Sanford Lake. Family-Friendly Cottage with 2 mini-cabins and swimming pool.

This family retreat is pictured and described by owner accurately…. This reviewer and her husband booked on behalf of additional professional fisherman in the group. Everyone in the group apologized on behalf of these two shortly after arrival and on their way home after renting. In the future I will make every effort to only rent to family fun seekers. I tried to accommodate a group that was not renting to enjoy the property, they were in the area for a fishing tournament 30 miles away. Parking was not a problem, with the smallest effort boats could have been parked on driveway. The Yoders decided to drive across yard and septic field with no regards for damaging the property. I brought over extra extension cords to accommodate boat charging and heat guns that were used to change decals out for new tournament decals. Four heat guns and 4 boat charger will trip breakers because my cottage was not designed to be a pit stop for 4 boats. The electric power for pool filtration was unplugged every day. Pool turned green after a few days and in order to have the place ready for next group I had to visit the property daily. I was not willing to have they next group suffer because of the Yoders. I did what was necessary rather than have them leave the property (I regret letting them stay at my property). I was more than surprised to see this review and the comments. Apparently after every effort to accommodate this group the Yoders decided to make a extreme effort to do damage by giving a false and poor review. My property is pictured and described accurately. They VRBO site can not accurately describe my unique property, unfortunately the site describes each room as a bedroom even though the description and photos clearly describe a unique family retreat. When everything went sideways I contacted tournament organizers and sponsors asking for them to help get our situation on track and avoid additional problems. They were very accommodating letting me know I was not the only one to have trouble with this couple in the past. They gave me their contact information and asked me to follow up with them if there was additional problems. Unfortunately, I will have to contact tournament organizers and sponsors to let them know how poorly everything turned out. Fortunately, they know that it was not the entire group that was problematic. Future Families should read the descriptions and look at all the pictures. It is easy to ask questions about any concerns before booking.

After 6 years of sharing my unique property with hundreds of family fun seekers I have my first Rental Regret. Fortunately, I have had an overwhelming amount of great reviews that motivate me to continue to share with great families. (Full disclosure there was a woman that was 9 months pregnant that had a difficult time and her review is listed.) This individual expertly asked for a 50% refund a week after staying at my Woodland Retreat. Before the request for a refund the guest had no complaints or concerns that he shared with me. I did effectively and accurately communicate to this guest that the lakes have been drained two months before rental. This renter did not ask to change plans. I would have given a full refund if the guest choose to cancel there reservation in advance. This individual denied the rental charge to his credit card company. Myself and VRBO had to prove that in fact this charge was legitimated and ultimately we did receive our rental fees. In the future... I will make sure guest read my listing and communications. I will make sure guest look at the pictures posted. I will make sure family fun seekers continue to enjoy my unique property. My Woodland Retreat is Great and Unique, it is not exactly like your home (That's the whole point of a Retreat...)