Rated it 3/5 stars.
This was my first VRBO/rental experience. Typically I book hotels/resorts. We stayed for 3 nights and overall the condo was clean and everything was where it was described. Check-in was easy and the space itself was comfortable. We also were allowed to enter earlier which we appreciated. Variety of sunscreen products were available, all but one were expired.
The major issue was the AC. Starting the first night, the unit kept tripping and turning off, even when the fan was set to Auto (and later even when we switched it to On). By our last day, it was cycling badly running for only about 9-10 minutes before shutting off again for long stretches. The condo climbed to 80°F or higher multiple times throughout the day and night, which made it hard to sleep, especially for my two kids, especially with outdoor temps in the 90s the entire vacation.
We did not want to jump straight to complaining since we weren’t sure whether it was a real mechanical issue or just how the unit normally ran, and we were hesitant to mess with a WiFi-connected thermostat we did not have instructions for. The owner did reach out on our last night after she said she got a ‘high-temp alert’ on her end, but by that point the unit had already been cycling on and off for the past 3 days so it wasn’t really new to us. She was responsive and apologetic, and it sounds like the AC company later found a clogged overflow sensor was the cause, but that fix came after we’d already left.