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Lodge at Whitefish Lake
Smoky rooms
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Linda F from:
Published Date: Sep, 13, 2024 Travel Date: Sep, 1, 2024 Rating: 2 Our room smelled so bad with the fireplace smoke in our main lodge room we both got headaches and sore throats. They need to correct this problem. They did offer to move us across the street. Now all our clothes smell for the rest of our trip. Don't stay in main lodge!!
Whitefish Heaven
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Rondella1 from: Greensboro, North Carolina
Published Date: Sep, 12, 2024 Travel Date: Aug, 1, 2024 Rating: 5 This place is over the top enjoyable! The rooms are spacious, so comfortable and cozy! The rooms are enough nicer in person than online. They have a shuttle that will drive you into town and drop you off for shopping or dining. This was wonderful since parking is difficult at times. Everyone was so helpful and kind. We even stayed an additional night. There are restaurants on site, bicycles, gym and swimming pool. Bed and pillows were wonderful! I'm really picky when it comes to that. LOL! I would go back again.
Subratings:
- Rooms: 5
- Value: 5
- Sleep Quality: 5
- Location: 5
- Cleanliness: 5
- Service: 5
would definitely stay there again
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ElyseS_13 from: Sandy Springs, Georgia, United States
Published Date: Aug, 27, 2024 Travel Date: Aug, 1, 2024 Rating: 5 We had a fabulous stay at The Lodge....rooms were big and clean. The staff were all so helpful and nice....the food was great! We would definitely stay there again!!! We were a little further away than we realized from the entrance of the park, but we did not let that get in our way!
Stay away from the Luxury House #1 at the Lodge at Whitefish Lake
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Kimberly H from:
Published Date: Aug, 26, 2024 Travel Date: Aug, 1, 2024 Rating: 2 We stayed at the Lodge at Whitefish Lake - Lux House #1. The Lodge itself is amazing and the staff are exactly what you would expect when staying at a Lodge located in a serene place. They catered to your every need.
Having said that, do not waste your money on this specific house. We have stayed at the Lodge before in a different Luxury Home. We couldn't return to that house because this time we brought our entire family with us because our first stay was so amazing. We were hoping the home would be on the same level as our previous home. IT WAS NOT. We paid over $17,000 to spend 8 nights and 9 days in this home and were so incredibly disappointed with accomodations. We were a family of 8 (with ages varying from 9 months old to 55) and were here to celebrate a milestone birthday.
The house was marketed with this: This modern/rustic mountain home offers stunning decor. With floor to ceiling windows, the beauty of Montana and the Viking Creek Wetland Preserve fills the great room. The massive stone fireplace and elegant furnishings set the tone for a comfortable and refined luxury home experience. Sleeps up to nine guests.
Well, let me go into it.
1. The house had 6 televisions and only one worked - and that was if you used your own computer and simulcast it to the TV. The homeowner said they had Spectrum but you couldn't get it to work anywhere. The Lodge came and worked on it but they would have had to come back every time we turned off the TV and reconnect everything. Sure, you can argue that we weren't there for the TV but with a huge family, you want something to help entertain when you have so many people in a house with so many different interests.
2. The house was either freezing hot or you were roasting and we were there in August. The only way we could get anything close to reasonable but to turn off the unit altogether and just leave open the windows - which wasn't an option downstairs because it is in MT and you were constantly on edge about bears - you can't visit Glacier or anything around it without the warning to always be on the lookout for bears. So, when everyone was together downstairs, you just had to deal with either the heat or the cold.
3. The house was only equipped with one towel and one washclothe per person....PERIOD. We washed more laundry on this trip than we would if we were home - more given we had 8 adults and a baby. Who wants to pay this much money and down laundry multiple times a day? We enjoyed many outdoor activities that required multiple baths and, if you dared forget to start the laundry as soon as you finished your shower first thing in the morning, you were throwing dice to decide who got to use the one extra washclothe.
4. The house was also to include the use of the garage. It was locked and not available. Could we get around that, yes, except that the large trashben was in the garage and locked up. We cooked several meals a day there and had a 9 month old and were making quite a bit of trash throughout the day. Our only option was to put the trashbags on the street and request that the hotel send someone to pick it up - which happened whenever they could get over there. AGAIN, remember the bears? So, we were anxious about doing that and therefore left the trash by the front door and put it out only when you couldn't pass by the door or deal with the smell any more.
5. None of the inside door closed without literally slamming them. With so many couples and a baby, you need and want to be able to close the door when doing things - oh, you know - like TAKING A SHOWER OR USING THE BATHROOM! Many times, when you thought you had closed the door hard enough, someone walked in on you doing your "business" and you just hoped nothing was seen to make anyone uncomfortable when you made eye contact.
I understand these are first world problems. When you have planned for a year, worked everyone's schedule to fit, moved heaven and earth to make a trip go off without any issues - travel, health, etc. - you wouldn't expect the most expensive part of the trip - the HOUSE - to be the worst part of your trip.
Do yourself a favor, stay at any other house other than Lux House #1 at the Lodge at Whitefish Lake.
Subratings:
- Rooms: 1
- Value: 2
- Sleep Quality: 1
- Location: 4
- Cleanliness: 4
- Service: 5
Nice view but that’s it.
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Joan S from:
Trip Type: Family
Published Date: Aug, 22, 2024 Travel Date: Aug, 1, 2024 Rating: 3 Staff unfriendly, expensive to stay for poor service and pool area needs renovations. Activities all cost extra (paddle, kayak) -other than the scenery of the lake not worth the money. Condo units not serviced for high cost of staying need to call front desk for towels etc.