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December 2024

January 2025

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Host

Good

Entire home

1 bedroom1 bathroomSleeps 430 sq m

Popular amenities

Hot tub

Kitchen

Air conditioning

Outdoor space

Water view

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Ruskin, FL

Tampa Bay
8 min drive
E.G. Simmons Regional Park
9 min drive
Ruskin Family Drive-In
9 min drive
Tampa, FL (TPA-Tampa Intl.)
56 min drive

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Sea view

Pool

Free WiFi

Air conditioning

for 1 night

includes taxes & fees

6 Dec - 7 Dec

About this property

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You'll have the entire home to yourself and will only share it with other guests in your party.

Bright and updated hotel-style room | Great Resort Amenities

This recently updated canal-side unit in the vibrant Resort Community of Little Harbor promises an ideal escape for your next vacation. Boasting a fresh and lively atmosphere, this unit offers two queen beds with pillow-top mattresses, along with a full-size bathroom featuring a walk-in shower equipped with handrails. Additionally, there's a spacious vanity/dressing area and a generously sized closet for your belongings.

Convenience is key with a kitchenette at your disposal, complete with a mini-fridge, microwave, and coffee maker for your morning brew or storing snacks. The unit is tastefully adorned with accent touches, elevating it beyond the standard hotel room experience.

Work or catch up on school tasks at the provided small workstation, or unwind in front of the large wall-mounted flat-screen TV when you're not out exploring the resort and its surroundings. The location offers serene tranquility, with the added bonus of potential manatee or dolphin sightings in the canal just steps away from your private patio.

Whether you're planning a weekend getaway (with a minimum stay of 2 nights) or a week-long retreat to take advantage of the nearby resort amenities, this unit at 'The Inn' is sure to leave a lasting impression.

MANAGERS NOTES:
**THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS RECENTLY ADVISED AGAINST SWIMMING IN THE WATER SURROUNDING THE RESORT DUE TO ELEVATED BACTERIA LEVELS. THE RESORT, THE HOMEONWER, NOR iTrip ORLANDO HAVE ANY CONTROL IN THIS SITUATION AND NO REFUNDS WILL BE GIVEN FOR THIS ACT OF A FEDERAL AGENCY. FOR FURTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS CLOSURE, PLEASE CONTACT THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OR VISIT https://www.floridahealth.gov/environmental-health/beach-water-quality/

Guest Review -

5 Stars - My sister and I became widow at an early age. This was her first trip in 30 years her husband would not travel. When she saw the place she was awed and me to. It was one on the best places I stayed in Florida. We ere on the canal side watching dolphins, pelican and fish it was so relaxing. If there was a convenience store you would never leave. The pools wear fabulous the people were so kind and fun even the staff was great. We plan to come back every year. If you love the Hilton you will not like it here. It is comfortable and not to up to date but it is wonderful it is what vacation is suppose to be. It was really hard to leave Donna S.

5 Star - Nice accommodation on the water and extremely clean. Heated pool ,Two restaurants within walking distance. Judith F.
Little Harbor Beach Resort and Marina is a Caribbean-style island resort located on the south shore of Tampa Bay.
- Cypress Creek Golf Course, 36 holes of championship golf, 8 miles away.
- Two restaurants overlooking the beach, the Mangroves Restaurant features Caribbean cuisine. Sunset Grille & Lounge offers light meals.
- A beach side Tiki bar with live entertainment.
- The resort offers three deep-water marinas with a total of 330 boat slips, fuel dock, a bait and tackle store, boat ramp launch and boat trailer parking.
- Jet ski's, Kayaks, fishing boats are available for rental.
- A 250-foot fishing pier is on the premises. Fishing charters are available for a fee.
- Private one-half mile beach with chaise lounges and umbrellas available for rent.
- A river side pool with a spa tub with lounge chairs, shaded shaded with umbrellas and Hooks Bar and Grill.
- A shuffleboard court, horseshoe field, beach volleyball, a basketball court and a playground are also on site

During your stay at this vacation home, you'll be within walking distance of Cockroach Bay Preserve State Park. You'll find features like a spa tub. Enjoy your stay with amenities like a kitchen and a balcony/patio in the vacation home.

