Five Star Properties and Bliss Beach Rentals

4.0 (771 Reviews)

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Five Star Beach Properties defines 30A and Destin, Florida luxury vacation rentals. An experienced and friendly staff and the beautiful sugar-white beaches of 30A and Destin await you at your doorstep. Five Star Beach Properties will make your 30A or Destin vacation one to remember. Our properties are 30A and Destin’s most exclusive and luxurious vacation rentals, that sleep anywhere from just a few to large groups. At Five Star Beach Properties we have hand-selected each rental, making sure that our guests enjoy trendy appointments, opulent furnishings, a variety of entertainment options and access to all that the beautiful 30A Destin, Florida area has to offer. In the end, it is all about the exciting and satisfying vacation experience and we work hard to provide that to all our guests.

At Five Star Beach Properties, convenience is at the core of our amazing personal service. Our staff is available to you the minute you reach your luxury vacation property ready to answer any questions you have, suggest great dining, shopping locations, and make reservations for golfing, spa treatments and fishing excursions. We’ll even have the kitchen stocked with groceries before you arrive. Your every desire during your Destin vacation will be met and exceeded at Five Star Beach Properties. Our staff will provide daily maid services, limo pickup at the airport, golfing, fishing and dinner reservations, spa services, breakfast delivery, dry cleaning services and bike rental dropoffs. We even have private chef’s available to you at your convenience. At Five Star Beach Properties, we strive to give you a vacation you’ll be talking about until you come and see us again.

We want our guests to be blown away every time that they rent a home or condo. If you are looking for a step up in South Walton and Destin vacations then you are at the right place. Please feel free to browse through our rentals and let us know if you have any questions. We are only a phone call or email away!

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Norman.

Feb 09,2021

Best experience I’ve ever had

Ed

Feb 06,2021

we really enjoyed out stay at the home. It was everything it was promised to be with great views of the gulf!

Jen

Feb 02,2021

We were excited to take a socially distanced/isolated trip with our kids (4&2). Pros: -pretty easy beach access. About a 1/4 mile. We were able to carry both kiddos + all their beach paraphernalia without too many issues. -spacious home, ranch style, easy to navigate. Pet friendly. -when contacted re: issues people were kind/tried to be helpful -fenced in back yard with grass (and AstroTurf) -beautiful pool&spa. (Particularly loved the large ledge where the kids would have been able to sit and play in the shallow water easily.) -home appeared clean for the most part Cons: -large sliding door windows off the living room (3 sets). No curtains. Felt people could be looking right in at us. Front door too, was made of glass. So seeing right in was super easy. -found a large roach in the home. (Dead) - put in emergency work order questions in the morning that weren’t followed up with all day and needed me to place a phone call the following day. -tv broken in one bedroom (the one we wanted to hook our video game system Up for the kiddos to play their wii 😅) (disclaimer- we could have had this looked at or replaced if needed. However we have some circumstances that really make us feel like isolating as much as possible during covid so we opted to leave it broken and accepted they wouldn’t come in the home) -living room tv to isn’t on proper setting so despite being large, it’s not a great picture and just looks wonky. -WiFi went out a couple times (but restarted by unplugging connection and plugging in again) -we communicated with five star via phone & email about desire to have pool heated. We understood the pool takes 24+ hours to heat so we were patient. Water not warming. Contacted five star. They said they’d send someone to look. Next day still Cold. Contacted five star. Said the owner remotely started the pool heat. Next day still cold. Contacted five star. They contacted the vendor to look. Finally started to heat on Saturday. (We arrived Monday and left Monday at 3 am) so it was pretty much useless by the time it was hearing for us properly. You pay $75/day to heat the pool which is excessive to begin with. However, this fee was waived for us after all the issues regarding the pool/heat. -communication should have been better regarding issues with the home + pool. I’m pretty flexible if you keep me Up to date. I felt that I was not kept in the loop about much without me following up myself for updates. -one of the beach access key fobs didn’t work. Which we didn’t know until we got to the beach. Yes it’s only a quarter mile away but with heavy kiddos who wanted to be carried + all their junk they “need” at the beach, it’s a lot to walk down there. Was frustrating to have to run home and leave antsy kiddos wanting to go to the beach. -light switches seemed dirty - but was able to Clorox wipe most of the gunk off. -furniture and home worn in many places -there’s an ice maker! (But it looked pretty dirty and the ice scoop that everyone uses is just right in there. With covid that’s just not my thing right now) -the pool vendor came by to clean pool + add salt. As a renter we should be made aware of when people are coming to The home. Esp with dogs - had they opened the gate our dogs would have escaped. Again, boils down to not the best communication. -master tun drain broken -there appeared to be a camera in the backyard by the door. Five star informed me cameras aren’t permitted except a Ring doorbell. I wasn’t too excited about the thought of a camera (or what we thought was a camera) in the back. Manager Anthony seemed sympathetic to our situation. Awaiting to hear back about poor stay. Rented home solely for pool. Could have rented any other home in the area. But was stuck there with a 60* pool 5 of our 7 days. My kiddo was so in love w the pool+spa&wants to stay again. I *might* stay again bc I’ll do anything for my boys. Hopefully things would be better.

