We have been staying at Clearwater Beach the past 2 years but came to St Pete Beach this time around. The change was made cuz some of Clearwater Beach is still recovering from the last hurricane. To keep it simple, we will return to St Pete Beach. For what we like to do, it is a better location. If you like wide beaches from hotel to water St Pete is the place, but if you like walking the street and stopping at outdoor bars/pubs for music, then it’s Clearwater. TradeWinds is nothing to speak of. Outside of a beautiful entrance, your room is nothing amazing. I thought it would be better. Maybe it was just my room. Toilet did not flush great, bathroom sink did not drain well and molded caulk around the tub was just caulked over versus removed and recaulked. The elevator system main building is biggest problem. They are slow to begin with with both guests and service staff/housekeeping using. Further on many occasion one had to manually shut the door so the elevator would move. They charged for beach chairs in the first 2 rows on the beach while you pay a hefty daily resort fee. They indicated there was an adult pool but all pools on property had kids, I guess they didn’t monitor. You could only find music at the main pool. Now it’s not all bad, they have many activities on resort to choose from and several food options. We did not use much. We chose to spend our money at the local restaurants. If booking make sure your getting what you are looking for.