First off, Golden Sands is a fantastic condo resort in Ocean City, Maryland. The amenities are wonderful. Everyone was very nice and helpful. Unit 404 had some issues which should have been addressed by the Vacasa cleaning crew before our arrival. The stench when we opened the condo door was terrible. We contacted Vacasa who advised us that it was due to a faulty garbage disposal. We opened every door and window to air the place out. By nightfall, we were all sick. If we were going to last the week, we decided we would need to clean it. We stripped all the beds down to the mattresses and started washing all the linens. We went to a local store and bought bleach, more laundry detergent, and fabric freshener. We spent the next 12 hours cleaning everything. We discovered a mouse nest under the kitchen sink and a dead mouse behind the refrigerator. Needless to say, after all of our efforts we probably had the cleanest condo at Golden Sands. Vacasa knew there was a mouse problem based on the number of traps left in the unit. Why, no one checked the unit before it was rented to make sure it was rodent free is beyond me. After sending off photos of the dearly departed Mickey to Vacasa, they offered us 10% off for the week. We felt they should have refunded one day's average rent (about 15%) since we lost our first day of vacation to cleaning. There were some other cleaning issues, so the point is, any condo rental from Vacasa is only going to be as good as the person who did the cleaning. Unit 404 beds were good, kitchen was well stocked, A/C kept unit cool. Unit 404 did not have adequate seating and lighting especially if you like to read.
We would rent another Vacasa unit at Golden Sands in the future.