Our family (2 adults/3 teens and teen friends) visited Hilton Head in July. Overall, a good week was had by all, despite the rainy weather.
Impressions of the property we stayed in:
Positives:
1. Communication with Vacasa (the rental company managing the property) was superb. They were very helpful and seemed to be very organized with sending information.
2. Links 7A had plenty of space for 8 people. The master bedroom was pretty big, comfy enough bed, nice big bathroom and closet area. We had a girls' room, where 2 of the girls slept on the queen size bed, and we moved the mattress from the sleeper sofa onto the floor for the other teen. The boys slept in the other room- 2 twin beds and one air mattress (which we brought) on the floor.
3. Nice to have separate bathrooms for each group of kids.
4. Linens provided were decent- plenty of towels, and a washer/dryer for laundry throughout the week.
5. Well stocked kitchen with plenty of dishes, pots/pans, and knives/silverware/utensils. Even had foil, plastic wrap, etc.
6. It was so nice to have a garage to store bikes, beach stuff, etc. We did not park in the garage, as there was plenty of driveway space for 2 cars (one of which was a big Ram truck) and extra parking at the pool area less than a block away.
7. Golf cart was a nice bonus as it got a lot of use back and forth to the beach area. You can park it at Islander Beach Park (locals only beach) as it has the appropriate sticker necessary on the back of it. All other beach areas you have to pay to park, so this was a nice extra.
Negatives:
Keep in mind that we did have a good week, and I only mention these so others are aware.
1. They have a mice problem in the house. There were snap traps placed throughout the kitchen/laundry area- thankfully we never saw a captured mouse, but we definitely knew they were there, as they got into any food/packaging left out in the kitchen. Things that were put away in cabinets were safe, but anything left out was nibbled at.
2. The garage smells like dead fish- I'm not sure if someone previously had left their catch in there or what, but there is a definite stench as soon as you open the door.
3. Trash cans outside were quite small and not collected often enough.
4. It would have been nice to have a "welcome book" with basic information about the property (trash collection, beach access, garage door code, etc.)