We enjoyed our stay on Marco Island and here are a couple positives about the condo: This condo had been newly updated and is pretty nice for a small one bedroom condo. The view is better than the pictures show. The kitchen was well equipped for everything we needed. The location is very nice on the south end of the island and is fairly close to many different restaurants. The beach is very large, so even though it was pretty busy, there was plenty of room to space out if you prefer to do so. The condo provides 3 beach chairs, which are dated and rusty, but they work. There is also an umbrella, but we never used it.
Some negatives: The staff at the Apollo is very unfriendly, almost to the point of being rude. When we checked in we already had the keys to the condo and just needed to get the parking tag. We were hungry and planned to eat at the Sunset Grille next door. The lady checking us in asked for the license plate number which I didn’t have because my husband had already parked the car and when I asked if we could come back later and get the parking tag since my husband had already parked she just stared at me and said no. It was almost 5:00 and they were there until 10:00 so I’m not sure why they couldn’t have waited until after we ate. Not a huge deal, but didn’t start our stay with a warm fuzzy feeling. The rest of the week we would say hello as we went through the lobby and was ignored most of the time.
There is no washer/dryer in the condo, which is a big deal when they only provide four washcloths for two people. We knew there wasn’t a washer/dryer in the room, so we packed enough for a week. I don’t mind reusing a towel a couple of times, but I won’t reuse a washcloth and didn’t want to do laundry every couple of days just for washcloths. We went to Walmart and bought a pack of washcloths for $5.
The place smells musty and was much worse once we turned on the a/c. It smelled like boys smelly socks, so we left the patio doors open quite a lot.
Overall we enjoyed our stay and would stay there again.