This is advertised as a lovely family cottage, but it hasn’t been used by the family in years. It is really cute and we were thrilled until entering. There was a stench that may have been sweat, lack of cleaning, we weren’t sure what, but after a few days and lots of air freshener we were able to get rid of it. You can’t open any windows to air the cottage out so I’m sure that has to do with it. The garbage hadn’t been emptied in the bathroom and I washed the bedroom coverlet because it smelled. We enjoyed the beach stay, but the condos across the street were rented out to people who started partying at 4 pm and ended around 3 am every day beginning on Monday. We arrived on Friday so had 2 nice days. We tried to reach Vacasa but they didn’t respond. When I finally reached someone to say we were leaving a day early, I was told that they aren’t responsible for street noise. True, but the rules of the city are no noise after 11 and that obviously isn’t taken seriously. We didn’t complain to the city of N. Myrtle Beach, we just hoped that Vacasa would have moved us elsewhere. Don’t expect help at all from Vacasa or VRBO if needed. Overall if Vacasa had responded and taken into consideration that we literally were staying in a cottage where people were partying to all hours in the street and walking on the property, cutting through the backyard etc instead of saying that they aren’t responsible for street noise I would give this a better rating. Unfortunately when you stay here you are on your own. Read other reviews, we should have paid attention.