The room looked exactly like the picture. It was clean and nicely decorated. It had an adjoining door to the next room, which I kinda didn't like, but overall the actual room was comfortable. If it was free standing, it would've been beautiful. The view was ok, if cement parking lots with a side view of the gulf were your thing. I thought the place was actually ON the beach. It's not. The beach is across the street so that was disappointing. The parking structure was attached to the building.
Now to the issues of this rental: the building and the front desk lady. When you first arrive, there are no signs telling you what to do/where to go. I thought it was a condo community, so I didn't know how to get the key from the owner. But I found out quickly it was not a condo community, but a random 2 star hotel. Disappointing. Then when you walk into the lobby, you are met with a cluttered old desk area and a front desk lady, who gave off a we're "bothering her by walking in" vibe. She spoke fast and annoyed and was dismissive when I asked her to slow down or to repeat herself. She gave us these arm bands, that she said were required to wear around the property, that (we didn't initially realize or we wouldn't have put them on) LOCKED into place where you could not take them off to bathe, eat, go to bed, anything. They were on you inside/outside, got wet in the shower and beach, laid in your food, then went to bed with you. That was disgusting.
The building is old. The elevators are old. It felt like an old vegas hotel overall. Just ugh. My husband and I wanted to run out of there. But it was our 1st VRBO experience and the billing and app was not very user friendly so we wouldn't have trusted we would've gotten a refund. That's the only reason we stayed. I was disgusted everytime I left the room and walked through the hotel to get outside. The place was a huge disappointment. It felt like I was bumming it on vacation. Unless you're going to party or get drunk or high close to the beach, I would not recommend to anyone, who plan to be in their right minds, on a romantic weekend getaway. Choose a nicer hotel actually on the beach. This experience has made me not even want to use VRBO again. I felt bamboozled and tricked. I would never do this again.