We chose to forgo our usual condo rental in Treasure Island to stay in the heart of Clearwater. We chose Hilton due to its closeness to the beach, stores, and restaurants. We were not disappointed with the location. This hotel is considered a resort and you pay resort prices for your stay. If you drive you will not be able to park on the property yourself. You HAVE to use their valet. You will pay $29 a day for the mandatory convenience. It was nice but we would have chosen to park our own vehicle. The resort charge of $34 a day covered beach and pool towels, use of the pool, 1 hour for a paddleboard, and one picture from a half hour photography session. In addition to the resort charge you will still have to pay for beach chairs, umbrellas or cabana rentals if you want to go out on the beach. You are not allowed to set up your own chairs on their private beach. However, you can walk past the designated cones and set up your own chairs there. Which is what others do and in doing so, blocks the view of the ocean if you rent the beach furniture from Hilton. The food and drinks are expensive. You can choose to eat there or just go across the street to the many restaurants. Staff at the hotel was nice and our room was clean. However, check in was at 4, we arrived at 6 and our room was still not ready. No one could explain why but the did give us a $65 credit. Glad we didn’t get there at the time we were allowed to check in. A very disappointing thing for me was the view.