Ruskin, Florida
BRIEF DESCRIPTION
Resort-style studio efficiency at Little Harbor in Ruskin. This is a corner unit w/ a private balcony overlooking the bay w/ views of the sunset and St. Pete. It's a heavenly hideaway spot for your winter escape, a weekend getaway or just mixing a little pleasure into your business trip. Why stay at a boring business hotel when you can come home each day and have dinner and drinks at a restaurant/bar on the beach w/ live music every night. The beach is just steps away, across the street.
THIS CONDO
Unit 410 is a second floor corner unit with a private balcony facing the bay, a full bath, efficiency kitchen, HDTV cable TV, Wifi, dinning table, mini-fridge, toaster, microwave and coffee maker. This unit has a queen bed and a futon-sofa that can accommodate up to 4 adults. Common non-aggressive house pets are welcome. No exotic animals. NO SMOKING INSIDE. YOU WILL BE CHARGED A CLEANING FEE OF $150 IF YOU SMOKE INSIDE THE UNIT.
IMPORTANT
All the units at The Inn Resort are privately owned and many are managed by the rental program, but our units are managed privately by us and you should contact us directly (not the lobby) for any problems. We have upgraded many of our units and added our personal touches to ensure you have a pleasant stay. Please understand that we are not a hotel business and do not provide routine cleaning service. Please reuse the towels and feel free to wash the towels with your laundry as needed. If you need your unit serviced again, we charge $35/cleaning as that is what we pay our cleaner. There are cleaning supplies in the unit for you to use as needed. We love our guests. Many of our guests are 5-star rated guests and we take pride in the fact that we get more than 80% 5-star ratings. We are responsive to your needs so feel free to contact us for any problems. We will do our best to take care of any problems. Please take care of our place as if it is your own. If you use the dishes, please wash them.
THE RESORT
Little Harbor community boasts a private beach, a fishing pier, fitness center, laundry room, 5 tennis courts, 2 swimming pools, hot tub, water sports rentals on the beach, free beach chairs/umbrellas to use on a first come basis, 2 waterfront restaurants, a tiki bar with live music nightly, and of course its 2 marinas with deep-water access, available slips, high-and-dry storage, bait and tackle shop, fuel stop, and fishing charters with an easy course to Tampa Bay or the Gulf of Mexico. You can make this your relaxing home-base while you explore The Tampa Bay, Orlando, and Sarasota.
RENTAL SERVICES:
- Boats, Golf carts,Jet-skis, Wave Runners, Paddle boats, Kayaks, Canoes, Adult & Child Bicycles, Electric Grills, Fishing rods, Strollers, High chairs, Playpens, Cribs, and Booster seats.
TOURS & ACTIVITIES NEARBY:
- Theme Parks, Fishing Charters, Sunset-Dolphin Cruises, Sailing School, Evening Dinner Cruises, Golf Courses and much more.
There is a rack of tourist ads/brochures at the lobby if you’re looking for activities.
POPULAR ATTRACTION DISTANCES:
25 minutes drive to Downtown Tampa
45 Minutes drive to St.Pete
20 minute boat ride to St. Pete.
35 minutes to Busch Garden
25 minutes drive to Mote Aquarium, Sarasota
22 Minutes drive to Tampa Sea aquarium
7-8 Minutes drive to closest Semi- public-private Golf Course
85 Minutes drive to Disney World
32 Minutes drive to Tampa International Airport
45 Minutes drive to Clearwater International Airport.
It it quite rural so not close in terms of walking to shops, that said a good base for Tampa, Bradenton, St Petes & Sarasota for driving/activities. Quiet community, with a plenty of amenities onsite which were clean and very pleasant. Service at the restaurant though wasn't great Accommodation ok, nothing special. AC seemed to be stuck on 72. Host didn't share entry details until checkin time which understand as 4pm checkin but alittle stressful on the journey down as no confirmation we could get in. Place was tidy and clean
The communication was horrible. Was put in a unit that I didn't originally rent. I brought my sister we expected 2 beds had one. The unit had roaches, trash was in the bottom of the trash can with a clean bag over it. Got yelled at by maintenance because someone else left a trash bag of trash and the birds got into it. When I went to take out our trash the dumpster was locked!!!??? Dishes are chipped toaster doesn't work. Some of the electrical outlets didn't work. Pictures are misleading beach is two blocks away. Worst experience of my life! Will never go back!!!!!!
