Overall the property was nice. The smell of the Sargassum was pretty bad here. In fact, the worst on the whole island. There are properties on either side that do not maintain it and it really puts a damper on their property. We arrived and the windows were open, and the whole place smelled of rotten eggs. Once the windows were closed and the AC on, it took about a half of a day to rid the smell from the property. We had to keep the windows and door shut while we were there. The rest of the island is doing a good job of keeping the Sargassum at bay, which was why it was so disappointing.
I reached out to the owners through VRBO, but never got a response. There was not clear instructions on where exactly this property was. If they had just said Palmetto, then it would have been simple to find. Instead we had a taxi driver take us to the other Velento property and charge us extra, when we literally could have walked from the airport. That's what we did on the way out. It was a 3 minute walk to the airport.
The place was clean, the staff very nice. The location was a bit far from town and any other restaurants. It would have been nice if the bikes were included with the rental and not extra for that reason. Several other resorts had bikes included. The complimentary kayaks and paddle boards were a nice touch, but it was super windy and hard to go far. Also hard to launch them with the murky water at the shoreline. The pools were like bathtubs, so not very refreshing.