Emerald Isle #106

The beach here is beautiful and clean. The unit is nice, clean and well furnished. Arrival, departure and navigating all the keypad codes of this property is not so nice. Parking instruction from Southern Vacation Rentals is inadequate. Expect to be inundated with emails from Southern Vacation Rentals, an "Activities" vendor "Xplorie," and a third party parking company named "My Guest Spot" that does not coordinate well with the messaging. Would be nice to get just one email with accurate information on how to navigate the parking gate. Initial arrival and getting past 2 different codes needed is disappointing. Touchscreen keypads are hard to use. Parking gate code is not clearly indicated in the instructions. A parking "PIN" is given but it's not the one needed to get in the gate. Door keypads require extra key presses to wake up the keypad. Another guest was locked out and couldn't contact their rental agency because it was "closed for the day." It was Sunday evening. Only 2 elevators and 4 luggage carts available for 136 units in 17 floors makes arrival frustrating and time consuming. Stairwells are not signed. Keypad codes are required to get in to parking, all entrance doors including from the beach, and to open the beach gate (if it were working). The strict 9 a.m. check-out time is inconvenient and detracts from the value of the rental. Pay attention to the pictures online before renting; If it's important to you, unit 106 is too low to view the beach over the dunes. Guests at the pool playing loud music can be annoying for those on lower levels. Unit 106 HVAC blower has an annoying vibration rattle. I would recommend this unit to a friend only with these comments attached.