My bf & I stayed here 3 nights.
Cons:
The place feels really empty, cold, sterile, & unwelcoming.
They only did the Bare minimum they have to with EVERYTHING.
It’s like an echo chamber, especially the master bathroom. It needs LIFE & LOVE.
They have uncomfortable, cheap furniture.
The Front Balcony view is not private. It’s a view of the A building, other condos & their balconies, as well as the ocean, & the beach.
Very limited small kitchen appliances. Just a basic coffee maker, a basic blender, & basic dishware.
There's no personality at all. Clearly no one lives here. It's not homey.
There were no kitchen towels. Just cheap paper towels.
Cheap storage closet doors that are hard to open & close & they break & get stuck easily.
No one informed us that there were pipes blocking the doors from being opened so we struggled to get on to the balconies.
This unit is run by a rental management team of people all over the country. Who’s the owner? Who actually comes by the place to take care of it & check on things? Because he/she is obviously just an investor looking to make a huge profit, not create an experience for guests that wows them.
The master toilet room door swings open & hits you in the back unless you keep it shut.
The master closet is nothing but a few hangers on a single shelf up high. No shoe rack. No storage containers. No shelves. No lower hanging rack. Nothing.
All white walls. Like a hospital.
They have some weird plastic glass for drinking cups. It honestly felt like they’d rather lessen your experience than deal with the potential of real glass breaking. It just screams cheap.
Cheap automatic shading. We have automatic shades in our home from The Shade Store that we love. The ones here are noisy, they squeak, & they are just cheap.
No tissue paper (Kleenex).
No blankets.
It mostly felt more like a cheap hotel room than a VRBO (except for everything we can attribute to the Ritz itself).
Pros:
Views of ocean & intercoastal from up high.
Master bedroom king mattress was amazing (it was a firm memory foam). We slept very well.
Concealed LED strip lighting in great room was cool. We couldn’t figure out how to change the color though (even w/the remote).
They had Roku TV so we could watch our Amazon Prime shows.
Just useful info:
They use WhatsApp to communicate w/you.
The Ritz itself is amazing. Take advantage of everything they offer. Concierge, staff, pools, hot tub, theater, beach, etc.