I flew into Tampa at 2PM on Friday and called the hotel to come pick me up. They said it would take 15 minutes and sure enough it did. The driver (Tom) was very pleasant and told me he would take me anywhere in a 5 mile radius of the hotel if needed. I told him I would after I got checked into the hotel. My girlfriend was coming up later that evening and since I did not have a car it was great to be taken to the store by the hotel to pick up things I needed for my romantic weekend.

I arrived to the front desk and the service was very pleasant. I was given many choices of different rooms I could stay in. I took a look at one room and did not like the location so they let me pick a different room closer to the pool. The rooms were a little outdated in some areas and updated in other areas but overall I was very pleased. I loved the fact that it had a full kitchen. After I checked in I asked Tom to take me shopping because my girlfriend was coming in and I wanted to have a romantic surprise for her. Tom was very helpful and I appreciated his assistance.

My girlfriend arrived later that evening and she was very surprised and thought the hotel was very nice also. Later on that night I saw a roach on the carpet next to the bed. I got rid of the roach and we looked everywhere to see if we could see another roach but did not. I told my girlfriend if we saw another roach we would switch rooms. There was also a weird noise coming through the wall were the hot water heater was but we blocked that noise out and it was not too bad. The mattress was very uncomfortable and needed to be replaced but we made it through the night okay. The next morning I saw a dead roach on the kitchen floor and it was not there the day before. We went and ate the hotel breakfast and enjoyed it. After we ate I told the front desk about the 2 roaches in the room and they apologised and gave me another room. The next room was clean and looked as nice as the other one so we settled in for the next 2 nights. The other room did not have the weird noise coming through the walls but the mattress was just as bad as the first room.

My girlfriend left Sunday night and I stayed another night and needed to be taken to the airport Monday morning. I stopped by the front desk and told them I had an early flight and needed to be taken to the airport so they put me into there appointment log. I went to check out Monday morning and the man was very nice. He asked me how everything was and if there were any problems and I told him about the roaches. He looked at the maintenance log to make sure it was written up (and it was) so they could fix the problem and I thought that was very thorough of him. The driver took me to the airport and I made my early flight.

Overall I really enjoyed my stay here. I fly into Tampa on a regular basis for the weekend and I always pick hotels that will pick me up and take me back to the airport. I also always pick the hotels that off the good government rate. This was a very nice change from the traditional hotel stay. The view was very romantic being next to the water. Bahama Breeze was right next door and that was great to be able to walk there when we did not feel like driving anywhere. The hotel staff was outstanding and very helpful. I was not crazy about the roaches but I did not let that ruin my romantic weekend with my girlfriend. I do hope they get new mattresses because I do plan on returning here again one day.