RealJoy Vacations - Destin, FL

Ryann M. 

on Birdeye

8 months ago

Wish I could rate with no stars! This is a horrible company! More like “No Joy Vacations.” My family and I rented a property managed by Real Joy Vacations for a small family reunion at 121 Moonlight Dr in Panama City FL this past weekend. As soon as we arrived the kitchen sink was clogged and the dishwasher pushed sewer (brown water) into the sink which caused it to overflow all over the kitchen floor and dining room floor. This was a foul situation as you can imagine. We spent a great deal of time mopping and cleaning up th... read more

Ryann M. 

on Birdeye

8 months ago

Wish I could rate with no stars! This is a horrible company! More like “No Joy Vacations.” My family and I rented a property managed by Real Joy Vacations for a small family reunion at 121 Moonlight Dr in Panama City FL this past weekend. As soon as we arrived the kitchen sink was clogged and the dishwasher pushed sewer (brown water) into the sink which caused it to overflow all over the kitchen floor and dining room floor. This was a foul situation as you can imagine. We spent a great deal of time mopping and cleaning up th... read more

Lynn D. 

on Birdeye

8 months ago

Lesson learned! If working through a company for your vacation stay....DO NOT use RealJoy Vacations. Trust me.....it was NOT a joy at all! In May 2023, I stayed in a unit at Mainsail in Destin and it was wonderful! And, we rented from an owner. Big difference! Once I returned from my girls trip in May, I booked a unit in the same building for our family of 6 but the one I previously stayed in was not available. So, I looked around and found what I thought was going to be great but not so much! Found Unit 211 at Mai... read more

JS24 

on Birdeye

8 months ago

A group of 11 of us arrived on Saturday afternoon at 4:30 pm to Hidden Dunes 601. At around 8:30 pm after just arriving 4 hours prior, we received a knock on our door from 2 of the front desk girls. They said to pack our bags because we are being evicted immediatly. The owner saw my husband on the ring doorbell with a cigar in his mouth. The owner was watching our every move since arriving. Even though we explained to them we just arrived and did not know all the rules, and the cigar was only smoked outside, they still sa... read more

Thomas L. 

on Birdeye

9 months ago

This company is no good. I left a room perfect and they got me with a 500 dollar charge for smoking with no evidence of smoking. stay away 

Gabriela M. 

on Birdeye

a year ago

BEWARE!! DO NOT BOOK WITH THIS COMPANY! I booked a condo for Spring Break, I paid it up front, they gave me a confirmation number. This was 3 weeks from my stay. They kept sending emails about their place, what to bring etc.. Then, ONE DAY before my trip they send an email saying that my condo was not available. They sent some alternate options that were nothing like what I had. Not even in the same beach! When I called, they were just so unhelpful and a person named Jeremy even asked me why I was surprised, He said, this ha... read more

Matthew W. 

on Birdeye

a year ago

Loved our experience with RealJoy Vacations. We stayed at #bestvacationever in Destin this past week. Our unit was exceptionally clean when we arrived and being able to get a door & gate code via their website made life easy for check-in. No standing in long lines after an 8 hour drive. We only ran into one issue with the house and RealJoy Vacations responded quickly and addressed the issue in a timely manner. Also, they were less expensive to rent through than VRBO so that was a huge win for us! We will definitely be looki... read more

Johnny H. 

on Birdeye

a year ago

Stayed at Gulfview II cleaning crew stole over $1000.00 from my purse while I was at pool Description of property very deceptive old dated not very well maintained. No view unless you like looking at trees. Further than 250 ft from beach. Make sure you read all of the description of property. Would not ever use Realjoy again! 

Smeetha P. 

on Birdeye

a year ago

The actual villa was clean and well maintained. No issues there. The issue with RealJoy is their inability to fix anything that is broken. They might want to consider that in order to improve as a company. That is my only reason for a low rating. As soon as we checked in - we notified management that the Wifi was not set up. There were also other issues like the dishwasher door wasn't closing. The kitchen didn't have a cutting board and the bathroom didn't have a hair dryer. There were 10 of us and we had to go buy a hair dr... read more