My husband and I stayed here last week with some friends. We stayed in the extra bedroom and it's just big enough for a bed to fit in. It doesn't even have a closet. The attached bathroom is just as small. If you plan to stay in this bedroom, don't bring any suitcases because you'll have no room to put them. The washer and dryer are so tiny, you can only wash a few shirts at a time. The whole condo itself was outdated. It was clean, but the floral couch and mirrored walls were a little over the top. There are only two elevators. they are both very slow. The hot tub was NEVER hot. The beach was nice, but i definately wouldn't reccomend coming during peak season. If you do, don't expect to find a place to sit and be prepared to pay way too much for everything. This condo was right in the middle of town, but with being peak season, the traffic was horrible and it took us at least 45 mins to get anywhere! i think it would have been much better to have gone sometime other than the peak season.

Problem #1 I booked through an internet site that had promos for this condo. It stated 2 BR with 2 queen beds on the 4th flr. (room 403 to be exact). When we arrived it was a 1 BR/Bath with a another room that wasn't much bigger than my closet that had a day bed and a pull out cot. We immediately went to the desk, but they were closed for the day (Sunday at 3:00pm). The next day we went and explained that we did not get the accomodations that we booked online. The lady behind the desk said that Sterling Sands does not have control over what 3rd party internet sites are putting on their listings. After explaining that I wasn't going anywhere until she called them, she called, and the Customer Service agent said that it was a one day promo and that there was no way to pull up the screen that we saw when we booked the room. Eventually they said we got what we booked! I call it false advertising!! Problem2 I can make them best of every situation, but back to the "small room" you can't even shut the BR door when the cot is pulled out!!! the grounds keeper that came to the room seen no problem with telling us to keep the BR door closed and go through the Bathroom to get out?!!!. Also another great thing about the "small" room is that the outside condo lights shine in your face all night, because there isnt enough space to put a curtain over the window!! The grounds keeper gave us a blanket and told us to let him know if we needed TAPE to hang it up!!! I kid you not!!!. Problem 3 Be prepared to buy towels or washing powders, because once your out, your out! Toilet paper and paper towels might be a good thing to also pick up if you stay at sterling sands. The decor was horrid as well. Overall--I stayed at the Holiday Inn 2 years ago, it is just as nice or nicer and will save you big $$.

I will say I've been to Destin a few times and this was our first time staying at Sterling sands. The front desk staff was very nice and helpful, but besides that, I think we got ripped off with their so called "cleaning fees"..we had to pay extra $200 for "trashing" their condos. fYI- we had to buy our own of everything, from toilet papers, to napkins, to trash bags. When we checked out, we wiped down the kitchen, I even made the bed . We booked 2 rooms and got one in 3rd and the other on the 6th floor! It was alot of work trying to get back and forth to both rooms because the elevator was very slow! I will say that I will NEVER stay here again! One more thing, their high speed Internet is not so high speed at all!

I would just like to say, the condo it self was wonderful. Beautiful and well cleaned, was not disappointed. The staff on the other hand was horrible. The day we checked in, they were of no help, the day we got stuck in the elevator (day of check-in) the staff was unconcerned, including the manager who's response was "everyone gets stuck in the elevator at some point". Asked for some sort of discount, we were told that was not possible, they could not do that, it was not the owners fault. The day we checked out, they were rude and the front desk clerk had no clue as to what he was doing. We did manage to enjoy ourselves despite the rudeness and hope to go back to Destin another day.