Idaho vacation rentals with hot tubs

Overall my family enjoyed our stay, but a few things kept it from being top-notch. We had 44 people at our peak in July; I doubt this house would work for us in winter. Pros The view is incredible, and the porch was essential for a group this size. Between the kitchen and extra tables from the living room, we seated about 36 (20 indoors, 16 out). The Reserve beach was a highlight — private access made it easy. The lodge's salt pool was excellent, with a slide and splash pad. The kitchen has a crockpot, two griddles and service for about 20-30. There's a washer/dryer and a Roku TV on each floor (all signed out of streaming services), and we liked the common areas and the patch of grass for cornhole. Cons Beds. "Comfortably sleeps 45" isn't accurate — it comfortably sleeps 35, and up to 45 only if people share beds and take pull-outs. The listing says twin beds in the loft, but both the upper floor of the main house and the family room above the garage have full-sized pull-outs with 4" spring mattresses that were genuinely unsleepable. We had to bring two queen air mattresses. The three basement futons were also very uncomfortable and had no sheets or pillows; we put teenagers on them. Bathrooms. At least one shower drain was clogged and needed cleaning to drain. Not enough towels for 45, and nowhere near enough hot water — showers in the main house went cold fast, so we had to rotate. Shampoo and body wash ran out around day 3 of 5, and toilet paper lasted 3–4 days before we bought our own. Kitchen. The upper oven never baked right. The griddles are great but so high-powered they repeatedly tripped breakers, and the outlets by the oven simply don't work — we had to ration what ran on the island outlets. Not nearly enough plates or cups; silverware was almost enough. Not nearly enough counter or seating for a large group, even with the 2 janky picnic tables outside. Other. We found staples in the carpet in several spots — they hurt, and I hope we removed them all. The pool table is badly unlevel (we shimmed it as best we could) and has damaged pockets with staples sticking out; I cut myself retrieving a ball. Suggestions With 44 people reserved, stocking extra paper towels, toilet paper and towels is a must. Saying you can house 45 but not providing 45 plates/cups etc, is frustrating. Update your listing to be more accurate on the comfortable sleep count. Also, even though there's a community hot tub, one on the premises would be great. We won't book a place without one next time.

Perfect for the Fourth of July, if you want to get away from the fireworks. Our biggest frustration with the rental was the difficult check-in process. Both emails we received that should have had codes to get the key for the door had a blank spot where the code should have gone. We waited for over 10 minutes on hold to get the correct code. Frustrating when it’s late, you have all your overnight bags in your hand and a nervous dog on the lease. They sent us 2 different amenity codes and neither worked.

Everything about the property is wonderful, but be mindful of the property owner. I had booked another rental for the 4th of July weekend that was cancelled last minute, which is how we ended up booking this rental. When we arrived at the rental location 5:30ish pm the door code did not work. I attempted to call the property contact (owner) and the call went straight to voice mail, I tried again twice and the same thing. Since we had already had a rental cancelled on us, I was nervous I was going to have the same issues with this location. I called Vacasa and they were extremely helpful, provided me with another code to try (which did not work) and said they would contact the owner, but would need to give him an hour to respond before they would provide a next step. Once off the phone I called the owner again and luckily the phone rang but when the call was answered I was greeted with an extremely annoyed and frustrated man who stated - "YOU'VE CALLED ME FOUR TIMES WHAT DO YOU WANT" - I was so caught off guard by his tone, and aggression - I made sure I had the correct person and explained who I was and the situation. Once he caught his breath and explained me that he was on a business call and that his maintenance person must have reset the code, he was helpful but his reaction to him not having my phone number as a contact was so over the top, it made me no longer want to rent the place from him. I felt like I was a burden to him for renting the property. It was just such an unnecessary interaction. When we entered the property the smoke alarm was chirping, I texted the owner for that to be addressed - it wasn't so we dealt with the chirping the first night before we ran into town to get a battery. Overall, the place is wonderful outside of the property owner. If he feels annoyed with renters - I'm sure the area has plenty of local property companies that would love the business.

We and our friend’s family stayed in this specious home for four nights. The place was quiet and peaceful, the kids loved seeing the deer outside and going for walks in the neighborhood. The hot tub was a hit with the kids! Plenty of room for everybody, we will be back again!