Nice wedding pictures, bad reception site
- October 30, 2008
- Rated 3 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
We stayed at and had our wedding ceremony & reception at Casa Ybel. The resort is beautiful, old Florida style which made for excellent pictures. However, please don't have your reception at the Thistle Lodge if you are worried about eating rubbery wedding chicken, dealing with poor service or an unprofessional wedding staff. We had a lot of problems at Casa Ybel such as planning miscommunications between their wedding director & catering departments, last minute organization snafu's on their part, bad food, and finally being charged extra amounts of money on our credit card that were not authorized for services we did not receive. But, we'll always have some beautiful pictures! After the wedding, we cannot get the wedding director to return our e-mails or phone calls. I guess once they have your money and you have left town, you don't get any more service. :(
Beautiful Room!
- February 14, 2008
- Rated 5 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
Our suite at Casa Ybel was amazing. Granite counter tops. Equipped with EVERYTHING possible. Gorgeous lanai. Sanibel itself was a little difficult for us to navigate since all the little things to do were a drive away. The beaches have so many shells and washed up algae that it wasn't as relaxing as some beaches. Also, we were looking more for a vacation where we could leave our room and take walks to shops and all. So after staying in Sanibel for awhile we changed plans and left for Ft. Myers. (see review on Pink Shell resort). But again, our suite at Casa Ybel itself was beautiful.