Siesta Sands Beach Resort — Hotel in Siesta Key

First, allow me to say that being next door to the "mansion" requires nerves of steel and we are done with the noise that occurs every year (for the past 4 years), while we spend tons of money for peace and quiet you cannot imagine the loud machinery being utilized next door (multiple power washers, tile cutters, etc.) that make sitting out on the balcony and trying to relax impossible. Teams of workers begin showing up at 6 am, the machinery noise begins at 8 am and doesn't stop until after 4 pm. It literally makes sitting out on the balcony and enjoying the view impossible during the day. (Last year, the owner of the mansion decided to tear apart all of the pavers on the driveway and we dealt with jackhammers, dust, tile cutters, sometimes 4 pieces of equipment at the same time. There IS no peace and quiet at all. This year we dealt with that along with insufficient items in the unit (2 coffee cups and we had 4 people?), cabinets in our kitchen were never updated, not cleaned properly, damages in unit and property manager did not even respond to our message we left immediately upon entering the unit. Several days later I went in to the management office to follow up and the management staff told me I was being aggressive. (I asked why they thought my comments on the condition of the unit were aggressive - as that was certainly not my intent - and I was told that it was my body language). Very strange indeed. To her credit, she dropped off cups and dishes so that we could feed our guests. Still never hear from the property manager. The icing on the cake was the elevator outage that occurred on the day before we left. We were on the 6th floor and it remained out until the time we departed. My husband carried all of our items down 6 flights of stairs - which required about 10 trips. They did offer to send cleaning staff up to assist and my husband said they probably wouldn't show so we did not wait for their assistance. The real kicker is that the rental rates are skyrocketing next year. We won't be...

When someone asks me what is the best place in Florida to live, visit, vacation; I say Sarasota. Another time, I told someone only two places are great tp live in Florida, and the rest of Florida is good. Jupiter and Sarasota and I never been to Jupiter beaches but I have been to west palm beaches. My friend Gail had a chance to move from Delray to Sarasota and I told her to Jump. She thanks me. So here is the scoop. Get up and eat breakfast on the 6th patio floor over looking the entire beach. Yep, the Entire Beach. Then walk down and secure a spot but you may have to work around beach yoga. Look to your left because you may see a dolphin or two. The Point Of Rocks beach has the best snorkling in Sarasota so expect a lot of people walking around with snorkle gear. One time, a guest was fishing and a manatee came near him. He thought it was a water buffalo since he never did see one before. Stay at he beach from morning to sunset because the sunset is amazing. There are times when I stayed all day, a few times I went out for dinner and tried to make it back for sunset. Dinner at home is a sunset dinner on the balcony. Always nice to head back to the beach with the cameras and sunset crowd. Pool on premise is great and there are a few to select from. The big one is the one I use. Many people use the high powered grills outside too. Bring a raft any size and they will blow it up for you for no charge and have it at your room. Nice restaurants in the area but you have all you need to be at home at the beach at this Paridise West Coast. One more last thing, checkout is at 10 am so be strategic. You can alway hang around and shower at the pool. Oh, one more one thing, year after year, I spoke to Brian and he is a good friend now. Ask for Brian and tell him...

I want to start off by saying this review and rating is for UNIT 608, not the entire Siesta Sands Resort. We walked in and the bones looked good. We had 4 adults (which included our two grown children ) and our 5 year old granddaughter. Our son was going to sleep on the pull out couch. We pulled out the bed and the mattress was flat and torn and the springs totally shot. Just sitting on both couches you sunk deep into the base and was uncomfortable and truthfully unusable. Nevertheless, my son had to sleep on the couch (not using it as a sleeper bed ) because there was no other choice. The second bedroom has a set of twin beds. My granddaughter and daughter slept in there. The two mattresses were horrible to sleep in. They are well past any useful service life. The master king mattress was ok. It was not flat. It was wavy where people slept on the bed for way too many years. The most comfortable place to sit was the dinning room chairs or the chairs on the deck. The kitchen had enough cooking pots/pans, utensils. However, you have to buy EVERYTHING else. (Salt pepper, napkins, nothing is left behind from the last people that used the unit. We have stayed at many VRBO units over the years and in all cases there would be a lot more basic items left behind for the next person. There were 2 rolls of toilet paper for each bathroom and one itty bitty soap bar that fell apart the first time you used it. This unit needs a major upgrade. Siesta Sands should NOT be advertising this unit for more than 4 people. A couple thousand dollars spent on bedding and a new couch would transform the unit. I would suggest they put the $3000 we spent for a week to that use. On the plus side is the location...