Linda

Feb 02,2021

Beautiful home...well appointed and very spacious! Very nice bathrooms. Extra care taken to show the home is clean. So very convenient to the beach and also so close to the Seaside Shops!

Adelle

Feb 02,2021

3 star house, 5 star location You can’t beat the location of this house. Right on the beach. There’s even a hammock out by the dunes right in front of the house. The pool is great. The hot tub is great. The outdoor spaces are great but... The house itself could use many repairs and upkeep. For the price you pay, they can afford to shut down for a day or two and make these small repairs that would significantly make guest experiences better. Issues - There was a door without a handle that led to a deck. Difficult to use and enjoy the deck each day with no handle. - This same bedroom also had a closet that was off the hinges. Wouldn’t close properly and was hitting/ in the way of the entrance door since the closet door was broken. - Many batteries in remotes needed to be replaced. - Game systems (Atari and Nintendo) needed screwdrivers to remove dead batteries - In the kitchen the main drawer that held all of the utensils, the track was not properly screwed in so the drawer just falls down into the cabinet below. - The elevator wouldn’t not properly open on the first floor from the outside. Sometimes you would have to get a stick to push the pin up to release lock to access it. Works fine from the inside but if you called it to the 1st floor it (50/50 chance) wouldn’t open. - The AC/ Heat on the 2nd floor did not work. The system sounded like it was working but nothing was coming out of the vents. - The fireplace just blows hot air up into the tv. Doesn’t heat up the living room at all... or that’s just another thing that was broken. The People - The maintenance team came out the next day after I reported all the issues and were really helpful! But in reality there was nothing they could do to fix the issues. - The support team was great too when our door code refreshed randomly the next day to one that didn’t work. Cleanliness - In searching for a missing fan remote under a bed we found a plastic cup left there. Along with about 3 other random pieces of trash under beds that were not cleaned up. *** ALL TOWELS WERE PACKAGED FRESHLY *** ALL LINENS HAD A PAPER SLIP OVER THEM ENSURING THEY WERE NEW Overall At first look the house looks newly updated, fresh, nice but it’s more of a facade. The location is great. There is tons of parking and the games by the pool help keep things fun. Definitely needs some proper updates.

Donald

Feb 02,2021

We had a wonderful time & honestly can’t wait to come back. The only thing was they were working on our balcony & that whole side so we had ropes hanging in front, but that was it.

Rachel Watkins

Jan 31,2021

I have had such a horrible experience with this rental company. We booked a house with 7 bedrooms in August of 2020 for a stay in July 2021. At the time of booking I was told over the phone if the house became unable to rent they would give us options to change to a different house with the same amount of rooms. I received an email in January 2021 saying that the house we booked had been sold and they no longer had access to rent the house. They gave me options that only had 4-5 bedrooms to transfer our reservation too. When I told them none of those options would house my entire family and gave them the only two options on their site that had the same number of rooms for the same dates they told me I would have to pay the difference because those houses were more costly. Well of course they’re more costly because they’re closer to the date of stay and we had booked months ago. Their rental agreement states that they’ll find a home within the same price but not size so be aware of that if you book with them. They never apologized for ruining our family vacation and now we’re stuck scrambling to find another home. I wouldn’t suggest this company to my worst enemy.

