Although we had a pleasant stay there are few things we wish to share and hopefully leave a constructive input. We have been renting cabins for years, via vrbo or vacasa and this was the first time we apparently picked the wrong place.
1. CABIN SIZE
• The cabin is very small, the website description informs that 4 persons can sleep in this cabin, and although there are two bedrooms, the living room on the first-floor level is very tight. Two adults and two medium size dogs can hardly fit in this small cabin.
2. CABIN INTERIOR
• There is no dishwasher
• Kitchen is very difficult to use as the countertop surfaces are very limited
• The dining room table is very small with particularly uncomfortable chairs
• The sofa sits 2 dogs and there is no more space for a human. I have been watching TV sitting on the floor throughout my stay
3. CABIN LOCATION
• Except of the driveway there is no place to take the shortest walk near the cabin. The driveway leads to an asphalt road. This is certainly not a cabin located in the heart of woods and does not offer much peace, relaxation, nor nature.
• The cabin is located near residential houses and we had some residents on Saturday and Sunday discharging the rifles for hours. We have been worried about them killing the wildlife and we still are not sure if that was a sport shooting on a range or hunting. Either way unpleasant, dangerous and certainly not something we wish to be exposed to on vacation.
• The cabin has some hornet nests and they were swarming around the house in large numbers.
• There is no shaded or covered outdoor sitting (if the hornets allowed) which is a problem on a rainy or sunny day, so there will be no eating breakfast outside.
4. CHECK-IN at 5pm
• Although the website informs that check-in time is 4:30pm, which is already extraordinary late, the welcome email that is sent after already paying the reservation requests check-in time at 5pm. That is very inconvenient for people travelling from destinations far away. I have never encounter check-in time at 5pm.
5. HIDDEN FEES
• Finally, the most serious problem is that there are hidden fees, namely 99$ pet fee. While searching for the accommodation we used the pet-friendly filter and there was no mentioning of any pet-fees. After paying for the reservation and receiving the welcome email there was also no mentioning of pet fees. However, to obtain the entry code to the cabin we were asked to pay the pet-fee. This is unfair and inelegant, main