White Sands Inn & Suites (WSIS): I really want to give you 3.5-4 stars, but there was so many…read morenagging issues with the stay, and that's the reason for the 2 stars.
The WSIS is located very close to the beach we go to, the Walmart, the Home Depot, Publix, stores, restaurants. It gets a solid 4 stars for location, alone.
Exterior: It's been remodeled. Outside lighting is good and well lit, except the one light that is to the right of the front door. It looked like a disco party was going on outside. I thought there was a beach party going on for our arrival. Solid 3 stars. Plenty of parking.
Interior: Again, it's been remodeled. Everything has new paint. Some new furnishings. It's definitely appeasing to the eyes and nose. All clean. Solid 3 stars.
Breakfast: Oh my. it's better not to do a "hot" breakfast option if you are going to do it hot, then don't have a round yellow disc that doubles as eggs and have a 15 minute wait on coffee. I ended up making a waffle for my husband and I to share, and took 2 bananas and an orange back to the room. Ewwwww! Moldy orange??? are you kidding me????? -5 STARS for the food code violation.
Check-in: Smooth. In fact, the receptionist said we were "upgraded", but only to a 2 queen room. no more kings were available. -4 stars for the bed request, +4 stars for an upgrade (prior to viewing), so net 0 stars.
Customer Service: It was great. The receptionist was very kind and nice. Said that we had the largest room in the hotel. And kept apologizing for not having a king. +4 stars.
Room: now here's the rough one. We had a negotiated rate from Booking.com for $89/night + tax. So, for the price, and not using it except for sleep, it was tolerable. But, here's where these small pesky items popped up. Bathroom was a 1/2 @ss job of a remodel. See pics. We kept flying off the couch because of the way it is engineered with the pullout bed. The pleather cushions would either sink to the back or slide off. it made for good entertainment in the mornings. Back to the bathroom. I felt like it was larger than it needed to be. Like it needed another vanity or something. Oh, which would have been awesome considering the new mirror is so tiny. The door lock on our final night jammed and we had to shove the door open. It was caught on the screw than was not screwed into the door jamb lock hole (see pic). The maids closet was always opened and the light was always on (tisk, tisk for wasting energy). There was a baby crib that was right in the middle and just a haven for someone waking in and taking what they want, or worse, getting hurt. Loss Prevention personnel, worldwide,all cringed when I just said that. Talking about doors, the first closet, when walking in the room, was broken. Completely broken. The video shows it so much better than I can write.
Again, for the price, location and initial view, it's a good deal. It's all the small, nagging issues that threw this to 3 stars and the moldy fruit to 2 stars. I'm just glad we didn't have any pest issues! (Whew!!)