KL

Jan 30,2021

I spent 5 nights last week at Silver Beach Penthouse 1901W and was shocked by the dirty worn out living room and patio furniture in this rental. I can't believe that the owner or manager thinks these furnishings are acceptable. The motorized curtains were old and only some of them functioned. I gave 2 stars as the bedrooms were ok but the living room furniture was repulsive and ruined our stay. I could not recommend this unit in its current condition to anyone.

Corey

Jan 28,2021

Awesome property. Really enjoyed our time there!

Aidet

Jan 28,2021

The home on the outside was a beautiful home right on the beach. The problem we had with the home it was not well maintained and needed to be updated. We had lots of problems. The management at Five star was very understanding and offered compensation.

Mary

Jan 28,2021

We spent a week from Dec. 19-26 at Destin Bound rental in Destin, FL. We had 4 of our 5 children with us and their 6 children. The golf cart was a highlight for the grandkids and we spent several days at the beach via the golf cart. All 7 bedrooms and baths were super clean and the only glitch we had during the week was a realtor coming in and telling us there had to be an inspection because the property had been sold. The inspection took 3 hours, but the inspector was very courteous and tried to stay out of our way. The next day the new owners of the property stopped by with the developer's wife who asked if they could check out the property. We accommodated them and the developer's wife was very apologetic. She gave us a VISA gift card for the trouble, but we did not want to accept it. She insisted. The kitchen was fully equipped with anything we needed and the family rooms on each of the three floors were well used. TVs in every one and a pool table on one of the floors. There was a community pool and sitting area with a lagoon view and BBQ equipment for grilling. Overall it was a great value in a great location and a great house.

Christopher

Jan 28,2021

Amazing home to safely escape the pandemic bringing 3 family bubbles together. The house was large enough for common space gatherings while also allowing distance for individual time. The roof top deck was a favorite for sunset happy hours and star gazing. The pool was unbelievable and made it feel like an all-inclusive resort. The heater kept the pool and hot tub super hot even though we had nights in the 30’s. Finally the professionalism from the entire staff at 5 Star was exceptional. From check-in, handling any issue that arose, to check-out they were always there timely, efficient and respected our safety. The entire experience was a phenomenal escape during this stressful time.

Aldjia Hartfelder

Jan 27,2021

The Five Star team was very helpful in providing our pre-trip information and responding to all our questions and/or concerns during the stay. Their services made us feel like we were staying in a hotel.

Kara

Jan 26,2021

The house was wonderful and clean. We will use this company again for booking. I’m

AC

Jan 22,2021

We booked this house for a 70th bday week inviting three couples to join. The location was excellent and neighborhood exceptional but several things were not working or missing in the house to the point we stopped asking maintenance and decided to just enjoy what we could. I sent a list when we left of the issues we encountered. Be aware if you are expecting basic features that are advertised ask about them first to make they are operating. One thing I failed to put in my list were the mattress pads need replacing. Pretty disgusting. I wished I had not changed the sheets to discover it.

BERNADETTE

Jan 20,2021

We stayed at The Pelagic Blue for a long weekend and greatly enjoyed our vacation. The home is right on the beach, and each room is a sanctuary with comfortable beds, spa-like bathrooms, and lovely amenities. Hearing the waves from your room, on the balconies, sitting around the fire pit, or on the beach itself is absolutely priceless. The home is minutes away from excellent restaurants and outlet shopping, but if you want to stay in, the kitchen is fully stocked so you can cook to your heart's content. We felt very lucky to be able to stay in such a beautiful home, and we can't wait to book it again.

Chad P

Jan 19,2021

Gulf Breeze is so well appointed and the property owners have truly put their heart and personality into the blissful surroundings. Tasteful, elegant, oozing relaxation and a superb choice for generational families. We had an 20 month old and a 74 year old and the beachfront beauty plays well to them and all those in between. All positives for this well-located vacation getaway.

Amy

Jan 19,2021

The house was beautiful, location was perfect, easily walkable to all the shops, restaurants and beach. Our main disappointment was the kitchen. There is a beautiful Viking range, but a hodge podge of cooking equipment. It badly needs a fresh set of pots and pans and some organization of the what's in the drawers. Also seems like it's time to do a little touch up on the paint. That being said, we had an incredible time and will definitely stay again.