So, I thought that I had got a good deal from my Bank, Bank of America, when I ordered this hotel stay through Expedia for just over $600 total off 4 days 3 nights on a property conveniently on the beach that was animal friendly. It seemed like a new name in SPI (which we’ve visited several times prior) and I figured, “What the heck? Let me splurge a little and get a room with a partial scenic view that we can take our dog into and is right in the beach..” Come to find out, this is just the old La Quinta building that has been there a good while and it showed. The room and bathroom walls and doors were old and painted over. The front door to the room hardly locked. While we appreciated the view of the beach, we also had a view of the Hilton Garden Inn’s pool next door and they played loud, annoying music into the evening preventing us from enjoying a movie on the tv. The bathroom needed repairs. The sink stopper wasn’t on right. The shower was ok but very cosmetically damaged. The parking was somewhat inconvenient. We had tar on beach. We just weren’t impressed in the least. This, obviously wasn’t the hotel’s fault but, it rained to the point of partially flooding in some areas on the island on Tuesday and that dampened the mood and everything to top it all off.. we hadn’t visited SPI as an entire family for over a decade after making it almost an annual to bi-annual in years previous to that and I can’t say we have any desire to come back within the next decade after this.