- Located in the heart of Destin, Florida, directly on Destin Harbor- Walking distance to award-winning Destin waterfront dining- Waterfront pool with spacious deck overlooking Destin Harbor- All rooms are non-smoking, each with a private balcony. Ever-changing panoramic views of Historic Destin Harbor Offering Scenic Views and City Views with Sumptuous Service- Accommodations include complimentary continental breakfast with a waterfront view of the Destin Harbor- Perfectly located accommodations for the Destin hotel or motel traveler, ideally suited for leisure, military, or corporate travelers. With the new ownership, our goal is to make sure you never want to spend the night anywhere but at THE INN ON DESTIN HARBOR - ASCEND COLLECTION HOTEL when you visit our AWESOME, EXCITING and ADVENTUROUS DESTIN, FLORIDA.
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Rooms are tired. Air conditioner did not cool the room. No ice or vending on any floor except five, in fact the old pipes were visible coming out of the floor.. Toilet lid was nasty/dirty with something yucky smeared on it. Tub did not drain properly. Housekeeping came ONLY one morning and took towels and bath mats without replacing them. Powdered creamer in room for coffee was old and hard as a rock. King sized pillows in standard sized cases. Old faucets in bathroom. Hygiene products had been partially used. Staff was very friendly and excellent location. To call this property a “ luxury boutique hotel”’ as advertised is a stretch.
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Date of stay: October 2024
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Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Response from Inn on Destin Harbor, General Manager at Inn On Destin Harbor, Ascend Hotel Collection
Responded 7 Nov 2024
Dear 938julie, Thank you for staying with us and for taking your time to rate us and write the review! We are working on our rooms being updated and we are looking forward to having you back sometime! Kind Regards, Yulia Wilkinson General Manager
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LOCATION: near Destin Harborwalk with beautiful views of the harbor; I could take my three girls aged 2-11 walking to so many different restaurants and activities around this hotel. The views from the balcony were also beautiful!
Staff: I was greeted kindly by front desk upon arriving at 11 PM; they gave my kids a couple of floats and a snack as a result of being a diamond member. When my kids had cuts, they gave us nepsporin/bandaids. Cleaning staff was kind.
Little beach and pool: they are small, but are still great little spots for kids to play and have fun.
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Access to the pool: the steps are not the most user friendly for those with little ones or bad knees.
Rooms: the floors in the room are coming up some-probably due to wear and tear from water, sand, moisture, etc.
Overall: if you’re wanting a hotel that is convenient to the activities around and offers beautiful views of the harbor, this is the place. The rooms are okay, but that is not the selling point of this hotel.
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Date of stay: July 2022Trip type: Travelled with family
Room Tip:Bring a clothing organizer to hang from rods since there are not many options to organize clothes.
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Response from Inn on Destin Harbor, General Manager at Inn On Destin Harbor, Ascend Hotel Collection
Responded 28 Aug 2022
Thank you for taking the time out to respond to our survey. We'll definitely work on the areas you highlighted so that it will be better for other upcoming guests. We hope to see you again soon :)
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Everything we needed it to be, convenient location, clean rooms, nice costumer service. Breakfast was grab and go but like I said all that we needed it to be. Free amenities like paddle boarding and kayaking. Pool was clean, and the deck was beautiful. Even saw dolphins in the harbor from our balcony 😊
Only con is the light seeps in from top/bottom/sides of the door so even with all the lights off you still get light in the room from the hall when trying to sleep. Also careful of where your room is, ours was right under the lobby so every morning when they were setting up from breakfast you could hear the chairs scrapping across the floor, which was pretty loud from inside our room.
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Date of stay: October 2024Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Response from Inn on Destin Harbor, General Manager at Inn On Destin Harbor, Ascend Hotel Collection
Responded 28 Oct 2024
Dear Emily, thank you for staying with us and for your kind feedback. We are using your feedback to improve our service and facilities and we are sure this will not happen again.
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We love this little Harborfront Inn! We travel a lot US and International, but love driving over here 50 miles from out bayfront home to enjoy the sights sounds and nighttime sparkle of the lights on the water from our private balcony. Destin has so many great restaurants of all different levels shrimp basket in a bathing suit at AJ’s with live band on the deck to my favorite fine dining at Marina Cafe and Boshamps! Both you just walk over- they are right next door! The hotel is easy quick private parking. Pool and cabana. Great view from lobby lounge area. 24 hr Staff always very friendly. Drive your boat over and park right in front! Inn is not fancy, but all recently renovated so fresh and clean. Off season rates are amazingly affordable for a waterfront property in Destin
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Date of stay: July 2023Trip type: Travelled with family
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Response from FRONT DESK, Guest Services / Front Office at Inn On Destin Harbor, Ascend Hotel Collection
Responded 2 Jul 2023
Perfectly said! We're glad you had an amazing time and that you enjoyed your stay. Thanks for staying with us, and we hope to see you again soon!
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BED BUGS!!!! Long post, but worth the read To start off, disgusting PERIOD. The hotel and the staff. On our third night at 10:30 PM, as we were getting into bed we see a bug on the sheets, once we took a closer look, it looked like a bed bug. As I go to kill it, it was filled with blood. We proceeded to search the bed and we found shedded skin and another live one. As soon as we got to the hotel the first day we checked to make sure they had protective covers over the mattress as we do at all hotels we stay at, they did which made us feel good. When we found the bugs we started to think where they might have come from, we then noticed that the bed skirt was cloth with no protection and also the carts that you transfer your luggage on, the bottom was a layer of cloth.
