The location was good. The beach that was located by the cottage is a dog beach(just be aware). Lots and lots of dogs there. 15 minute drive from san Diego zoo. 15miles from outlet. 7-eleven down the street(walking distance). The cottage itself was very small(much smaller than I expected; but we weren’t there as much so it didnt matter as much. I didnt like the curtains because it left a space either on the ends of the window when you tried to cover the middle of the window or the middle of the window when u wanted to cover the ends. We traveled with our two girls but like description suggest max 2 is better. Neighbors to the left of us in the other front unit were loud. We heard them while in the cottage and windows and doors closed. We heard every person that walked pass the cottage that talked. But thats expected if your located by the beach i guess. Parking was bad. We got lucky both times with parking. Overall the unit was great, clean and good for what we needed. I will return again just not with our kids just because of space reasons