This unit accommodates 9. What was not disclosed in the description is that entry AND exit to both the beach AND the pool requires use of a key fob. That’s all fine, except this unit only provides ONE key fob. We expressed our concern to the property manager immediately, and they were responsive, but the property owners of Unit 315 only provide ONE key. All other units were provided 2. To summarize: from the unit, the beach is about a 3 min walk to the gate, and then another 3 min walk to the water. The pool is approximately a 3 minute walk from the unit in the opposite direction.
My husband and I came to the unit with our 3 teenage daughters, who each brought a friend. So we had 6 teenagers with us. The problem is that everybody in our group had to enter and exit the beach at the same time, every time. We had an issue where our safety was compromised one day when several of our party left the beach to return to the unit to use the bathroom and grab some lunch. While they were gone, one of the girls with us cut her foot on a shell. It was bleeding and we were stuck on the beach. You cannot EXIT without a key fob.
We tried to escort kids to the gate to unlock it if some wanted to go in, but it was a huge inconvenience to have to get up, walk to the gate, let them out, and keep your phone very accessible so you could get their call to go let them back in. (Again, approximately a 3-4 min walk each way from the water to the gate.) I felt like I was glued to my phone the entire trip.
We will most definitely not be staying in this unit again solely due to this fact. I felt unsafe being locked in the beach, and forget allowing some of the kids to go to the pool while some stayed at the beach. That’s impossible with one key fob when the fob is required for entry AND exit at both the beach and the pool.
Overall, I was extremely disappointed that this was not CLEARLY stated in the unit description. It is absolutely a safety issue. I am disappointed that the issue was not corrected during our stay. We paid a lot of money for our party of 8 to stay in a unit marketed for a party of 9, and I spent the whole trip glued to my phone running back and forth with a key fob.