We went down to the front desk and the lady said that she could move us to a new room but there was no one we could talk to that night and to come back down in the morning and the manager would be there. We went down to the front desk the next morning and the two workers said that the manager wouldn’t be in until the next morning, but the manager told her employees previously to let us know that we would be refunded for that one night for the inconvenience, but I think we deserved more of a refund rather than just one out of the three nights we stayed there since we stayed in that room two nights prior to finding them, which was two extra days that the bugs could get on our clothes and luggage. Which means we had to take a lot of precautions once we got home and hope that we did not transfer them into our home. We did not feel comfortable staying in the hotel so we had to end our trip early and we drove home the morning after we found the bugs.
Since the manager was not in for us to talk to her face to face I decided to reach out to her via email on our drive home and she responded later that night. I responded back the next day hoping to hear back from her. Four days go by and still no response so I decided to call her. Long story short on the phone the manager said that we would not be receiving more of a refund because their inspection crew did not find anything so they had no proof, well below are pictures of my proof, which I showed to the employee the night we found them along with a died one that we squished on a piece of paper. Do with this information as you please, just know if you decide to stay at The Inn on Destin Harbor and happen to run into any problems, you will not get the accommodation you deserve.
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Date of stay: October 2023Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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This has to be one of the most filthy nasty run down hotels we have ever stayed at. We arrived late went to dinner then came back and went to bed. Upon awaking my wife and I observed the horror that was The Inn at Destin Harbor. The floor looked like someone had been field dressing deer carcasses - deep gouges all thru with stains all over except the places that were missing. The corners of the room were layered in filth and black nasty what ever it was. The bathroom ? - Black mold. The main door had been what looked like hacked with a machete and we weren't sure it actually locked as it was missing pieces. The best ( photo here ) was the bed LITERALLY had blood stains on it and I'm not a CSI detective but from the placement of the stains the bedding had not been changed from the last "patron" upon seeing this the light of morning we canceled the remaining days on our reservations and was told well due to you booking thru a third party we can't do anything - really ? If you do decide to stay at this cesspool You want to make sure that all your vaccinations are current so you don't catch something. With all the thousands of places to stay in Destin make sure you steer clear of the Inn of filth.
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Date of stay: September 2023
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Trip type: Travelled with family
Room Tip:Run away from this terrible filthy hotel and pick somewhere clean to stay
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It has all the amenities, refrigerator, microwave, coffee maker, etc. Nothing gets cleaned or replaced unless you call or do it yourself. I will admit the harbor side rooms have great views and it's a good location, but the service is awful and it doesn't feel clean.
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Date of stay: November 2024Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Response from Inn on Destin Harbor, General Manager at Inn On Destin Harbor, Ascend Hotel Collection
Responded 9 Dec 2024
Dear In50by50, We are so sorry your experience was unsatisfactory! We are using your feedback to improve our service and facilities and we are sure this will not happen again. Kind Regards, Yulia Wilkinson General Manager
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We spent 3 days at the end on Destin harbor the location was great the rooms were very sparse no place to put your clothes no drawers they were sandal over the floor the rest of the room was clean the bed was clean the bathroom was clean. Some suggestions I would add at least a few drawers or shelves so you can put your clothes. If I was staying more than 3 days I would not have been happy the bathroom also needs some shelves orplaces to put your stuff.. we paid $160 a night if I'm paying $160 a night I should have a little more amenities. The staff was great very friendly location was good in the pool was very nice I would give this hotel three stars.
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Date of stay: August 2021Trip type: Travelled with friends
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Response from Harbor Hospitality LLC, General Manager at Inn On Destin Harbor, Ascend Hotel Collection
Responded 7 Sept 2021
Thank you very much for your feedback! We are glad to hear that our staff made your stay at the Inn on Destin Harbor pleasant. We will look in to your suggestions and come up future solutions for the same.
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Older property but kept up. Lobby was clean and always smelled great. No housekeeping during our stay because of COVID which is understandable but annoying as beach property equals lots of sand and wat towels. Parking is really limited went to fill up our car to be ready for the road and was gone less than an hour and no parking anywhere. Found a few hairs in the bathroom area but otherwise clean. Room could used more lighting unless you keep the curtains open. For a beach property would also think they had more recycling containers and or use less plastic that would end up in the ocean. They had complimentary water bottles in the morning among other items to go breakfast but a water fountain to refill bottles would’ve been nice as well.
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Date of stay: April 2021Trip type: Travelled with family
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Response from Harbor Hospitality LLC, General Manager at Inn On Destin Harbor, Ascend Hotel Collection
Responded 20 Apr 2021
We appreciate your feedback. We will look into how we can provide a water fountain in the near future. We hope to see you soon.
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We stayed two nights here on our road trip and it was wonderful. The staff was very pleasant and helpful. The room was perfect, the view amazing. Very comfortable beds with lots of pillows. The pool was closed but no big deal, it was a bit cold while we were there. Many restaurants and shopping within walking distance and there is a free golf cart service available thru the hotel if you done want to walk, works like Uber. The only complaint I could have was she people in the room below us smoking weed on their balcony. This is no smoking allowed on the balconies and we followed the rule and went to the parking lot to smoke our cigarettes, we couldn't leave our patio door open with the weed smoke from below. Over all a great stay.
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Date of stay: February 2023Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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There are more places to choose from in the Destin area.
PRICE RANGE
RM 443 - RM 818 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
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LOCATION
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NUMBER OF ROOMS
70
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