Tradewinds Island Grand Resort

We came down for a 4 day extended weekend. The ocean front location made up for the negatives of the resort. Great amenities including a very nice workout facility, plenty of cabanas, chairs, pools to pick from, on site activities, and a small spa. The central location of St Pete Beach is great as well with plenty of nearby towns and cities to visit including Ft. DeSoto Park which has another amazing beach! The negatives were that our room seemed a bit outdated. The bathroom was not the cleanest and needed a grout/tile re-do. Bath/shower area was very small. We had a gulf-view parlor room which was great with full view of the ocean and pool area. However, king bed was not an option for this type of room. The A/C was very noisy and kept us up each night. We received a courtesy credit which made up for the noise...I guess. Front desk staff was very nice and very friendly. Staff everywhere seemed very nice...no complaints there. The food and drinks were overpriced. Water bottles at the pool were very expensive. I would highly recommend driving down to the nearby Publix or Walmart to stock up on pop, water bottles and snacks. There are plenty of restaurants to pick from and you may find a better deal somewhere else if you have the time. All in all...great experience and would like to come back again some day.

My wife and I went to tradewinds for our 28th wedding anniversary. We had a great time. Rooms were clean,great service,friendly staff and super pools and Salty's tiki bar was a big plus! We recommend hotel to all. Can't wait to return!!

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After checking in I was told the hotel and entire area had a water main break and I could not use the tap water. The hotel supplied bottled water. It was a little awkward, but it worked. The Christmas buffet was fantastic. Service was excellent. Hotel staff very courteous and helpful.

Hotel and grounds were well maintained. The staff was friendly and attentive. The location with white sandy beach was awesome. The property had several pools and lots of options for activities, entertainment and dining. Over all an above average experience.

Everyone was cooperative. Staff went out of their way to help. Had some bad weather and they responded with enthusiasm. Bed a little hard but linens clean and bathroom had plenty of towels. Even in cool weather pool was warm and swimable. A good experience overall.

A nice place, in a nice location. Good for meetings and vacation. Only downers are the limited restaurant choices within walking distance and the $25 per day "resort fee" is a bit excessive. I got upgraded to a 2BR suite (2 queens in each), which was nice, but I reserved a king bed for a reason. All-in-all, about 3.5 stars.

The hotel has thought of everything when it comes to entertaining kids and their parents. There were lots of choices like the beach, pool, games, movies, waterslides, trampolines, hula hoop contests, parasailing & dolphin watching trips. Lots of choices for eating and drinking as well. My only complaint was at times there weren't any seats available at the main pool. This was due mostly to people hoarding the chairs. The chairs were empty but there were towels or something left on them to "save" the seat. That is more of a guest issue than the hotel. All of the hotel staff was friendly and very helpful. Although there were lots of free activities there was plenty of extras that we paid for as well. By the end of the week I was pretty worried about how much we had spent and it was quite a bit. So, make sure and budget extra $$ for all the cocktails, snow cones and excusions you and your family will want to partake in.

Very nice rooms, well appointed although on the small side. Great ocean and beach views. Terrific staff.

third year staying at Tradewinds. Very relaxing,clean. Great layout of the grounds-adult pool with kid pools. I do wish they had told us they were doing construction in the building we were staying in when we checked in.