I don’t think I can remember a more unpleasant vacation experience in my entire life. The listing was very deceptive (several amenities outlined in the listing were missing from the property, the house was 100 feet away from 2 other guest houses even though the listing said that the homes were specially distanced for privacy). They also failed to mention that it was bear season and that there were several bears spotted on the property.We paid for a 2 night stay, and the electricity went out the first night. It also took us about an hour to lock all of the doors because they gave such poor instructions.
The house is very hot without the fans, so not being able to use them made it extremely difficult to sleep. The electricity came back on in the morning for a couple of hours, but then it went out again. There is no cellular service out at the house, so WiFi was the only way to communicate with the owner. While we still had some electricity in the morning, I tried contacting the owner to ask why we didn’t have a key (I didn’t feel comfortable going out and leaving all of our belongings behind). However, I couldn’t reach the owner because the WiFi wouldn’t work at all. I had to drive very far from the house to try and get a signal on my phone, but I had no success. Previously, the owner sent an email out saying that if we couldn’t reach them, we could find them at the main house (which they never specified which one was the “main” house). So I went to each house with no response. The owner has a plethora of cameras on the property, so it felt like they were just watching me wander around. After trying unsuccessfully to find anyone after quite a while, I gave up and went back to the sweltering hot house. When I got back, I discovered that the water stopped working. I eventually found the breaker in a very creepy basement on the side of the house. I reset it several times but still no electricity. We just sat around in the hot house waiting for the electricity to come back for a couple of hours until I finally decided to leave. We heard someone (not in our family) close the door to the basement - electricity eventually came back on shortly after hearing the door. Contacted owner once we got reception and they said they didn’t have any electricity issues (which proves they were just watching me on their cameras). Not one apology from the owner. I asked for a refund and they just told me to deal with Vrbo. Please stay away from this property.