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Reviews of Sandpiper Cove Studios By Holiday Isle

3 out of 5
Sandpiper Cove Studios By Holiday Isle
775 Gulf Shore Drive, Destin, FL

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 25 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 24 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 9 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 63 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice place!
Nice area. Great staff, quick to respond to problems. Bathroom was a bit of a safety hazard with raised area for commode & step down into shower, Lots of outside stairs for seniors, but overall, good place to stay.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2018

2/10 Terrible

Ken

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beware!
Beware! The unit advertised appeared to be on the water - the unit rented was not! The actual unit smelled like a dirty ashtray and was outdated and "shop worn." The resort fees are very high (note they are a separate, additional fee beyond your room rental!) Management claimed no other units were available and their only solution to the nasty odor was to have housekeeping spray the place down with an intensely sweet room freshener - yuck! No refund or fee reduction offered. We stayed at 3 properties during our Destin vacation - Sandpiper Cove was by far the most expensive and the most disappointing!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2017

10/10 Excellent

james

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
8121 Rating.
Stay was great. Everything from check in and assistance from Morgan was excellent. Some minor maintenance to the unit (as reported) and being able to get the TV to work would have it A#1.

8/10 Good

Melissa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place. The extra bedroom was a plus with the balcony off of it! Kids enjoyed the pool and beach

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Very nice location. Quiet and out of the rat race.
We were planning on returning next year for two months but they don't allow dogs over 30 lbs.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

8/10 Good

JUAN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Yolanda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Iris, New Orleans

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The trip was great very comforting the only problem that I had was my toilet keep overflowing

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Laminda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We really enjoyed staying in the studio at Sandpiper Cove, very convenient to ocean and harbor. Grounds are immaculate, really enjoyed the quiet atmosphere. Very user friendly with a wide variety of options that patrons can take advantage of!

10/10 Excellent

Lucia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lesson learned!!!
Initially I booked a studio. Big mistake! Had to upgrade with Sandpiper, loved it. The studio is a pull out bed n sofa bed. Everything smashed together. Upgraded to a one bedroom, bunk beds in separate area n living room had a sofa bed. We also had a full kitchen washer dryer the works.

8/10 Good

Zachary, Forsyth Co., Georgia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great trip
It was a nice little condo for me and my fiancé. It was a short walk to the beach and close driving distance to resturants.

10/10 Excellent

Kelsie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Laura, Wendell

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Sandpiper Cove was awesome! We had private beach access just a short walk away. The studio we had was spacious and very clean. I would definitely recommend Sandpiper Covered to anyone looking for a beautiful, quite place to stay.

4/10 Poor

Brenda, Nashville

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Know what you are getting
This is not a hotel. This is a condo unit across a busy 4 lane road from the beach. The two beds Expedia said it had were a pull out couch and pull down Murphy bed. With them down, the only room left to move was the kitchenette (nice) and bathroom (small and dated). All making up of beds was up to us.no maid service ( not a hotel) The wifi did not work. I spent hours of my 72 hour 'vacation' dealing with that. Finally, 17 hours before we left, I sat for two hours with a repairman while he figured out there was no router. Finally fixed This was after several blood pressure raising telephone conversations with the typical cable type people telling you to unplug it and wait 10 minutes and then replug..........Oh, the smoke detector battery decided it was dying at 4:30 am Sunday morning and proceeded to beep mercilessly. The battery was not in the back. Finally got the battery out. So it took them 36 hours to get that safety feature fixed. And, when they came they fussed that I had taken the battery out. Like anyone could live with that beeping for 2 days! The beach was nice The taxes and fees on this place made it cost a third more.

10/10 Excellent

misty, Hayden AL

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beach bums!
Make sure and take extra towels!! Lots and lots to do in the area! We booked the same unit for our next trip this summer! Looking forward to going back.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Close to private beach access
Nice place to stay, will be booking here when I go to destin.

