Our stay at the beach condo was great, the location has extremely easy access to the beach and the unit was full of useful beach tools (chairs, beach wagon, towels and more). We had four guests and the unit was roomy enough for all of us to have our own space. Two guests were working remotely and the outdoor table and indoor desk came in handy for the couple of hours we sat down to work each day. There are three outdoor areas at this unit… 1) is a wraparound walkway that does not face any water and has a cozy woven chair to sit in. 2) Is an outdoor deck style seating area with a big table and grill (we ate dinner out here at dusk). The view of the canal is pretty block from this deck since there is a unite roof right in front of it. 3) This is the patio in the “master” bedroom that faces the canal. It is not open air, but rather has a net surrounding it which will protect you from bugs.
You have the option to walk to a very quiet beach off the main drag, or you can drive down to the pier where the beach is a bit more populated and where you can feel safe swimming with lifeguards nearby.
Now… I only gave this unit a 3 star review mainly due to some cleanliness issues (which I am sure the host will resolve after our stay) and Wi-Fi problems. First, the Wi-Fi is absolutely terrible here and you cannot troubleshoot it. You literally cannot open chrome on your phone despite the router being in the room. Even the TV failed to connect to Wi-Fi, which left us without any wind-down entertainment at night since the place also has no cable (only streaming services that you need internet to connect to). We had to hotspot the entire week, which drained our data and phone batteries. Next, when traveling south, you should anticipate running into some creepy critters, but this unit had an especially strong attraction to those critters as we ran into 4 + during our stay (some were dead on the floor when we first walked into the unit, which seems strange as I hope the unit was cleaned before we got there). Additionally, some furniture on the patio deck was thick with grime.. I put my laptop down on an outdoor table and the bottom was covered in oily dirt when I picked it back up. We also ran into a major maintenance issue with the AC, but this was towards the end of our trip so it did not impact our week there.
Also be aware that there are two other units very close to this property, and if those units have guests you will likely be running into them frequently (the guest below us asked me for a blunt while I was outside taking a call). Nothing the host can do about this one, but something I wish I had known when looking at the unit.
Overall the host was very responsive, check-in was easy and we did enjoy our stay. I’m not sure what AirBnb defines as “super” for their locations, but my bar is a little higher for that endowment than the experience I had here.