Our Vero Beach Experience! YMMV 🐢 👋 🌊

[Girlstar30]

The bugs are awful at Vero beach and yes they are all year. Don’t bother with the garbage stuff they provide, the only thing that works is off with deet. I resisted for several trips and finally caved on the off. Now I wear it every day every time we go and voila! No bugs.

It is a very hands off resort in terms of service and I agree the last time we were there the people working in the quick service were very rude to the point where I actually felt myself getting angry (internally) with how they were treating us and others. I wrote this in the survey they sent. It sounds like it hasn’t been addressed .

The rooms do have somewhat of a “beach”smell.

We also had a disappointing experience with loungers years ago and have since brought our own folding chairs and umbrella. It can also be less expensive even if you buy the stuff locally and just leave it there at the end of your trip lol if you’re staying a decent amount of time. But bringing your own stuff is definitely more freeing and much less annoying.

We have also become increasingly annoyed with other guests there. I’m not sure if it is just because we are getting older but I feel like people are just so rude now. We took this one photo of a woman in the lobby with her bare feet on the sofa. Sorry, that’s just cringe for me.
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Thank you for all of this, this just confirms that this is not the resort for us and im ok with that. My wife said she would possibly return one year if there was a no bugs season and that doesnt seem to be the case.

I used OFF with Deet which is probably why I got bit way less than everyone else but those lil buggers are relentless and STILL got me. I thought using the resorts stuff would be better, since they deal with this all the time, but it turns out not!

I also addressed all the rudeness we encountered as well in the survey, unfortunately from the response I got to my concerns on-site, I really think they just dont care

That's actually a good idea, buying our own stuff and leaving it there if its cheaper, why not. No words for the woman on the couch