INFORMATION PACKET FOR AZURE GULF GETAWAY #506

“AZURE GULF GETAWAY”

PROPERTY ADDRESS

Azure Resort Condos, Unit #506

1150 Nautilus Court

Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548

Web address: www.azuregulfgetaway.com

Map of The area:

https://www.google.com/maps/@30.3969218,-86.6187069,17z?entry=ttu

CONTACT INFORMATION

Rhonda Knudson, Owner

Rhonda’s cell: 701-399-9672

GROCERIES

The closest full service (including beer & wine) grocery store to our condo is Publix Super Market located at 251 Miracle Strip Pkwy SE, Fort Walton Beach.

PARKING & PARKING PASSES AT AZURE CONDOS

Two parking spaces are included with your reservation on a first-come, first serve basis. There will be two parking passes available inside the unit, please leave them for the next guests when you check out.  You will be provided a code for the parking garage with your code for your door access at check-in, as the code for the parking garage changes periodically. 

PARKING PASS (REQUIRED): A parking pass is required to be displayed on each car that is parked inside the garage.

Failure to display the parking pass with complete information on the car’s dashboard may result in the car being towed at the owner’s expense.

If you have more than two cars there is a public parking lot at 1111 Santa Rosa Blvd located between the Hampton Inn (next door to Azure) and Waterscape and in front of the Summer Place building. After turning into the parking area the public parking lot is on the immediate right (closest to Santa Rosa Blvd) and is free on a first-come/first-served basis.

Passenger cars and pick-up trucks only may utilize the parking facilities. No large trucks, boats and/or trailers, motorhomes, or any other vehicles may use parking facilities.

CHECK-IN INFORMATION

CHECK-IN TIME IS AFTER 4 P.M. Central Standard Time. NO Early Check-ins.

Azure Condos has luggage carts that are located just inside the lobby area. These are available for your use to help carry luggage and baggage up to the unit. Please be sure to return the carts where they belong when you are finished with them. Please unload the carts outside in the hallway and do not take them inside the unit, as they will damage the door frames and the new interior paint.

GETTING INTO UNIT #506

Access Code: The door codes for your stay will be sent via email to you several days in advance of your arrival. If you don’t see that email in your INBOX please check your JUNK or SPAM folders.

Upon arrival please take a look around and notify us immediately if anything is not up to your expectations. We take great pride in providing quality accommodations for our guests and would appreciate the opportunity to amend anything that does not meet your approval.

Please also let us know immediately if anything should stop working (such as the TV cable or Internet) or become broken during your stay so that we can schedule repairs or replacements. We need your help so that things like this don’t also impact our next guest’s stay. Thank you for your cooperation!

Fitness Center

Azure offers the largest fitness center available on Okaloosa Island. It has recently been furnished with new state-of-the-art equipment. You must be at least 18 years old to use the fitness center; children under the age of 18 are not allowed.

 The code to open the keypad on the fitness center door is the same as the garage gate code that has been provided to you.

 The fitness center is located on the west side of the building on the first floor.

 Grills

Cooking grills are not allowed on the balconies. Charcoal grills are available on the east side of the building next to the parking garage.

 Exit the condo front door & walk past the trash chute to the elevator and stairs (just past the elevator). On the ground level walk around the corner of the garage where you’ll see a deck with picnic table and three charcoal grills.

 We’ve provided a set of grilling tools (located in the pantry closet) that you can use, but guests must provide their own charcoal & supplies. Please be sure to clean the grilling tools and return them to the pantry closet after every use so that the next guests will be able to use them.

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY

Call 911. Our condo does not provide a landline telephone. We require all guests to have a cell phone in case of an emergency. The address of the building is: 1150 Nautilus Court, UNIT #503 Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548.

Fort Walton Beach Medical Center (850) 862-1111

Pediatric ER (850) 863-7537

1000 Mar Walt Dr

Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547

http://fwbmc.com

Open 24/7, the FWBMC is equipped to handle traumatic, medical, pediatric and/or psychiatric emergent health care needs. It’s located 7.5 miles from our condo building.

