Houseboats in Manatee County

"This is a dishonest listing. I did not end up staying here because the address was a public boat ramp and there’s no disclosure about that until you attempt to check in. "

"The place wasn’t ready when we arrived! There was no running water and the lights went out 15 minutes into our stay!!"

"Where do I need to begin? There is no houseboat go to, the address is in the middle of the ocean. Do not fall for this listing.. She also has it under 3 different names same boat."

"Started with bad communication, hard to find, dirty, cold, no electricity, battery ran out, feces and urine spewing from toilet, no showers, uncomfortable bed, etc…tired to leave on the dinghy left for me and filled with 4” water. Dangerous and unhealthy!!! Wanted to charge me $50 for water taxi???"

"Smelled of sewage, power was provided by a large loud generator wrapped in a tarp. Extention cords ran everywhere. Had to hook a wire to a battery to flush the toilet. The small boat provided to go back to shore had no motor, no lights Your basically stranded in a death trap. lights, your basically stranthe "

"Freezing cold.Stranded on a filthy boat with no way to shore. Host not responding to texts"

"The property wasn’t the one in the advertisement…. It was advertised as “the Gyp-Sea” but it was actually “the last Hoorah! It was not very clean , the toilet was broken, there was things stored in the bathroom and also in the shower , so we were unable to even go in either! The loud generator on the boat was almost out of gas. The 4 workers that took 2 trips to get us on the boat were the only good thing about this . They went above and beyond, with what they had to work with ! We left and had...

"The owners never replied to any of my messages and never showed up to get me checked in. I contacted Expedia, who tried to help me over chat, but they were unable to find a suitable replacement and I couldn’t leave the chat to check out pictures or the map to see what they were proposing. Eventually, they reimbursed my stay and I had to make myself other arrangements, which was difficult last minute, and way more expensive."