The Little Harbor Retreat property was very nice. We saw but couldn't take advantage of tennis, pool, walking, beach or marina. However, we ate at both restaurants that were very close. They both were adequate with one located right on the Gulf with water view seating. Unfortunately, the unit was a small, hotel room (not a condo) and was not clean. We found small, black hairs around the rim of the bathroom sink, larger hairs all over the black, bathroom counter (the hairs I found were accumulated on the white paper towel I used to clean the counter after realizing the cleanliness and sanitizing of the unit were in question), and smudged finger prints and hairs on the hair dryer that is mounted on the wall above the bathroom sink. There was an open bag of coffee grounds and open container of powdered creamer in the cabinet... wide open which gave us the creeps. And, the coffee mugs inside the cupboard were dirty... lipstick smudges clearly visible on one mug. The cutlery in the drawer were covered in spots and food particles. We contacted Quinn immediately and he promised to send a cleaning crew over to clean which was perfect because we were heading out to dinner. The crew texted me and I granted permission to enter while we were at dinner, but they did not enter and the unit was not cleaned. Therefore, we were forced to clean and sanitize after dinner, after a day of driving for 11 hours. The tv broadcast one local news channel and the wifi code did not work.
Spacious and affordable place.
They did the bait and switch and didn’t give me the room I booked. The room was supposed to be on the 2nd floor with a couch and table. The room they gave me was on the first floor next to the pool and was just your basic hotel room - smaller than the one I booked. Also the person was still cleaning the room when I arrived at 5:00pm. I had replied to a previous texting letting them know of my arrival time between 4-5pm. Very disappointed!! The room they gave me was adequate but not what I signed up for?
There was a slight issue with our room not being available when we arrived so the property manager IMMEDIATELY upgraded us and bent over backwards to make sure we were well taken care of. Lovely accommodations the property has everything you need for a great Florida stay. I would stay there again in a heartbeat!
Small quiet building. Had some drinks and food at the tiki bar great food there was cold so didn’t use the beach or pool.
I liked everything about this location. Clean and beautiful.
Every rhing was good. Could use a few more utensulsiin the kitchen.also get tvfixed so you dont to go througj turning off.and on
Property is good,but the service is bad.No room service,have to wash your towels and bed linen’s.To open the door they give you a number combo to get into the room.Don’t lose the number because it is hard to get a hold of someone to let you in.
The room was nice, we had a view of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. Not a bad drive to all the best beaches. We visited Clearwater beach and Bradenton beach. We will definitely be staying here when we visit the Tampa Bay area.
Filthy floor that turned our feet black. Called for the floor to be washed, which happened. However, our feet still turned a dirty brown. The shower curtain had mold and a pillow had a blood stain. Oh, the bugs were there too.
Nice and relaxing
Never got to see it
excellent
Room amenity photos are very misleading. Property manager does not communicate or give feedback and will only communicate by text. We specifically choose the location cause it was isolated and had a hot tub. The hot tub did not work and manager didn't put effort to get it fixed and wouldn't not allow for a refund on the 2nd night that we didn't stay. Room smells moldy and water pressure is terrible. Listening describes a condo and pictures show updated modern furniture. Completely false. Do not waste your time booking here. For the price we could have gotten a real 2 bedroom 2 bathroom condo on the beach in Destin FL. Will never book there again as well as never booking through Vrbo if they allow for locations to falsely advertise their properties in this manner.
Great stay
good