Avis Eagles Nest Summary:

We do appreciate you staying with us. Yes many of our guests are coming up to enjoy the lake and fish. Thanks

I am soo glad your group had a great time! Thank you for staying with us and for the thoughtful review! We hope you come back some time.

Thank you for staying with us and for the thoughtful, detailed review! Yes, this is a bit of a remote cabin. Smith lake is fun fishing, but with Mille Lacs just a few minutes away it's always a great option to jump over there. Thanks again for staying with us and we hope you come back soon!

We greatly appreciate you staying with us. I am VERY sorry housekeeping missed cleaning the grill. All I can do if something does not go perfectly is apologize, offer to make it right, and give a refund- which I did for you. I have added a specific note to our marketing concerning the fish cleaning shed. That has never been marketed, is not part of the rental, and is not updated or cleaned. We apologize for any confusion on that. Possibly in the future the owners will fix that up and make it available to our guests.

We are soo glad you enjoyed this home! Thank you for staying with us and we do hope you come back soon!

As someone who has managed about 50 properties and several hundred bookings for several years I seldom reply to a review. We work very hard to make sure our guests have a good experience, and I am very sorry your expectations were not met at this property. However, I feel obligated to reply to your review out of fairness to the owners and future guests. I want to clarify some of the comments. Let me start by making sure everyone knows that every guest who stays with us has my personal cell phone. We were in contact more than once during your stay. If you had let me know there were any issues of any kind, we would have been over there within minutes to make things were right for you. I was so baffled by your review I personally went over to the property to inspect it and verify any issues. We have this property listed as an up north rustic cabin. The last two guests before you, through VRBO, left a five-star reviews and the guests who checked out the day you check in booked through another major OTA, but they left a five-star review as well. So, I think out of fairness, it is safe to say different guests have different expectations. Understanding you folks are not from the Midwest, it’s important to understand we have a mayfly hatch this time of year and there can be a lot of bugs. These owners do spray for mosquitoes and spiders. The dishwasher is older, but it does work. I will forward a request to the owners to replace it. The cobwebs you are referring to are on the multiple antique mounts and furs throughout the cabin. They are up high, but we will thoroughly wipe and dust them. As with many of our cabins in this area, this property does have some iron in the water. That is very common and over time does leave some rust stains in sinks etc. This is a pet friendly rental. I greatly apologize for any cleaning issues. As anyone with a dog knows, you can clean very well and sometimes there may be some hair found. I am certainly following up with housekeeping on that issue. As far as “dirt” under the sink. I am highly confused by that comment. I was there the day after you checked out and there are cleaning supplies and a somewhat rusty dish drying rack that will be removed, but certainly no dirt. This is a somewhat remote cabin and when there are storms or bad weather it can affect the internet. Sorry for the long response, but I felt that not addressing your issues would not have been fair to these owners.