We came for the night to retrace old steps as we formerly lived in Venice and left a year ago to establish our family in Clearwater, where we are now parents to a one year old.
We chose Inn at The Beach because of the quaintness, closeness to the beach, and the hot tub specifically, as it was in the 50’s prior to our overnight visit.
When we tried the hot tub at a reasonable time, there were five or six young men in it. So be it; first come, first serve. In the hours until close, I intermittently checked back, and it was ultimately assumed by these young men until close at 11pm.
At that time, they left, walked off of the property to cars in beach parking, and left. Yep, not guests. I was “pissed.” I first contacted VPD non-emergency, who apparently doesn’t have a manned line at night, and moved on to hotel security.
The security guard initially ignored me, then divulging “no hablo Ingles.” It was a good thing I was able to ask for managements telephone number in Spanish, to which he would only respond “closed” while gesturing to the doorbell near the lobby door.
Anyways, nobody came after ten minutes and we moved on. I contacted Tim in the morning, who I spoke to for a moment, but never got back to me after not being available when I went to the office upon checking out. It’s been three days, and I’m very surprised he still hasn’t reached out, so here’s an honest review.