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Reviews of Castaways Resort Studios

2 out of 5
Castaways Resort Studios
2043 S Atlantic Ave, Daytona Beach Shores, FL

Reviews

5.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 13 out of 59 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 11 out of 59 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 11 out of 59 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 59 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 21 out of 59 reviews" "

6.8/10

Cleanliness

5.8/10

Amenities

5.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Darrell

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities
The place was very nice but they were in the middle of construction to rebuild after a storm currently has no beach access or pool. Great accommodations otherwise.
Stayed 6 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

james

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Was under construction no pool No access to beach do had to fill with workers working in the moo
Stayed 4 nights in May 2024

6/10 Okay

Alexander

giving my review based off of the condition when i stayed. (under construction) staff was great super friendly and very helpful. condo is being remodeled. heard nothing but carpet ripping all day Saturday and a Vacume running all morning Sunday outside my door in the hallway.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

2/10 Terrible

Shayla

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

2/10 Terrible

James

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Never got the room the room was double booked and I was still charged and never got a response from the owner or hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from John on 23 Apr,2024
We have tried to contact you several times using the number provided in your reservation.

10/10 Excellent

Roger

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Everything was great. We enjoyed our stay!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Kandy

You must wash your own towels
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

2/10 Terrible

Matthew

Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2024

4/10 Poor

Paulette

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Place was not clean. Hair was all over the bed
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Disliked: Room comfort
Poor communication skills from the Host. Almost Rude like.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

6/10 Okay

Brian

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Hallways in remodeling stages and not informed of conditions. Smelly hallways
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

6/10 Okay

Edwin

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
i have been very satisfyed, nice place cland quiet
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

2/10 Terrible

Yelena

Business traveller
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Rich

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Castaways Daytona Beach Shores
Very much enjoyed our stay @ Castaways!! Perfect location, wonderful use of space in the rental, extremely friendly people would definitely visit again!!
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Gregory

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very pleasant place clean comfortable, didn't care for the construction crew visual. But overall great place
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

6/10 Okay

mya

Disliked: Cleanliness
for the price that i paid this was an awesome place. it had a great view of the ocean, a big bed and a small kitchen which is very nice and hard to find for that price. a couple things tho, it was not very clean, looked like they hadn’t swept, there were crumbs in the couch, the remote to the tv barely worked along with the wifi. other than those few small things it was an awesome experience
Stayed 13 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Kellie

Ok place to stay short term
Location was good and convenient. The room could have been a little cleaner.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Daniel

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The unit owner wasn't great. When i brought preexisting damage to their attention, they quickly tried blaming us. I took pictures of everything with a tune stamp attached. The property was decent but unfortunately no.beach access due to hurricane damage.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

Carley

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
DO NOT RENT from this property manager. The only reason I’m giving this property 1 star is because 0 is not an option. This property no longer has beach access and the pool in under construction due to damage from the hurricane. I never even stepped foot in our room before we decided we weren’t staying. You have to walk several blocks to get to the beach and right outside our porch was construction equipment. I was denied a refund for the room and cleaning fee even though I never stepped foot in the room. He wouldn’t answer my phone calls or texts and when I reached out to Travelocity I was told there was nothing they could do since I was already denied a refund. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

Juan

Liked: Cleanliness
Once we arrived I went to the reception and the staffed was very rude
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Stephanie

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

Milagros

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

Mellany

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Misleading not worth any penny
Place was filthy. Misleading , no pool and not safe to stay at, we arrived at the facility and all blood at the towels , room was a messed,basically it’s a nightmare so we decided not to stay and just booked a decent
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

hector

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Hunter

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

2/10 Terrible

Reese

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Cassandra

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
I like that they had a host that was very polite, but I hate that the wall had a hold and was covered with duck tape. The door knob was held together by 4screws and when pull to close it has a gap in it that you can see threw. Over all very poorly kept.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

2/10 Terrible

James

There was no trip it was Fraud.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

4/10 Poor

Melissa

Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

8/10 Good

Denise

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
I didn't realize that people lived there permanently. The name resort implies, well resort. I actually felt a bit safer knowing that people have more respect for their home. The sink was clogged but other than tyhat it wqas fine.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

