Designer's Villa At Playacar Beach

I had to rent 4 properties in this area and they were all excellent 5 star ratings but this property stood out. It was the best of all 4 properties. Management was great to deal with. I was a little worried because this was my first time using VRBO and they were pretty patient with me navigating through the process.

The house looks like something out of a magazine. While town and beach are close, the house is almost its own attraction. We relaxed around the pool in the quiet neighborhood. We stayed as part of a SCUBA trip to Playa, but this is a house that would be well-suited to a family on an extended stay.

The design of the house is beautiful, however not functional for a group of 10 because of the bathrooms. There are 2 en suite bathrooms and another single bathroom for all others to share. It ended up being 6 of us trying to share a single bathroom. We thought we could share the en suite bathrooms but it wasn't easy if someone was in the room, the door was closed, or during bedtime. The house is also at the end of the Playa Car gated community, which is just short of a mile to get to the front entrance. Even though there are a lot of shops and places to eat just outside the gated community, it wasn't easy to walk that distance. The actual distance is not hard to walk, it’s the heat that will leave you a sweaty mess once you get to your destination. Parking is really difficult, and the parking app did not work with international credit cards, so you have to carry around change, and no bills. If you want to take a cab you still have to walk to the front gate as cabs are not allowed into the community without a guest in the car. We ate out for most of our meals, so we ventured to town a lot, and would have probably selected a place closer to the front gate for convinience.