Green Goddess - Quiet North End - Beachside in Fort Myers Beach

Owners response: Thank you very much for your review. Sorry for my very slow response, but immediately after we received it we did forward it to the co-owners and our local manager. We were particularly concerned about the cleanliness and bug issues which were immediately addressed and we have purchased new beach chairs. If you can remember would you please advise which accessories were in bad shape. We have not been there since the first week in January 2011.

Did you try to contact our local manager (to whom you mailed the deposit and gave the balance of rent due upon arrival) about these issues? This husband and wife team have been our managers and cleaners for about 10 years and we have never before received a complaint about bugs or cleanliness. Also they spray regularly for bugs and ants.

In addition, after I received your review, I emailed our “follow-up questionnaire” to the 4 guests that stayed there before you from 12/24/11 thru 2/4/12:

Hi

Thanks very much for being our guest in our cottage the week

May we have your opinions and comments both positive and negative.

Would you come back? Would you recommend our cottage to a friend?

Thanks,

Dick Mong

Three out of four responded and all three said they would come back and recommend it to friends. One said “clean” and the other “very clean”. One mentioned the need for beach chairs and updating. We have also bought a new Lazy Boy since you were there. We do some updating every year.

Regarding the “beachside” description, in FMB that means on the “beachside” of busy Estero Blvd which gives the guest direct, private access to the beach while if you are on the other side of Estero you have to cross Estero and go to a public access which could be blocks away. The rates are lower on the “non-beachside”. Also “beachfront” means “on-the-beach”. We say on our website “limited view of The Gulf from our deck” and one of our pictures shows that specific view. Also please note that our rates are lower than almost every “beachside” cottage which we believe makes us one of the “best values”.

Hope you decide to be our guest again next winter.

Our best, Dick