6/10 Okay

Joshua

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
The building smelled like my fraternity house. Its daytona beach, so I guess thats to be expected. The bathroom sink was clogged and the door was unlocked and open when we got there. I was a pretty bummed because reviews and photos made it seem decent. It was not as shown. Bed was comfortable but the sheets had dirt in them. Ok for college kids partying weekend away but not for what I wanted.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

2/10 Terrible

Richard

Never stayed was charged anyway
We never got to stay they over booked the room
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

2/10 Terrible

John

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lekeisha

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

2/10 Terrible

Trey

Disliked: Room comfort
Stay away.
There was absolutely no communication in any way shape or form. There was construction going on with concrete starting at 8 AM which caused all of the walls and floors to vibrate in the mornings, which made it impossible to sleep. Not only that we were not warned about this construction, and because of it the amenities such as the pool area was unavailable to us. When we called the number provided to get some sort of solution, it was ignored several times and we have gotten no answer back. We are beyond disappointed. Do not recommend at all.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Jeff

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jessica

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Very cozy
It is such a nice place and convenient location. Like a tiny house with everything in one room. Very cozy.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

2/10 Terrible

Donald

owned condos with no way to check in or get a key. Had to rent a different room at another location. This was a scam and a rip off.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from Castaways Resort Studios on 12 Mar,2023
Your card declined. That’s why you did not received your check-in instructions.

2/10 Terrible

Joseph

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

2/10 Terrible

Sharon

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Upon arrival we found the unit still had items from previous guests in the closet. One of the shower doors was missing, literally missing and caused the floors to become soaked each time you showered. Expecting a key card, found an actual key in the room (not a big deal) but it was attached to a floating lanyard that they expected you to carry so you could gain entry into the building. We received notification about the NON SMOKING policy and found chairs on the balcony with ashtrays. Seems overall the place was dated, no pool and access to the water was limited and required a lenghtly walk. I would not book this place again.

6/10 Okay

Chris

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
The room was not cleaned when I checked in. I had to text the owner. There was no remote for the tv,so it was useless for the first few days until it was replaced. the extra resort fee was not 69 dollars like posted but double that.
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2023

2/10 Terrible

justin

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
No room was available at time of check in
Castaways screwed us over by not giving us our room.I had reservation number and they said the room was not available,very disappointed and was up till 230 am the day of check in trying to figure things out
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

betty

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Matthew

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023
Response from Castaways Resort Studios on 10 Feb,2023
Thank you.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Hurricane Nicole Troubles
I booked this hotel for a wedding I was in town for. Unfortunately a tropical storm/hurrican (Nicole) rolled through during the exact period of time I was supposed to be staying there. Volusia County had a mandatory evacuation for anything East of the Intracoastal Waterway, and the bridges to the hotel area were closed. Now for the really bad part. I contacted the hotel when the other wedding guests told me their hotels all canceled their bookings or had them check out by 10 AM on Wednesday (which was the start time for the mandatory evacuation). This hotel said that there was no evacuation and that I should check in as expected. I figured they just hadn't heard yet so I waited a bit longer. I contacted the hotel again the next day and was told that I still should be checking in. When I mentioned the evacuation being mandatory, the hotel said that other guests were there and that they weren't in the path of the hurricane. After asking for a refund, I was ignored. I tried contacting Hotels.com about it as I thought it was criminally negligent for the hotel to expect me to try checking in during a hurricane (Daytona Beach was annihilated and is still closed until further noticed at rhe time of this review). The hotel denied the refund. I'm currently in the process of disputing this charge with my card company because it's stupid that I'm paying for something I couldn't use due to unforseen weather and a MANDATORY evacuation that the hotel was too greedy to comply with.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2022

8/10 Good

stuart

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Not bad
Not a bad little room at all. Had a kitchenette, was clean.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2022
Response from Castaways Resort Studios on 11 Oct,2022
Thank you.

6/10 Okay

Lawrence

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Very difficult to communicate with the owner or property management. Front desk has nothing to do with the condo. Room service came by today trying to clean because they were told I was leaving today when I actually have several days left on my reservation.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2022
Response from Castaways Resort Studios on 15 Oct,2022
Thank you.

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is an absolutely wonderful property The condo is very very clean very quaint private stunning view even though you are not on the ocean you still can see all the way up up the beach coastline it is an excellent choice if you are going to make vacation plans I would definitely consider staying here for sure people are absolutely amazing very friendly.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2022
Response from Castaways Resort Studios on 7 Oct,2022
Thank you.