Reviews of Tradewinds Island Grand Beach Resort Hotel, St Pete Beach, Florida

My husband & I spent 5...

Overall Rating:

1/10

Board Basis:

Room Only

Date of Holiday:

Sep 2008

Tour Operator:

Virgin

Submitted By:

Mrs S Roberts

Comments:

My husband & I spent 5 nights here during September & were generally unimpresed by this Hotel. To call it 4 star is a Joke! The shower controls were hanging out of the wall - there was a hole in the wall behind the nightstand with wires hanging out & to top it all i was awoken one night with cockroaches crawling in the bed!

The staff can't be bothered & are patrionising & we were unable to order the breakfast we wanted (which was on the menu) as the chef didn;t want to switch the waffle machine on!

All in all a very poor resort which I would not recommend

I stayed here for my what was to...

Overall Rating:

1/10

Board Basis:

Room Only

Date of Holiday:

May 2008

Tour Operator:

Virgin

Submitted By:

Mrs NICKI ADAIR

Comments:

I stayed here for my what was to be my dream wedding what a joke money talks at the tradewinds and another wedding was taking place later that day but the other weding was all set up over the top of ours all my request's were just po-pooed i was told at the end of the day you are only having a virgin wedding wedding the other couple have spent over $20'000 dollars my answer is so bloodie so what!!! should not matter how much you paid now in the hands of virgin holidays very messy would never ever go back even if they paid me i can stay at home and get insulted for free!!! as for the honeymoon couple that did not surpise us at all we were given out of date food in so called sorry basket what a joke...........you dont have 0/10 as that is what i would give............................

This hotels is clearly a massive...

Overall Rating:

3/10

Board Basis:

Room Only

Date of Holiday:

Feb 2008

Tour Operator:

Booked Independently

Submitted By:

Mr C.A. Warmenbol

Comments:

This hotels is clearly a massive seminar destination.

That and families with lots of children. Not tranquil anywhere, never.



They charge an additional 25$ "resortfee" for newpaper,parking,internetaccess..

The parking lot was always full.

Linen and towels are threadbare.

Pillows are cheap hard dacron



Corridors not clean.

Our room had the view of an endless rooftop with huge machinery with the parking lot in the far background. There was a constant smell of hot food.

Not our Florida dream resort AT ALL !

We do not trust the **** rating ssystem anymore.

When you first arrive at this...

Overall Rating:

8/10

Board Basis:

Room Only

Date of Holiday:

Jul 2004

Tour Operator:

Virgin

Submitted By:

Mrs D Roberts

Comments:

When you first arrive at this hotel after seeing all the other people’s hotels on the way, you are impressed by how grand it looks.



The hotel is well looked after and has a good selection of bars and restaurants to eat at, all of which offer high quality food and service.



There was never a problem finding a sunlounger by one of the many pools and I particularly liked the fact they have an adults only pool available where you can take a dip without kids annoying you. For kids though, there was loads to do, including their own pool and many clubs.



The Pizza Hut was a winner for me and I got hooked, also the in room movies were great as I was able to watch a movie with my 'new' husband that had not been released in the UK.



We were a little disappointed by the lack of nightlife options and the fact we were not welcomed very well as a honeymooning couple. The brochure had said it was a honeymoon hotel, but there was no evidence of this. I did complain, as I often do and was sent a huge plate of chocolate dipped strawberries and champagne, so no worries there!



Staff are friendly and look after you.



The 1 bed suite we got was nice. It did not have a proper balcony so I would ask for this if you can, as we didn’t realise not all suites had a balcony.



I would recommend this hotel to anyone who stays in St Pete’s. Just be aware that there is this annoying frog on the hotel lake that kept us awake several times as it was calling really loudly for a mate. Hopefully he found one and your nights won’t be disturbed. Seriously though, if you are considering this hotel, it is worth it!