My family just returned from a long Easter weekend at the Whaler Inn Beach Club. Upon arrival, the property looked to be dated. However, when we entered our unit, we were pleasantly surprised. Our one bedroom, side unit had two double beds, a sleeper sofa, and two complete bathrooms (a nice addition for our family of five). The unit was quite spacious compared to others we've stayed in, and it also contained fairly new furnishings and kitchen appliances. No it's not the Hilton, but considering we only paid $112 a night to be right on the beach (our side unit was just a few steps away from the beach), it was a real bargain for most oceanfront properties. Another nice feature was the indoor pool and jacuzzi. We found the staff to be friendly and accommodating, especially when I left my key inside the unit and needed to be left in. They were prompt and asked no questions. The beach was uncrowed for this holiday weekend and was clean. We also liked the fact that we weren't right in the hustle and bustle of Atlantic Beach, but were close enough to drive there for shopping, traveling to the fort (this is a must), or visiting the towns on the mainland. We enjoyed our stay here and will return.

It is a nice place to stay and is more for people who like to own into a place. As I have been an owner of one unit for the past few years. The biggest problem that I have had was checking in. My unit was never ready for me when it was check in time. I waited this year for over 2 hours waiting and I did notice that all the house cleaning people did was stand around smoke, talk and it took 5 people to change a bag in a vacuum cleaner. And of course not the Inns fault but parents and their children, they were running up and down the halls knocking on doors. Parking very little and tight. More people not being courtesy and parking their larger vehicles where the designitated parking is. Otherwise its a nice quiet place to stay and I have enjoyed every bit of it after the initial check in.

First of all I did not stay at this resort. The reason? I e mailed for information regarding the resort; I received a very rude e mail typed in all caps stating that my address was needed in order for the info to be mailed. I replied politely with my address but never received any information. I e mailed a second time (again politely) about 6 weeks later with my address stating that I had not received any info; never received an e mail reply nor mailed information. After waiting for yet another month (which I feel was overgenerous) I sent another e mail stating that the resort must already be booked for 2005, as they apparently did not want any more customers. Maybe I am wrong for saying this, but I truly feel that if the staff are that rude and careless via e mail, they aren't going to be any better in person. "Looking ElseWhere"