We love Mission Beach and knew we wanted to stay. When we saw this listing, the map location notes it is located on the boardwalk of the Pacific Side of the beach, which is highly inaccurate. The actual location is not beachfront, but just off the main street. (Which we were fine with). At booking, I asked for clarification of where the rental was located (as well as if it had any security cameras inside or outside) and did not receive a response for 22 days (until our checkin day).
The unit itself is situated nicely. We liked the setup. Decent beds, lots of amenities in the kitchen as well as a few beach toys and a couple of beach chairs to use at the beach. Beach is easy to access!
The apartment provides ample towels and a couple of fans to help keep the place cool as it clearly states there is no AC. We were awaken early Saturday morning to workers doing work on the building literally 2 feet from our heads right outside the window (which we had open to help keep the place cool). It may have been nice to know work was being done ahead of time, but not necessarily a deal breaker since we would be gone most of the time anyhow.
If the weather is hot, the apartment definitely gets warm. Use the fans they provide and also keep all windows open for the breeze.
Checkin was easy. Checkout a little more challenging as some checkout details are provided at the beginning of the stay, and other specifics were sent to us 52 minutes before checkout.
Communication was nearly non existent except for the basic details. The first questions I had the day after we booked were not answered for 22 days (until the day we checked in). Subsequent questions were never answered. We did receive a message on checkin day that the internet was down and it was being fixed. It did not work the entire length of our stay and I could not find any modem in the unit. Communication seemed likenit came from a bot instead of an actual person.
If you want a no frills, easy stay with cheap location for the beach, it is a nice stay.