I’d like to start off with saying the my family had a great vacation at the cabin. It was just what we needed to get away and just enjoy each others company. It was a beautiful spot along the river. It was nice and secluded.
The cabin was nice, but it definitely needs some updating. Carpet was stained, blue tape from painting years ago was still on the ceiling in the bedrooms upstairs. The home needs a good deep clean. Cobwebs inside the house and outside on the deck. Windows were super dirty and bird poop were on some of them. In the master bath, I stepped on a metal shard and it got stuck in my food. It was very painful and we had to get tweezers to get it out. Thankful our daughters didn’t step on it. When we were able to text Vacasa while on the road to go to the store, (Internet was very very spotty, like other people have said) I was able to tell Vacasa what happened and they comped us a night, which was very appreciative.
We thought it was kinda weird that we had to set out all of the cushions for the outdoor furniture ourselves. There was a note that if we were staying on a Tuesday, we had to take the garbage and recycling cans to the road ourselves or we would be charged a fee for not doing it. And it was a very long driveway. Luckily we had my husbands truck so he just put them in the back and drove them to the road. What was really odd, though, on Wednesday after we went out for a little nature excursion 15 mins away, we came back and someone was parked inside the gate, hanging out. We were freaked out at first, but then the guy said he was from Vacasa, waiting for the garbage to come to take the cans back in. The guy didn’t have a Vacasa shirt on or anything and it felt weird and an invasion of our privacy having someone waiting on the property inside the gate, where we could see the car from inside the house, just hanging out and waiting. It was rude. There was no information that this would be even happening. And why does Vacasa make the tenants take the cans to the street but not take the cans back? Why can’t Vacasa do both OR at least have the tenants take the light empty cans, or have the housekeeper do it?
There really needed to be more info about what they expect of guests. Because of the Internet not being good, I finally saw an email when I returned home today, after we checked out, what they expected us to do before leaving, like starting the dishwasher and stuff like that. Thankfully we did that without even knowing.
There wasn’t any info on the listing if there would be wood, so I emailed Vacasa. They told us to bring our own. Guess what was there when we got there? A plethora of wood….a lot of extra work on our part to bring wood from home.
Let’s see, the gate was wide open when we got there. The combination didn’t work when we tried to lock it. The listing doesn’t mention that there is a pull-out couch in the living room and the garage is converted into a game room with ping pong and darts and two full size beds. We could have had more family here if we knew there was more space!
We had come on the unfortunate week where they were paving the main road all week so we had a lot of delays and waiting in the car for the follow car. It was hard with two small children with little patience. They finally passed our road the day we left.
i kept hearing a weird beeping noise for a few days in the yard and finally figured out that they have a gopher problem and it’s to scare the gophers away. But more mounds kept piping up while we were there, so I don’t think it’s working.
The river was great. It was beautiful. We had fun playing in it and lounging on the chairs near it. I know there was a lot of negative, but we still did have a good time.