This is not my first stay. The Americana Hotel is reliably clean and the staff has always been friendly, hence my repeated visits. On this particular occasion I arrived several hours too early and was still given a room; partly due to the season, I'm sure, but also Georgiana (who checked me in) was very kind and accommodating. I noted less than five stars for the area around the property; reason being it's accessible to the public and they can't control the conduct of other people walking by and littering or simply being rude. So it's not really a mark against them, but the problem still exists. I didn't feel unsafe, it's just living in the real world and not a gated compound :) And parking space is extremely limited, which is the case just about anywhere at the beach.