We were meeting a friend in Bradenton and needed a place to stay with separate rooms, so I went to VRBO. This place had a few key things we really wanted, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms (unheard of, right?!) and private parking. We both have custom cars and are not really comfortable with leaving them in a parking lot for too long like a hotel, so having a car port and a driveway was spectacular. Those things alone were enough to make this a perfect fit, but the inside of the house was so well decorated. It's very vacation like, there are interesting paintings, statues, sculptures, coffee tables, silverware, shower curtains, everything is nautical/beach/mermaid themed. We spent the entire weekend pointing out things to the others. "Did you see the toilet handle is a mermaid tail?! I didn't even know they made those, who thought of that?!". The hospitality of the owners was amazing as well. The place was clean, A/C set, fans on, key on the table when we arrived. As an added touch they left wine and chocolate on the table for us to enjoy. And enjoy we did :-) . The location of the cottage is about 10 minutes from Bradenton Beach which stretches north and south into several other beaches and it's not hard to find an uncrowded spot and be sitting on the sand at the coast within 15 min of leaving this little cottage. Obviously you CAN stay closer to the beach, but I feel like this place is a better balance of cost and amenities. Overall we were all very pleased with our stay and would highly recommend this place to anyone needing to stay in the area.