Air-conditioned home with kitchen, balcony or patio, and TV
Just a 3-minute drive from Cockroach Bay Preserve State Park and 8 minutes from Tampa Bay

This vacation home offers its guests a spa tub. The front desk is open around the clock.

Property manager

Property Manager

Languages

English

Property amenities

Beach

Near the beach

Pool/Spa

Shared/communal pool
A hot tub

Internet

Internet access

Kitchen

Fridge (mini)
Microwave
Coffee/tea maker
Toaster

Dining

Dining table

Bedrooms

1 bedroom
Bed sheets provided

Bathrooms

1 bathroom
Shower
Hairdryer
Towels provided

Entertainment

TV with cable/satellite service

Outdoor areas

Patio
Dock

Comfort

Air conditioning
Heating

Pets

No pets allowed

Suitability/Accessibility

Smoke-free property

Location highlights

Near the bay

Safety features

Carbon monoxide detector installed (host has indicated that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property)
Smoke detector installed (host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property)
Fire extinguisher
Deadbolt lock

General

Unit size: 319 sq ft (30 sq m)

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 4:00 PM

Minimum check-in age: 25

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

You will receive an email from the host with check-in and check-out instructions

Pets

No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome.

Important information

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession.

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy

Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges

Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed

Onsite parties or group events are strictly prohibited

Host has indicated there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property

Host has indicated there is a smoke detector on the property

Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a deadbolt lock

This property is managed through our partner, Vrbo. You will receive an email from Vrbo with a link to a Vrbo account, where you can change or cancel your reservation

You will receive an email from the host with check-in and check-out instructions. You will also receive an email from Vrbo with a link to a Vrbo account which will enable you to manage your booking.

Property is also known as

8588

Hotel

Updated Beach Feel

Bright and updated hotel-style room | Great Resort Amenities Reviews

7.0

Good

7.4/10

Cleanliness

6.0/10

Staff & service

7.0/10

Amenities

5.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.6/10

Eco-friendliness

8/10 Good

Leslie S.

12 Oct 2024

Liked: Cleanliness

Super cute place

We arrived at night so it was hard to see what the area looked like but in the morning we were totally stoked! With a water view and 2 on site restaurants the Little Harbor Inn is a convenient stay. We were a little disappointed as the beds looked like queens in the photos but were actually doubles. My hubs and I are both tall so we slept in each bed, instead of together. No biggie though cuz they were comfy. The rest of the place was clean and quiet. We had to evacuate from Milton and iTrip and VRBO will be refunding us for the nights we didn't use. We're still waiting for that though. We're in FL for work and rebooked for a long term stay at this location.

Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2024

6/10 Okay

Ana

Travelled with partner

29 Mar 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

I do not feel certain I know who I'm rating, I booked off of VRBO, recevied an email prior to arrival from iorlando, yet got Expedia review request? The lock for door needs improvement, our key fob to use amnenties was not working on arrival, couldn't be fixed per vrbo chat as it is an HOA so that was unfortunate. Other than that the pools, hot tub, restaurant, in room, and outside games were great.

Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024

2/10 Terrible

Mundy

22 Mar 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

6/10 Okay

Calyn F.

24 Feb 2024

Liked: Cleanliness

Nice place overall

We enjoyed it, it was quiet and had what we were looking for. Nice pool and beach access. Restaurants near by but not much else around.

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Carla I.

22 Feb 2024

Liked: Cleanliness

Couldn’t Have Asked for More

Impromptu trip to visit a sick family member in nearby Sun City Center. So glad I chose this place to stay. It was perfect and just as pictured/described. The place itself was very clean and the surrounding grounds were spotless and well maintained. We reported a slow draining bathroom sink and within hours it was repaired. Although we didn’t get to enjoy the pristine beach area, we did dine at the Sunset Grill on the resort grounds. There was plenty of parking, but what was even better is that it was within walking distance of our unit. Oh, and the food, atmosphere, and staff were awesome. Outside of the resort we found nearby grocery stores to stock our room with water, coffee and snacks. We also enjoyed dining at Uncle Joe’s Diner (open 24 hours), and viewing the manatees at the Tampa Power Plant (which one of the very friendly resort employees Darren told us about). The only suggestion I would make to the host is to update the coffee pot in the unit to one that uses K-cups. Otherwise, you couldn’t have asked for more.

