My wife and I were excited to spend our honeymoon at this condo. For the most part, we had a good time. The area was large and comfortable, and having a full kitchen at our disposal was a wonderful addition and helped us save on food and money. The bathroom and bedroom were spacious, and supplies like soaps, towels, and cleaning supplies were well stocked. The addition of beach chairs and umbrellas and such was a huge plus. The condo is pretty out of the way from a lot of things, but that wasn't necessarily a bad thing. As is apparently the case for many places outside of hotels and resorts, there was no AC, but the abundance of fans coupled with the ocean breeze coming through the window screens made us comfortable enough.
The problems arose halfway through our stay when I found dozens of maggots all over the living room, mostly concentrated in and around the sliding door to the patio. I took several photos to prove it. I alerted Julie right away and she suggested it may have been because we left rotted food somewhere. My wife and I are very clean people, and the maggots were nowhere near the kitchen or trash can. I have encountered maggots before, so this explanation does not make sense for the amount and location of the maggots. Julie did ask a cleaning lady to come take a look, but all she really did was look at them and confirm what we already knew. She did however explain that she had been working in the condo below ours, which had apparently been trashed by the people staying there, and was full of old and rotted food. The cleaning lady even said there was a rat spotted. I think its possible that the maggots may have originated from downstairs and made there way up to us.
I swept and vacuumed up some of the maggots, but more kept coming out of...somewhere. My wife and I decided that this was a big enough issue to where we were no longer comfortable staying. I explained this to Julie, and she sent me the following message:
"I’m happy to offer you a credit for cleaning those up. We’ve never had any issues with maggots other than rotten food or fruits or garbage and it appears that they’ve been cleaned up the majority and there’s a couple more that Maggie the cleaner is in picking up. If you decide to vacate early unfortunately I can’t give you a credit back but I can give you a small cleaning credit of $25 for the inconvenience please advise if you plan to depart or if you would prefer the credit"
I understand that the tropics and hot/humid areas can have a lot of bugs. I live in southeast Texas, so I am no stranger to the occasional roach, millipede, or spider. But dozens and dozens of maggots coming from everywhere and nowhere in particular is not something to just be dismissed as no big deal in my opinion, and to date I have not received any sort of credit back.
Our stay was off to a good start, but the maggot issue and the way it was handled was very unsatisfactory for us.