10/10 Excellent

Yasmin, Fort Worth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awesome place!
The stay was awesome! The resort had everything needed.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect location for what we needed.
Didn't have much to go on as far as reviews and we typically stay in a hotel when we visit, but took a chance on Sandpiper Cove. Overall we were impressed with the amenities, cleanliness, and proximity to everything Destin related. The private beach across the street was a huge plus. Will definitely stay there again!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location and neighborhood, awful bedroom
Worst bedroom ever. VERY UNCOMFORTABLE BED. Slept on the couch every night... Alone....Without my boyfriend when we tried to get away. Weird liquid oozing out of a closet by the kitchen... It never stopped and we never figured out what it was. Had to step over it everytime we walked thru the hallway. BIGGEST NEGATIVE- The bedroom was dreadful... As i said, the bed was terrible, no overhead lighting/ceiling fan, an awful color blue, and no tv ?!?! Miserable bedroom.

6/10 Okay

lynne

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice condo very close to the beach
The condo was very clean. There was only a pull out bed and it was very uncomfortable. There was no bedroom.

8/10 Good

Chris, Wesley Chapel, FL

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Best week of the beach in my life!
Everything about our trip was great. Take the water taxi everywhere! Restaurants, beaches, shopping, etc can all be reached by a water taxi. So cool. Jim on the boat was our BFF.

6/10 Okay

Paula, Atlanta

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice hotel, bad bed
The location of the condo was great. It was nice to be able to walk to the beach. And the beach was beautiful. We also liked the fact that it was so well furnished. We did not use much of the kitchen, but know that there is a nice fridge, a good stove, useful microwave, and all what you could need for cooking. Now why the low review? There were a couple of things that were not that nice, and they really were deal breakers. First, there is a big window/door which has nothing but a curtain. Even though the glass seemed to have some kind of stain, we did not think the curtain offered much privacy. Second, (and it's getting worse as I go), there was a big step in the bathroom. I tripped on it a million times. Once I did as I was stepping back and if my husband wasn't close, I would have hit my head to the border of the bathtub. Very dangerous. And last and most disappointing: the bed. The bed was super uncomfortable. You felt first that your head were always higher than your head, and you are constantly falling to the middle. It's like the sides are WAY higher than the center. As days went by our back pain grew stronger. So even though we liked the location, and it was clean, and people were nice around... we would not stay there again. I don't plan (ever) to spend a lot of time in the hotel/room when I go on vacation. But I need to have a decent sleep. Last thing: we discovered an extra key to the apartment under the door mat outside, which could be seen without much effort.

10/10 Excellent

Arlus, Imperial MO

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful, we liked the condo very much.
The condo was nice, close to the beach, shopping, the atmosphere was great

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location
Fantastic facility. Our unit needs a little updating but the price made it worth it.

8/10 Good

Chris , H

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice beach getaway
We were able to book this place the night before and there was no hidden fees once we checked in. Very friendly staff and security, and easy beach access.

8/10 Good

Jeff, Cleveland, OH

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
"Condo-style" Hotel Very Close to Beach
This is a "condo-style" hotel as in you are on your own once you check-in. When we did have to interact with staff, they were friendly and helpful. Only negatives were the smell of the sewer near the front entrance, and the pull-out bed was terrible - completely uncomfortable. We fought about who had to sleep on it.

10/10 Excellent

Nancy, EVANSVILLE

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
A ok!
Pretty darn good place. I stayed in unit 3214 with 2 grandchildren for 4 nights. Got a really great last minute deal. Booked through Holiday Isle properties. The description said canal condo with a pic of a condo on the canal. Well, no such luck. Called Holiday Isle the next morning because we got there after hours. They said I got what I booked. So I called hotels.com and they were told the same thing after calling them while I was on hold. What a let down. Couldn't afford a beach side condo and I figured at least this one was on the water! So that is my biggest gripe with this condo. Not sure who is to blame but Hotels.com is giving me a $50.00 credit towards my next room. The condo itself was great. A lot of extra touches you don't find in condo's. One thing I would like to make known is there is no room for food. It is so well stocked with dishes, I litterally had to take stuff out of a cabinet to put some food in and I just left the rest out on the counter. Every possible thing you could need in the kitchen and even some you don't will be found! A washer and dryer was a plus. That was a total surprise. Beds were very comfortable. Some kind of small table in the 2nd bedroom would have been nice. Most of the closet in that room was taken up by the furnace, vacuum cleaner and necessities. All in all at the price I got it for I would not hesitate to rent it again. Short walk or drive to beach.