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Angela

Travelled with family

11 Feb 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

What a beautiful area! Canal on one side and the bay on the other! Spectacular location! Lots of amenities! We were pleasantly surprised! Some outlets near the nightstands would have been nice and the sink plumbing needs a little work, but overall we really enjoyed our stay!

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jeanie

12 Jan 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

I stay at this place usually 2-3 times a year, renting different units. This unit was great, excellent water view, seen dolphins and walking distance to 2 restaurants, bars and pool.

Stayed 8 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Sean F.

22 Jun 2023

Liked: Cleanliness

Overall good experience

After booking, having to go through security checks with this company, was a little bit of a pain. Overall a good experience. I had to extend my stay by a day and the owner was very good at communicating and adding the day on promptly. The unit itself is very somple but that is all I really needed.

Stayed 13 nights in Jun 2023

2/10 Terrible

Tammy

Travelled with pets

26 May 2023

Liked: Cleanliness

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities

I can't even imagine that Expedia is affiliated with such a terrible place, huge roaches, tile missing from ceiling, filthy rugs, old and faded comforter and sheets, tv barely worked you had to stand close to it and point the remote at the cable box to get it to work, wifi kept going in and out , even a worker there said it was garbage, shower rod rusted, rust on the floor, behind the toilet was filthy, roaches in the light in the bathroom, paint peeling from ceiling, air conditioner had mold

Stayed 16 nights in May 2023

4/10 Poor

Kelly O.

30 Mar 2023

Disliked: Cleanliness

Not as expected

The location of the property was on point! Lots of fun things to do without having to even leave the property. My 4 year old had a blast and didn’t want to leave! As far as the room goes…the beds are full size not king. We had a lot of the same complaints as the other reviewers. We also did not have any silverware or any dish soap. Luckily we had friends staying in another unit just a few doors down whose place was SUPER nice compared to ours. They had a lot of amenities that we were able to borrow or use. The advertisement says it has an oven, which is does not. If I can get the room our friends stayed in I would totally come back.

Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Joy P.

22 Mar 2023

Liked: Cleanliness

Quaint - Musty - Sunrise - Served purpose

Picked this property because it was on the back end so there would be a little more privacy and wanted to see the sunrise. When we arrived check in process was easy. Received email with code and entered with no issues. Upon entry it was very musty smelling maybe because it hadn't received level of attention to detail with cleaning or filter, etc. Anyway I messaged about this that we were going to get air freshener or something to help. We got lysol and diffuser and came back to room to freshen everything up and left diffuser on. When we returned it was better. Property manage responded they would be by to check filter that it was clean for second night stay. Didn't notice a difference in that but we kept spraying and diffusing and luckily no issues with my asthma. We sat outside our room and watch the dolphins and pelicans the first evening. Seeing dolphins swim along and pelicans fly and dart into the water after fish. It was quiet, peaceful. Other than that the property served it purpose for us and we enjoyed the Sunset Bar and Grill on our last night. This is a nice quiet area would stay in this area again as we plan to make this a regular trip but probably not in same unit, mostly due to musty smell.

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

6/10 Okay

Janet S.

23 Feb 2023

Liked: Cleanliness

Issues

When we first got to the property, the TV remote was not there. I contacted property management where they told me that the remote is not working and they were having to deliver it to me the next day. They had it to us by noon the next day! They advertise that there's two king size bed in the room however, the beds are 2 full size beds. The door to the closet was a mirror door. The bottom was so rusty that we could hardly get it open and we didn't want to shut it in fear of breaking it. We had cockroaches in the condo and even found one in the refrigerator. Ugh

Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2023

2/10 Terrible

Peggy C.

