TradeWinds Island Grand Beach Resort

if you like frogs, and like to go to bed by 10pm. this is party central. dont expect any entertainment at night (or food) unless you like the frog legs.. yum..

I was booked in the tradewinds for 10 nights in may of 2008 to have the wedding of my dreams tradewinds ruid it rude staff could'nt care less all boiled down to money there was another wedding later that day mine was 3pm the other wedding i was told was at 6pm all they were interested in was the other wedding at 6pm all there chairs for there wedding about 100 were set up at the gazebo i was only having my parents and our son the other couples name on the gazebo when i complained and explained i was told well at the end of the day your only having a virgin wedding you did'nt book with the hotel you booked with virgin holidays i explained at the end of the day it was my wedding day too i was then told that the other couple have spent $20,000 i could'nt care less so what money talks told again well your only having a virgin wedding what a insult how rude!!! should not matter how much you spent my whole month away and wedding came to £13'000 but i did'nt broadcast it and am sure the other couple would not be happy that the tradewinds going around telling people what they paid for there wedding well all i can say is she did'nt get alot for her money we got treated like we were not good enough to stay at there hotel we would have been made more welcomed at bates motel or a trailer park.........never again think twice three four what ever before you stay they even gave us out of date food in a gift basket that was to be a sorry gift how embrassing nuts out of date popcorn out of date and balieys out of date by over a year yuk yuk and people pay for this treatment if you want a great place to stay try the chesapeake resort down in the keys heaven on earth thats a 10/10

The Hotel itself was not bad at all. We stayed at the Breckenridge Bldg. for 2 weeks of our St. Pete vacation, May 21-June04. The room we had was always clean except the bathroom, sometimes was not really properly clean but the housekeeping staff/ladies were really nice, friendly and helpful. Unfortunately some staff were really rude. One incident was when I was struggling with my baby in my arms and some packages the door man/person was just standing there on the side of the concierge desk chatting and not one of the 4 man tried to open the door!! Geezz!! and another incident, when asking for car service this man on the desk was not the slightest interested on us or our business, it looks like were even interrupting on something!! AND the biggest dissappoint we had when we learned that the money we left as a tip for the housekeeper (in the room), housekeeper did not even received !! I advice that when doing this make sure to hand it to the housekeeper itself. Besides all that, it also has a washer & dryer for clothes,fireworks on weekends and the beach is really nice & clean. Aside all that we might go back.

In our opinion do not be fooled by the AAA four diamond rating. This property is poor at best and there are much nicer better places to stay in the area. Service poor, food terrible not at all worth the money. It is almost a self service hotel.

We were very disappointed and we left early.

We had a wonderful 5 days at this resort... the only complaint we had was that food prices were a bit high... but there was always the poolside restaurant or the Deli.... the rooms were fine...always cleaned and the staff (except for one person on the front desk) were exceptionally friendly and helpful. I would definitely go back, sooner rather than later. Awesome sunsets!!!!! The beach was clean, amazingly so considering it was Spring Break. Wish the balconies were wider!!!!! Could sit on the balcony with the chair sidewise but no way could you turn the chair to face the beach, but the resort being on the beach made up for that. It would have been nice in the evening to sit outside to watch the sunsets.