospitable touches. (Compared to prior hosts leaving a little note or a local beer in the fridge, this space was a crowding of mismatched furniture and warnings about not reporting pets and how the water can take 10 minutes to heat. Speaking of heat, there was a miserable heat wave on but we arrived to a hot, humid space with all the windows closed and fans off.)
We chose the space because we were attending a wedding nearby on a holiday weekend. If you’re on a budget, it’s likely cheaper than a lot of other things in the area, and the proximity to the beach is a plus. If I had to do over, I would just stay in a hotel— same level of impersonal but with functional WiFi, climate control, housekeeping, and more space.