5 Feb 2023

Disliked: Cleanliness

Not happy

The room was not cleaned well. I put my clothes in drawer and ended up staining my hoodie laundry didnt get it cleaned. Drawers had brown sticky stuff on edges like some spilled pop and it was never cleaned. 2 american cockroaches found in room. Tv remote only turned tv on or off. Had to use button on tv for channel and volume. Then got locked out twice of room. The first time they were gonna leave lock not working until i had a fit that we close door we could not get out and what if it caught fire. If we left door open we could be raped or murdered. Then they sent locksmith an hr of waiting. Security used screwdriver to break in. 2nd time locksmith gave us his his number if it happened again. And it did we called and he was having health issues and couldnt come for 45 mins. It was not a welcoming stay!

Stayed 9 nights in Jan 2023

4/10 Poor

Deb M.

21 Jan 2023

Disliked: Cleanliness

Frustrated

Location was great, unable to use any facilities the whole time we were there, no broom in room, only one wash cloth for 3 adults for a week, only a half roll of toliet paper, remote did not work, I could not open the door to get it in the room, it stuck all the time. Unable to reach management only got a recording saying mailbox was full. We were not happy not being able to contact anyone to help us.

Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2023

4/10 Poor

Felipe

Business traveller

9 Nov 2022

Disliked: Cleanliness

It's a nice place and beautiful apartment, but the floor was dirty (couldn't walk without socks), towels very old with some weird smell, the lamps didn't work at all, apparently the bulbs were burned, a cockroach was founded in the bathroom, in summary a lot to improve in terms of cleaning, towels.

10/10 Excellent

Brenda

Travelled with family and small children

11 Jun 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Excellent

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

2/10 Terrible

Kimberly

Travelled with family

1 Jun 2022

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

The property did not have an on-site check in which was not identified in their website. The property was also a long term residential building and had multiple infestation as well as an overwhelming odor of buff spray when we opened the door. We had an infant with us who would never be able to tolerate this. Additionally there were signs of bed bug infestation

Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

6/10 Okay

Jackie T.

2 May 2022

Disliked: Cleanliness

ROACHES

Very disappointed in this property. The location was beautiful and very convenient but the room was outdated and had a huge problem with Florida Roaches. Did not bother calling Maintenance when the pest control company had been out the week we stayed to spray. Had to sleep with the lights on to keep them from crawling in bed with us at night, Killed at least 3 roaches that could have carried a small child off. Will not stay here again, until you decide to update and regurally spray for pest,

Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Will S.

24 Apr 2022

Good location, not the greatest room, but adequate

First: I would stay here again. This is an OK property, although clearly old. It seemed clean and despite the other reviews, everything in the room I used, worked (I didn't try the TV though). While I did see a couple of palmetto bugs (large roaches), they were dead or dying, so it's clear the property is trying to control them. For out-of-towners - it's Florida, they're a fact of life here, you will encounter them at some point. That said, I think the reason you stay here is that the location works for you. There are other hotels in Ruskin that have nicer rooms, but they aren't on the water. Some warnings: - If you book less than 3 days in advance, they will email you asking to email back a selfie with driver's license and pictures of your credit card. Book early. - I arrived at night, and everything was unplugged; the light switch by the door didn't work because the lamp wasn't plugged in. - There are no accessible plugs on the bed side of the room, and really only two usable at the desk, through the provided lamp, and they are 2 prong plugs. If you have a bunch of electronics to charge, or 3-prong stuff, bring a power strip you can run from one free outlet near the door (and note: it's operated by the switch). - The bedding was OK. One top sheet and then a down comforter. If you sleep hot, you'll either want to remove the comforter, or crank down the AC, which is not quiet and will run all the time set at 68-70F. - I don't think these are King beds as noted in the description, but I didn't bring a tape measure; I fit and was not cramped (I'm 6' and heavy). The mattress is not luxurious, but I was able to sleep. - Definitely plan to bring your own soap, shampoo, and (if you're staying a while) toilet paper. They provided one travel-size bottle of combo shampoo/bodywash, two very small bars of soap (the smallest I've ever seen; by volume, there might have been more wrapper than soap), and a bottle of palmolive dish soap. - The shower room needs some cosmetic work, there's clearly been a patch on the ceiling where the joints are deteriorating, and it just looks bad. Again though, everything worked.

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022