Fantastic Family Beach Front Resort

Are you looking to book a family vacation right off the beach? Look no further! This blog post is for you. TradeWinds Island Grand Resort is a fantastic beach front resort! Did I mention that it’s right off the ocean? Well, it is 😉 Not just any beach either. It’s off of St. Pete’s Beach, FL which happens to be one of the most beautiful beaches in Florida. The water is that beautiful ocean blue/green color and the sand is so soft and white. Truly is paradise. My family and I stayed for a weekend here and had an absolute blast! The weather was a little bit of bummer (we did go in early February) with it only being in the 60’s for two days, but we did have one day of 80 and sunny! Weather aside, there was plenty to do and we all greatly enjoyed our stay.

TradeWinds Island Grand has so much to offer. I could honestly go on about it for days, but I’ll break it down below of why this is the perfect family vacation spot. So here it goes, my top ten reasons why.

My Top 10 Reasons:

1. Beautiful Beaches
2. Friendly Staff
3. Many Pools & Hot Tubs (heated!)
4. Spacious Rooms With Great Views
5. Excellent Food
6. Walking Distance to Rumfish Grill
7. Fantastic Drinks
8. Fun Activities
9. Close to Attractions
10. Clean With Great Room Service

The Beach is Beautiful

Coming from being born and raised in the midwest, and now living in Northern Florida, beaches were always a big deal and beautiful to me. With that being said, St. Pete’s Beach is a lot more tropical with the blues and greens with the true white sand. If you’re looking for that “true tropical feel”, that’s what this was. It’s a truly a fantastic beachfront resort. Who doesn’t love being right off the beach? I highly recommend getting yourself a cabana, too. Gives you and your family some shade from the sun while still enjoying that gorgeous view! Our kids had fun playing in the sand while Steve & I caught a couple second break to sip on some margs 😉

Friendly Staff

From check in to check out, I was SO impressed with all the staff. Even when walking around the resort, if you passed by someone who worked there, they would say Hello and ask how you were doing. I love that! You don’t get that everywhere. The waiters, waitresses, barista at the Starbucks, the lady at the snack shop inside, the guy at the check in gate, the parking staff, & house keepers were all so friendly. We were treated well and felt cared for.

Multiple Pools & Hot Tubs

Our room viewed the main beachfront pool. There is another pool located in the middle of Island Grand with a little kiddie pool and hot tub with it. Looking to stay without kids? There is an adult only pool over off the beach front! There are hot tubs at each pool which is really nice! We only swam in the main beachfront pool. They do lots of fun activities & tunes, plus they have a fun inflatable big screen they play movies in the evening on at the beachfront pool. All pools are heated which came in handy when it was cooler out we could still go swimming!

Spacious Rooms with Great Views

We stayed in the Tropical One Bedroom Suite. This was such a great set up if your a family of four-six. There is a separate room with two queen size beds. The couch does pull out to a full size bed, too! Was nice to have a separate living space and kitchen. Steve and I were able to watch a movie at night while the kids slept. Having a mini kitchen is always nice! When you travel with kids, or even without kids, its nice to have the option to make some meals/snacks in your room. Plus, I don’t know about you, but having a full size fridge was soooo nice 🙂 The views from our room were nice, too! We overlooked the edge of the ocean and the pool. Was fun to sit out on the balcony and watch the sun set. TradeWinds has many styles of rooms and suites for every budget, too! If you want to see the suite we stayed in head on over to my Instagram and check out the reel I made of it!

Excellent Food

There are several places to eat and we were very pleased with all of them! I started my morning off getting a latte in the main lobby where they serve Starbucks. Once all the kids were up and ready, we had our breakfast over at Bermudas Breakfast. The Just Let Go Omelet is sooo good & the kids loved the Mickey shaped pancake with chocolate chips 🙂

For lunch we ate at the Flying Bridge and their shrimp app was very tasty. The second day I had their Spicy Chicken Wrap and that was fantastic! The kids enjoyed the french fries lol. For dinner, if you want more formal head on over to the Palm Court Italian Grill (reservations highly recommended) located near the main lobby. Another highlight for us was the ice cream shop & Pizza Hut Express right inside the Breckenridge building. The ice cream is homemade from Yoder’s Southern Creamery & it’s soooo good! There are other “grab & go” options on TradeWinds site we didn’t get to as well.

Close to RumFish Grill

TradeWinds sister resort, Rumfish, which is just beach walking distance or sidewalk on street side, there is the award wining restaurant called Rumfish Grill. That’s where we went for dinner and it was fantastic. Not only was our food amazing, but they are known for their 33,500-gallon aquarium that’s featured on Animal Planet’s Tanked. We had a table right in front of the tank and the kids went nuts! Brooke loved it! Highly recommend eating there & make sure you make a reservation by the tank. Don’t forget to try their cheesecake, too! We ended up getting it to go, ’cause toddlers lol, but it was such a treat to eat back in the room once they went to bed. Check out my IG for a reel video to see the tank close up!

Fantastic Drinks

I don’t know about ya’ll, but when I am on vacation, I love me a good margarita on the beach. At home I’m usually a red wine gal, but vacation I love all the fruity drinks! Steve enjoyed the Bloody Mary’s, I enjoyed the margs and mimosas. All the restaurants & beach bars served great drinks & the bartenders were all so friendly. Of course they have plenty of non-alcoholic beverages, too! My kids lived off their OJ and water lol.

Tons of Activities

Honestly, with the beach, ocean, and pool you’re already set to have a good time! But there are so many other activities to do here. Due to weather we weren’t able to try some of the activities, but the paddle boats are so fun! There is a little river that goes around Island Grand, its super cool. They had pool side arts and crafts tables for the kids. Brooke didn’t want to try it, she just wanted to live in the pool lol. There is giant inflated water slide right on the beach that is so cool (pictured below). We didn’t get the chance to go because of the weather, but it looks so fun! From water sports to indoor activities, there is so much to do! Head on over to TradeWinds Activities Page if you’re interested to see the list!

Close to Attractions

TradeWinds is in such a nice location. It’s quiet and private backed up to the ocean, but on the front side you can access sidewalks to many shops & restaurants.

Clean & Great Service

I don’t know about you, but half of being on vacation is having someone else clean up my bathroom towels and make the bed. Where my moms at? lol The best feeling is walking into your room after being out all day and it was picked up, cleaned, fresh towels hanging and bed was made. Legit made Steve and I sigh and smile. Or maybe we are just getting old 😉 Either way—the rooms and house keeping service was excellent!

I could honestly go on with more! TradeWinds Island Grand Resort is hands down a wonderful place to spend your vacation. Please send me an email or direct message on IG if you have any questions, I love connecting with you all! My last words & only advice: book it now! & don’t forget to check out my traveling check list so you don’t forget anything!

Much love,

Kiersten