The property itself was wonderful with the only exception that the cookware and dishes are VERY sparse. I like to cook and there was very little to use to cook with. The only other issues we had were that there was no one at the Crystal Sands property front desk anytime I went there to ask a question, and the only way to communicate with the management was to call the Vacasa general information line. There were no major issues to report, but we could never get the dishwasher to run. Again, not an issue because I don't mind hand-washing dishes, but I didn't want anyone to think we broke it.
Also, there was no one there to reserve umbrellas and chairs on the beach, which was a hassle, because every umbrella seemed to be 'reserved' even though there was no name for a reservation on a lot of the chairs that some residents that came after us said were 'reserved'. We briefly disputed their claim and then ultimately politely moved. Being able to reserve them through the front desk was kind of an expectation that wasn't met because no one was ever there to do so or find out how to, if not through them. It became a non-issue, because we had friends not staying there that we went to another public beach with and no issues, since we brought our own beach accommodations. It just would have been nice to be able to spend a couple of our own days (early mornings before the searing heat) at 'our' beach having a reserved an umbrella and a set of chairs. After all, that was the whole point of getting a condo on the beach. Otherwise, we would have just gotten a house with the rest of our friends and carted everything every day to a public beach.
Otherwise, the accommodations were nice and in a great location to the shopping centers and restaurants.