BeachFront, 5 BR, Palm-Surrounded Large Pool w Dining Area for 12,Chef's Kitchen

Pam, we are glad you enjoyed your week at SGI. Wholeheartedly agree that the Island can meet your vacation holiday plans, whether that includes being active or just lazing the day away on the beach or poolside. We did want to clarify for future Guests, though, that our VRBO House Policy notes that only 8 adults are permitted (the number noted for your party in your original VRBO Inquiry), mainly because of the issue you noted: there is no appropriate bedding for adults once the four couples maximum is exceeded. Our Reservation Agreement has now been corrected to avoid any misunderstanding as to the maximum number of adults in future bookings.

Thank you, Leslie. Please consider returning to Breathe Easy; we loved hosting you and your family.

April, we are so glad your family enjoyed your stay. The plastic dishes are located in the kitchen area downstairs for convenience to the pool, so apologies for not mentioning that in the check-in information; will add that in the future. We don't provide beach chairs since Franklin County initiated the No Trace laws, although previous Guests have left chairs behind and do we not discard them (just in case new Guests wish to use them.) We appreciate your taking time to post about your stay and hope that you and your family will return to Breathe Easy in the future. Thank you, again, for being such great Guests.

Thank you for the compliments addressing Breathe Easy. Yes, we agree it is a beautiful home. However, as to our concerns in regard to the Guest's Travel Party, pertinent details were excluded. Our Rental Agreement, accepted by the Traveler months prior to the Reservation, states repeatedly an absolute house limit of twelve 'people.' The Traveler listed a party of eight adults for both the Reservation Request and the subsequent Rental Agreement. Six days before Check-In, the Guest informed us that she did not understand that ‘children’ needed to be included with the Reservation and had the following five individuals to add to the Rental Agreement: two 18 year-olds (one male and one female), one 17 year-old (male) and two 13 year-olds (females.) At the same time, the Guest stated one of the original adults would not be traveling with them, leaving three adult couples and one young adult male from the original party. The five additions and the single exclusion produced a new Travel Party of 12, our house limit. With the three adult couples accommodated with the three king-beds upstairs, the six various young adults/teens were left to the downstairs bedding of one queen-bed and two child-friendly bunks. Because we have no sleeper sofas, we do not feel that Guests would be comfortable sleeping on the couches and attempt to provide a home that accommodates all Guests with acceptable bedding, whether adult or child. Needless to say, the limited number of adult beds left us worrying how comfortable the downstairs bedding would be for the three young adults and three teens. Informing us a mere six days prior to Check-In that the Travel Party almost doubled in size, obviously created questions and concerns on our part. If the Guest had informed us of the Travel Party changes even a few weeks before their arrival, giving us ample time to modify the Rental Agreement and determine that all would be comfortably accommodated, perhaps our questions would not have been perceived as upsetting or intrusive. As far as using a Management Company, our suggestion would be the same for the Guest. As long as Vacation Home Owners have both a need to address the comfort of their Guests and their own issues of liability, the impersonal Management Company would probably be the best option for this Traveler.