Crystal Beach Vacation Rental house

My husband and I spent the month of February 2008 in this lovely vacation home. Aside from ourselves, various members of our family came to visit for anywhere from a few days to two weeks. The most people we had was eight, which required use of the hide-a-bed in the livingroom. The kitchen was large enough to easily accommodate several cooks and helpers. The diningroom table easily accommodated all eight and would accommodate 10 without difficulty.

The descriptions of the vacation rental provided at the various web-sites were very helpful and well represented what the home looked like. However, we were pleasantly suprised when we arrived by how clean and by the good quality all the furniture and fixtures. Immediately we felt at home and knew we could spend a month in it without difficulty.

Our only disapointment was that we could not take our dogs on the beach. There is a lovely walkway along the scenic highway 98 and our dogs enjoyed walks along there. However, in our minds eye as we anticipated our holiday we saw ourselves taking our dogs onto the beach fairly often; whereas this was not the case.

Destin is an interesting place. It is all brand new. There was no real downtown area just developments along the highway 98. These developments, shopping and restaurants are all lovely. A local restaurant, The Crab Trap allowed us to take our dogs into the bar at the back of the restaurant overlooking the beach.

The shopping was fantastic in Destin. The outlet mall has wonderful stores and excellent bargains. There are many other retail stores in the neighbourhood.

All in all, we could find no fault in the rental home whatever. If we do not rent this home again it will be because we want to find a more dog-friendly environment and perhaps one a little warmer in February when we want to leave our frozen home for a bit of a break.

Lastly, I have to say that the owners of this rental were extremely helpful and very responsive to any enquiry. They were a joy to deal with.