Stayed for 5 days in August with my husband, our daughters (6 and 4), my mother-in-law, and our au pair
Pros:
- The house is HUGE! amble space in main living area, there are 4 bedrooms not 3 (and, if you count the TV room, really more like 5 bedrooms)
- The plot is fantastic. BIG meadow in front for playing lawn games, flying a kite, the deck is perfect for morning yoga or sipping coffee watching the coast
- Sea Ranch itself is fantastic
- Well-stocked kitchen
- Generous amount of games and puzzles that we took full advantage of :)
Drawbacks:
- LONG walk to beach. At least 20 min walk in either direction to actually get down to the sand. This made it tough with our kids that didn't want to walk back. We ended up driving to some of the beaches and using the parking pass which made it easier, but also detracted from what we expected in terms of walkability
- There were ants in the kitchen - got really bad after 5 days despite our tidying and not leaving food out. Gross
- I can't understand why vacasa is so stingy on towels and linens in general. There was not one extra sheet in any closet to put a fitted sheet on the twin trundle bed for one daughter. and while yes there was technically one bath towel per head staying at the house, anyone with young kids knows that's completely insufficient
- when we did try to wash towels, the dryer (though it ran) was not able to get them dry
Overall it's a wonderful house and property. Great for large groups, just beware of those couple things and adjust expectations accordingly. We would definitely come back (and bring our own extra towels and sheets, and - not sure how we'd handle the ants - I wouldn't want vacasa to spray a bunch of pesticide inside the house so TBD...)