The Elements is located in a great location, close to 5th Ave with many restaurants and shops. Across from the hotel is 7-11 in case you want water, beer or snacks. We didn't spend too much time on the beach as there were too much seaweeds. We used the volleyball net a couple times. Overall the location is great and staff was friendly and helpful.
The condo is okay, it had a musty smell maybe from the air conditioning. The circuit breaker kept tripping at least 5 times a day, when we had the dryer or hair dryer on. It was annoying. The condo is spacious for 5 of us, with basic kitchen needs like pots/pans, dishes and silverware. We could use a gas outdoor grill rather than the charcoal one provided. We took the taxi to Walmart a couple times (90 pesos each way) to get food. They dropped us off in front of Walmart and when we were done with shopping, there was a line of taxi at the lower level that we took back to the hotel.
GH8 is next to the lobby so there was some traffic going back and forth between lobby and their units or the pool. It didn't bother us that much.
I think this unit could use a deep cleaning to polish the floor, showers and cabinet doors. It would look much more fresh and maybe get rid of the musty odor. House keeping came by twice when we were there.
Overall, we enjoyed our stay in Playa, beautiful weather, big pool and great location.