Have you rented on the Gulf Coast, Florida?

[Bellenden Belle]

Just wondered if anyone had any recommendations for rental properties for a family of 4 (well, 2 adults, a toddler and baby) on the Gulf Coast in Florida. There are so many rental properties that it is hard to know where to start!

Budget around ?1,000 a week and we particularly like the look of Anna Maria island.

Anywhere particularly child-friendly appreciated.

[buggie]

Oooo, no recommendations, but can you take me in your suitcase?!

[GSJ57]

I don't have any rental recommendations, but Anna Maria is fabulous....I used to live in St Petersburg, and we went there a few times. Bay Front park is right on the beach and great for kids.....sheltered picnic tables and a playground. We loved it there!

[Bellenden Belle]

Thanks so much or that reassurance.

Do you have any experience if Naples in Florida - we are looking for two contrasting places which are still family friendly? Any ideas welcome! Though no Disney!

GSJ57 Wrote:

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> I don't have any rental recommendations, but Anna

> Maria is fabulous....I used to live in St

> Petersburg, and we went there a few times. Bay

> Front park is right on the beach and great for

> kids.....sheltered picnic tables and a playground.

> We loved it there!

[GSJ57]

Don't have any personal knowledge of Naples, it's more built up and commercialised compared to Anna Maria Island. As is Fort Myers to the north. Both places are good for a day trip to Sanibel Island - a shell collecters dream!

But if you're just looking for a beach holiday you cant go wrong with anywhere on the Gulf. I am biased but I love St Pete Beach, again - more commercialised, but have fond memories of living there when my kids were small!