Suncoast Motel-Treasure Island — Hotel in Treasure Island

The only star I can give this unkempt property is ⭐️ for location. It’s all downhill from there.

The rude and distracted Eastern European elderly lady who checked us in reminded us “This is a family friendly hotel”. Complete with a shrine to Jesus and Mary behind her front desk. I’m not sure what trouble she thought an old married couple in our 50’s were going to cause but we were warned. More than once.

Maybe because my husband is Latino? I would just advise all brown, mixed, Muslim or other minorities to avoid these pre WW1 attitudes held by the owners of Suncoast Motel.

Now to our suite. The view was breathtaking. And that’s the only nice thing I have say about the suite. The sparse furniture looked like it had been rejected from a Golden Girls stage set. Furniture is very worn, mismatched and scratched. And the bedrooms are filthy dirty. I mean scary dirty. Neither of us had the nerve to crawl under the grey/yellow (were they once white?) sheets so we slept under the beach towels we brought from home. There was no way we were taking chances with the ancient bedding on sagging smelly mattresses that truly smelled of rot and decay. If I could guess I'd say they were new in 1970 and have since not been replaced.

I won’t even go into to the uncovered urine stained twin mattress leaning on its side in the ‘walk in closet’. But yes, that also happened.

The bathroom was no better. Two tiny bath towels, no more. If you weren't prepared you'd use your ‘fun in the sun’ small towel and need to reuse it again if you were going to clean up for supper or an evening out.

The WiFi is laughable. If everything else was good I would let this slide. But in my case it only emphasized how little these hoteliers care about your comfort.

And the entire staff takes Sunday off. Hope you don't need any of the extras they promote online on THAT day. Apparently the staff has better things to do.

In a short summary: you are paying for the location. Period. But for an extra $50 a night there are pseudo posh luxury hotels ON the beach that will cater to your whims.

A lesson this family learned too late. Just avoid this...

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