My family and I travel frequently and always use VRBO for accommodations. We've never been disappointed until now. Traveler reviews are very important when choosing a place. Unfortunately, those were missing when I booked this property. I figured it was because it was a new listing. The photos show a clean, bright, spacious apartment and the description lists everything we were looking for in a location that seemed perfect, so even though it cost more than I was originally hoping to spend, I took a chance and booked it. The property is roomy, and the location is great - just steps from a beautiful beach in a quiet, safe neighborhood. It's walking distance to fun shops and restaurants and an IGA is about 2 blocks away.
Unfortunately, the rest is all negative. Inside, it's noisy and completely rundown. The toilet whines when flushed. The AC is very loud. The twin-bed bedroom's ceiling fan clicks so loudly it's unusable. You can hear everything the upstairs renters are doing. When they turn their hall light on, it illuminates the living room due to the large gap under the thin door that separates you from them. The window screens are torn, and all the blinds are broken, many with missing slats. Unnerving since it's a street-level apartment with many windows, and anyone can look in. In the queen-bed bedroom, the wall-socket is pulled out from the wall, exposing wires and the TV in there is unusable since there's no service to it. Only three of the stove's burners work, the fourth being completely detached. Toaster oven is also broken. The wobbly old dryer works, but the washing machine doesn't. There's no drying rack for dishes and I had to call for an ironing board and dustpan to be delivered. Lastly, even though we found a big ball of lint and used men's boxer briefs in the laundry room, there was nothing provided anywhere for use at the beach. How does one list a beach house and not provide even a single beach towel? For the price this place rents for, one would think they could afford to spend a few dollars on some towels and maybe a couple of beach chairs. Hint - Walmart sells a 2-pack of towels for under $10.
This place has so much wasted potential. It felt like nothing more than a slapped-together, money-grab for the owner, doing as little upkeep as possible, but still getting a premium price. My family enjoyed our stay on Tybee Island and would love to return, but not to this property.