Palm Bay Club

I am writing this review as a heads up to any future vacationers wanting to stay at this 363 unit in Palm Bay club in siesta key, which is handled by I trip advisors for rent. Upon our arrival the following took place and was our unfortunate experience: We arrived on the weekend of early March and found very limited parking where our unit was located. Upon entering the unit had a nasty mildew and musty odor to it. - The internet and tv passwords and codes were misrepresented and confusing as there were two different ones. -There was no grill at location as stated but down at pool on inter coastal is where we found two but then discovered you needed 48 hour notice to secure the use of it -There was a danger warning sign attached to the step in stair at one end of pool which could not be used - There was no porch furniture was rusted and damaged and legs of chairs were half off and broken so unusable -The view was of the parking lot and gate not as advertised of water and inter coastal -The towels were small and low grade quality -The water pressure was minimal and took 3-5 minutes to get hot -The bathrooms were small tight dirty and gross -The beds were of a platform variety and uncomfortable -The internet and tv was intermittent and had to be serviced twice within one week and never worked the last day 1/2 -week two was refunded but week one was a disaster and mgmt was unavailable until after three days passed with little to know resolution! We were told to not write a neg. review, as well, in order to get that second week refund. The office was closed within an hour of our arrival and we had parking ticket warnings for no pass that wasn’t supplied but no issue with that as we acted the next morning but could get no resolution or very minimal until Monday by day end and on many of our complaints that lasted throughout the week as they said no place to put you. Overall for the money spent this place was very substandard and a joke horrible communication and misrepresented …. The overall decorating was nice and cute and very Floridian and the location is ideal.

We were there at the end of February and beginning of March. Great place. On the 11th floor, the view was superb. The only visible damage from the two hurricanes were a few boarded windows (not in our rental) and some missing palm fronds. The clean up work has been very effective. The beach sand was all there and as powdery as ever. The water was around 68 degrees, a liitle chilly, but we could wade in it. The red tide map showed the area around Siesta Key as being clear the whole time we were there. The best part (among a number of great parts) was the swimming pool. Sherry and I are both lappers and the pool was exceptional. Big enough for long laps and heated to a comfortable level to make entry easy, but not too hot to swim for stretches of time. Check in and check out were quick and easy, and the counter staff always helped with a smile. Traffic on Siesta Key can be a crawl during the day. Evenings generally were not a problem, but the daytime demanded extra time in planning if driving was involved.

We stayed at the Palm Bay Club, in The Tower, right on the Gulf! View from the 7th floor was beautiful! The apartment was well furnished; decor was nice/beachy. Perfect 1 bedroom for our 4 night stay! Pool is a little bit of a walk, near the office/street. Our preference was the beach, so worked out fine. We did try to use the hot tub at the Palm Bay across the street. It was hot, but no bubbles.