4/10 Poor

John, Orange, CA

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Make sure you know what you are getting!
When we got to the unit, it was not what was advertised. It was supposed to have two beds - we took that to mean actual beds. It did not, it had a hide a bed and a sofa bed. It was very small and not well appointed or especially clean. Fortunately we were able to go to the agent where we got the keys a few blocks away and a much better condo was available, an actual two bedroom that was beautiful. We stayed there instead and loved it. Otherwise, the location is nice, the property very quiet with lots of amenities. Once we got a nice unit, we thoroughly enjoyed it!

10/10 Excellent

johanna, ga

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful hotel. We wish we could move there!
Close to many fun resterants and on a beautiful beach that's privAte

8/10 Good

connie, minnesota

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Great location-beautiful beach-quiet
Just what we were looking for - reasonable, quiet, well appointed(except for terrible lighting for evening read or projects). We loved the beach, on site restaraunt. We'd return.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

10/10 Excellent

Ulrich, Auburn, AL

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A Great Time in Destin
We traveled with our two teenage daughters, so having a small apartment instead of just a single room was wonderful. The kitchen was fully equipped, which allowed us to have breakfast in the room. The location was ideal, having a section of the beach as part of the property. We will definitely be back.

6/10 Okay

aaron, Millington TN

Sandpiper Cv. Review
Stayed for 5 days and enjoyed the coast. Room was nice but nothing elaborate but okay deal for the cost. We did enjoy the location and have stayed at Sandpiper Cove before this trip. The main negative thing I can say about the stay this time was they charge you a cleaning fee and when we first arrived it had not been cleaned very well.

10/10 Excellent

Christy, D

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice condo very friendly staff
The staff was extremely friendly and helpful!! They made our stay even better! The room was very nice and pleasing to the eye. The only complaint we had is that the bed was a hide a bed into the wall and very very uncomfortable. I would absolutely stay here again, but I would want a condo with an actual bedroom and an actual bed.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
it was great, the only thing is that I wasn't able to sleep on the bed with my husband. the mattress was bending in the middle... I slept on the sofa (couldn't sleep on the open sofa bed cause it was horribly uncomfortable too) besides that, it was a great place... the location was ideal!

8/10 Good

Bruce

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great for the money!
Registration for hotel was a little hard to find and one of the kitchen chairs was broken but other then that great place very close to the beach also

10/10 Excellent

Georgia, Nashville

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Beach Spot!
I enjoyed my stay. The room was so cute and the neighbors were so nice. I walked to the beach every day of my stay and soaked in the hot tub each night. I will definitely return!

10/10 Excellent

Jody Knowland, Sandpiper cove Destin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very cozy and access was awesome
We waited til the last minute because of work schedule when we booked this . We arrived at 11 pm and instructions was awesome from key box to our room down the street . This room had a Murphy bed and to my suprise it worked out great . Beach access and beach parking was private and right accross the street . The little resturant on the beach was fresh , clean and very very delicious . From the fresh fish sandwiches to homemade burgers , to Hugh fruit bowls . It was perfect . We will stay at one of these property's again. We was treated very very nice and with respect. Hats off to all the guards in the entrance to the friendly gentleman who checked us out . Friendliness with a smile goes a million miles . Thank you from J & A

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Kimberly , Breaux Bridge, LA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect
We absolutely loved everything about our stay. We will definitely stay here again.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

CSG, Dallas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Spend vacaton
It was really nice place. The beach of hotel is wondeful...

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

tami

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Close to all access of beach and pools
Overall good experience Good location and staff friendly. Grounds well kept easy access to all facilities . Little golf chiomh and putting area was fun.