We just returned from a two week vacation at Suntide Island Beach Club. The staff was very pleasant and helpful. They were always available to answer questions and suggest local restuarants that were yummy! Our condo was very clean and well furnished. There is no odor of mold. You are steps from the pool and ocean from any condo unit there. The beach is beautiful with awesome sunsets. There are many owners that have been coming there for many years. Friends are quickly made. Grocery stores and gas stations are approximately 10 minutes away (over the John Ringling Bridge into Sarasota). Remember, Suntide Island Beach Club is located on Lido Key (island) where it is very private. The only con would be the pillows are too hard. We plan to return in September as we own multiple weeks.

This is an old tired resort. The pool is small. The rooms are outdated. The staff was not very friendly except for the housekeeping staff. There are too many rules to follow. Only two resort sponsored activites - morning coffee and a hot dog lunch. The only good thing about this resort is that it is on a beautiful beach. We will not be back.

All of you who are searching for a great family resort ; Ignore the few bad reviews as they make claims that are totally false.
We have been going to the Suntide since 1994.My parents since 1965 and look so much foreard to going every October that I mark off and number the days on my calender
until I have the great pleasure to return.
The rooms NEVER smell of mold.The staff is helpful and pleasant.The outside facilities are always neat and clean.The other vacationers are a great bunch of people and most communicate even during the year via e mail.The rooms are always cool and even have cieling fans along with the air conditioners. You can access your computer thru the internet.
I don't understand where those few that reported bad reviews stayed but it surely was not the Suntide.
I rate the Suntide as one of the best managed resorts on Lido Beach Florida.
There is always that 1% of people who would complain if everything was free and they were waited on hand & foot.
Ignore them and join us for a fun filled vacation.

My wife and I travel by motorcycle several times a year all over the country. This year our June trip was "the long way back home." We left Missouri, stopped in Nashville, then to Biloxi, Fort Walton Beach (the Best Western suxs!!!), then Gainsville and Sarasota. Normally finding a hotel on a road trip is pretty easy, but not here! We road by Suntide and decided to see if they had any vacancies, yup, we got a nice condo for a few days and loved it! The place was clean and fresh, staff and other guests were extremely friendly, and the beach was unbelievable! Did you ever have a mantee swim up within five feet of you? Those things are huge! We are definitely going back and serious thinking about buying a time share at suntide, it was that nice. It was hard to leave, bt we still had to ride over to Fort Lauderdale, then up the east coast through the smokies and back to Missouri, work suxs!