CHECK-OUT PROCEDURES

CHECK OUT TIME IS NO LATER THAN 10 A.M. Central Time. NO Late Check-Outs without prior permission. (Be careful because your door access code will expire and you will not be able to get back into the unit after it does.)

Please follow this process when checking out:

Please turn on all ceilings fans to “low” so that the air will circulate and ventilate the condo prior to our housekeeper’s arrival.

Be sure that all towels are accounted for. You will be charged for lost/damaged/excessively dirty towels or linens.

Rinse soiled dishes and utensils & place in the dishwasher with dishwasher soap pod and turn on. Dishwasher pods/detergent are located under the kitchen sink.

Please clean up major boil-overs or spills in the oven. The housekeeper charges extra to clean major messes in the oven. Same for the microwave; please clean up both to avoid extra cleaning charges.

Trash must be bagged before disposing via the trash chute to aid in keeping the trash chute clean & to prevent it from getting blocked. If you have trash that is not bagged, please take it down to the 1st floor trash chute which drops directly into the dumpster.

 Our housekeeper provides several trash bags per clean, but if you need more you will have to purchase them while you are there.

Please check all drawers in the bedrooms, the kitchen and bathroom cabinets for personal belongings. We are not responsible for any items left behind.

TURN OFF ALL THE LIGHTS & turn the thermostat (located in the hallway) down to 74 degrees.

There is no need to reset the combination or lock the door when you leave. The combination will expire at check-out time (10:00 am) and the door will automatically lock when you close the door. Please have all your personal belongings outside before check-out time to avoid problems. You’ll be locked out at 10:01am.

If you’ve used the key from the lockbox, please return it to the lockbox.

Please return the luggage carts to the lobby if you use them to carry your luggage/baggage down to the parking lot.

THE GATE CODE for the parking garage will be sent to you prior to your stay, as tis codes changes periodically.

WIRELESS INTERNET SETTINGS

Troubleshooting: Occasionally a storm or other instance may interrupt the connection from the router to the modem. If you cannot connect, try disconnecting the power to the modem (located on top of the TV cabinet in the living room), waiting a minute or so, then reconnecting the power to the modem.  This almost always fixes the problem.

NOTE: The TV cable & Internet service is provided by the HOA of the building. While we have our own secure connection/network in this condo, the account belongs to the HOA. If we are informed that there is a problem with either the TV or Internet we will report it immediately (or as soon as possible) to the HOA. The HOA is responsible for contacting Cox regarding the issue and for scheduling service calls. This may prove difficult if an outage happens in the evening or over a weekend. We appreciate your understanding in this matter.

What’s Provided

High quality linens are provided (sheets, blankets, bedding, pillows, bath towels, hand towels & washcloths).

Bedding, pillows and blankets are provided. All beds will be made up except for the top bunk in the bunk room. If you plan to use the top bunk you’ll find clean bedding on the bed that you can use to make up the bed. If you don’t plan on using the top bunk please just leave the bedding there for the next guest.

We provide one hotel-sized tube of shampoo, conditioner and bar of soap in the bathroom to get you started.

We provide enough toilet paper in the bathrooms to get you started.  You may need to purchase more if necessary.

A roll of paper towels and a few trash bags are provided. Extra trash bags are found inside the trash can underneath the one that is in use.

Liquid dish soap, dishwasher soap pods, rinsing agent are provided under the sink in the kitchen. Please do not use liquid dish soap in the dishwasher!

Some basic cleaning supplies are provided in the laundry room.

There is a hair dryer provided in the cabinet of each bathroom.

You will find an iron & ironing board in the laundry room.

A Pack & Play is found in the closet of the guest bedroom. (Please bring your own bedding for the Pack-N-Play!)

The kitchen is stocked with dishes, glassware, silverware, pots & pans, coffee maker, air fryer, toaster, blender and hand mixer.

There is a traditional drip-style coffee maker as well as a Keurig. Filters have been provided but we cannot guarantee that a previous guest has not decided to take them home with them. (Yes, it has happened!)

There is a fire extinguisher and fire blanket located under the sink in the kitchen.

A washer & dryer are located in the laundry room. Please remove lint from the dryer lint collection plate after each use. Some laundry detergent is provided, but if you should need more, you will have to purchase it.

