We always try to do that. We had really bad experience renting a condo from a resort at the wedding location from some rich lawyer who used it as vacation home / money making scheme when we had to reschedule due to covid. He gave us nothing even though the governor closed all the beaches and urged no one to come. I bet that's so common.
Also it's packed with chains but the best food we had was from two different small food trucks. Overall it's a great place when interacting with people who live there