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Pets are welcome at a majority of our properties with payment of a one time pet fee.

Each of our Florida pools is heated and open year round. Our Vermont pools are not currently heated and open Memorial Day to Labor Day.

If you are reading this, then you are booking direct on www.gertruderentals.com and are about to save a lot of money. Booking on VRBO, Airbnb or any other site will result in additional expense and make the communication a little bit harder for you.Airbnb, for example, charges an aggregate fee near 20%!

Our cleaners are the top on the island. We use and use Zep antibacterial cleaning for all high touch surfaces, and objects. Linens are sent out to a commercial laundry and washed at 140° before being individually packaged in plastic and sent back to our properties.There are never any fees when you book direct on the Gertrude Rentals website, www.gertruderentals.com .

All payments are due at the time of booking.

Yes. Gertrude Rentals has ground floor units and units with elevators. Most are close to accessible beaches and restaurants.

Early check-in is allowed free of charge whenever possible. Unfortunately, we cannot allow late check out because it would prevent us from preparing units for incoming guests.

Bookings canceled 60 days or more prior to scheduled arrival will receive a 50% refund. Bookings canceled less than 60 days prior to arrival or nonrefundable but all are travel insurance eligible.

Travel insurance is available from a variety of companies. Gertrude’s guest favorites are Generali and Rental Guardian. We recommend you purchase insurance to cover any unexpected occurrences.

This insurance covers items like: trip cancellation, trip interruption, travel delays, damaged or lost baggage, rental car damage, medical care, and so much more. Cancel for any reason or CFAR insurance is an additional policy and provides a 60% recovery for anything that might go wrong and cause you to cancel your trip, no questions asked.

Our AC thermostats can be set to cool at a minimum of 70 degrees during the Summer. These parameters are based on manufacturer and AC Service Technician recommendations, and they ensure that you will have a stay without interruptions. In Southwest Florida, our exterior “feels like” temperatures can reach into the high 100’s, with humidity in the 80%-90% ranges. AC systems are only designed to cool a room to 20 degrees below the ambient outside temperature. So, if it is 95 degrees outside, the AC system will only be able to cool the home or unit to 75 degrees respectively. Important fact - I swear this is true, AC systems do not put out colder air when set at 50 then they do when set at 70. Whenever an AC is running the air temperature coming out of it will be between 50 and 60°, then when the room temperature hits the target on the thermostat, it will rest. Setting your thermostat below 70° will not make the room cooler faster, but it will almost definitely freeze your condenser causing an AC disruption lasting between six and 10 hours while the condenser is defrosted.

No. If you are reading this, then you are booking direct and are about to save a lot of money. There are never any fees when you book direct on the Gertrude Rentals website, www.gertruderentals.com . Booking on any other site will result in additional expense and make the communication a little bit harder for you. Airbnb, for example, charges an aggregate fee near 20%!

Every airport will have options available for rental vehicles, city taxi, and Uber/Lyft. The best airports are - Sarasota International ("SRQ" about 10 miles away), Tampa ("TPA" 60 miles away), and Fort Myers ("RSW" 80 miles away). Punta Gorda (PGD) and St. Petersburg (PIE) are each also about 60 miles away and have some great flights but they serve limited markets. Orlando is always an option (MCO 140 miles away). Also note, Siesta Key is not near Key West (no beaches there), but is actually part of the beautiful and equally popular city of Sarasota.

No, but… Most of our locations are going to be a short walk to top attractions on the island. There is also the Siesta Breeze, an antique replica trolley that runs the length of the beaches and picks up along Beach Road and Midnight Pass Rd. It passes every 20 or 30 minutes and is free of charge. When staying in properties south of Crescent Beach you “might” enjoy the convenience of having a car.

Although any beach on Siesta Key can be accurately described as a Siesta Key Beach, it is only the beaches between Point of Rocks in the South and Big Pass in the North that have the world famous 99% white quartz Sand.