What to bring

Clothes & shoes appropriate for the activities you enjoy

Bathing suits

Beach towels

Sunglasses

Sunscreen

Toiletries

Medications

Electronics (such as cell phones, laptops, tablets, power cords.)  The Building HOA provides an Internet Wifi connection but you need to bring your own computer.  The unit does not have a land-line telephone so you should bring your cell phone.

Groceries – If you need to stop at the grocery store before you arrive at the condo there is a Publix grocery store located one mile away at 251 Miracle Strip Pkwy SE Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548. For quick stops to pick up snacks or forgotten items there is a “Tom Thumb” convenience store as soon as you turn onto Santa Rosa Blvd located at 1209 Miracle Strip Pkwy SE, Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548.

About the Beach

Beach Service:  As a service for our guests FREE beach service is included with your reservation – four beach chairs and two beach umbrellas set up on the beach & reserved for you each day (March 1 – October 31). Just contact the beach attendant the first time you go down to the beach and give him the unit number and the dates of your reservation.

If you wish to rent more equipment during your stay you should contact the Beach Service attendant on the beach to make arrangements. We suggest you go out to the beach early your first day to make arrangements for your rentals.

Sand Dunes:  Please make everyone in your group aware that it is illegal to walk on or across the sand dunes along the beach. They are there to protect from hurricanes. If you are caught walking on the dunes there are heavy fines. Don’t walk on the Dunes!

Dolphins:  Keep your eyes open if on the beach at dusk or dawn, we very often see dolphins swimming right off shore. If the dolphins come in close, which they do occasionally, do not get in the water and try to touch them, it is illegal to touch the dolphins (we humans have germs that can harm the dolphins).

Sea Gulls:  Do not feed sea gulls. There is a $200 fine if you are caught feeding them.

Jellyfish:  When the gulf waters get warmer (generally later in the summer) the jellyfish start to emerge. Some of them do not sting, but others do. If you, by chance, get stung by a jellyfish, here are a couple different websites that tell you how to reduce the effects:

http://www.wikihow.com/Soothe-a-Jellyfish-Sting

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/05/how-to-treat-a-jellyfish-sting/

Rip Currents:  Over the past few years, there have been several ocean related deaths along the gulf coast caused by rip currents. They are the # 1 cause of deaths in the area. Please pay attention to the flags on the beach. If there is a Double RED FLAG do NOT swim. The rip tides (rip currents) can be deceptively strong. If you, by chance, do get caught in a rip tide, let the current take you out to sea then swim parallel to the beach to get out of the rip current. Here are a couple videos about how to spot and survive rip currents:  http://www.ripcurrents.com/ and  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hCZuYzNujI.

For current conditions and flag updates, text “FLAG” to 67463 to receive a link or visit  http://www.swfd.org/beach.php.

Flag Warning System

e Red Flag:  Water is closed to public (dangerous water conditions). If caught in the water during double red flags you can be ticketed, fined or even arrested. More importantly, you can die. Please don’t get in the water!

Red Flag:  High Hazard (high surf and/or strong currents). When red flags are present, adults are only supposed to go in up to their waist and small children are not supposed to enter the water. If you go in under red flag conditions, be sure to have a flotation device with you.

Yellow Flag:  Medium Hazard (moderate surf and/or currents)

Green Flag:  Low Hazard (calm conditions, exercise caution)

Purple Flag:  Marine Pests Present (jellyfish, stingrays, dangerous fish)

Sharks:  And one last precaution, there are sharks are in the Gulf. They are generally more afraid of you than you are of them. Thankfully the waters are generally very clear so you can usually see them. If you are in the water and see a big school of bait fish–often birds will be swarming in the area of baitfish schools (or you can also smell them—they smell super fishy), it’s best to get out of the water—generally there will be dolphins and sharks following them. The sharks rarely come close to shore; they mainly hang out behind the sandbar which is around 100-200 yards off the shore. Bottom line: use common sense whenever in the water, especially in the evening (when sharks do most of their feeding).

Here is a link to a local insider’s Guide to Okaloosa Island and Fort Walton Beach:

https://www.destinfwb.com/plan-your-trip/