We're here to help you save money and find alternatives to VRBO and HomeAway!Airbnb’s Humble Roots Airbnb was started in 2008 as a place where folks could go to rent a couch or a room to stay for the night. It was a great way for folks struggling with mortgage payments during the height of the recession to make a little cash. Airbnb’s premise was to connect like-minded folks and share a home space and experience the area together with out of town guests. Airbnb doesn't allow guests and hosts to communicate by phone or email and payments are made solely using “Book It Now” buttons. Guests are charged booking commissions of 6-12% on bookings made through the site. Airbnb's presence in North Conway includes:
We do not advertise our North Conway Vacation Rental on Airbnb for these 4 top reasons:1. We love our guests and Airbnb is not a good alternative to VRBO. 2. We genuinely want to get to know our guests or Four Seasons Lodge so we can assist them in making their vacation as wonderful as possible 3. Airbnb charges a booking commission 4. In an effort to make a vacation affordable for most groups, we quote according to the number of guests and date.
1. We love our guests and want to ensure they are a good match for Four Seasons Lodge
Booking a North Conway vacation rental on Airbnb is done by selecting dates, number of guests, number of bedrooms and rate. On Airbnb, you may peruse the description of the vacation rental in North Conway on the website but you do not have any opportunity to speak with the owners or get more information about the property. We want to ensure that our guests are a great match for Four Seasons Lodge. Four Seasons Lodge is a special place but not for everyone! We are a true lodge complete with an antler rack, deer mount, lots of wood and brick and certainly not a brass and glass North Conway condo. We chat with folks to explain the layout of the Lodge and our proximity to the activities that they would like to do while on vacation. There are lots of things to in North Conway while on vacation and all are within a 5-10 minute drive. We love to recommend some of our favorite haunts and activities! I also ask about the purpose of their trip so I might assist them in having a meal catered, give them information about events that will be taking place in North Conway during their stay or anything else that will help them have maximum fun in North Conway! We love Four Seasons Lodge and keep it, according to one of our recent reviewers, “meticulously maintained and spotlessly clean.” You won’t have to worry about any bad surprises if you vacation with us! 2. We genuinely want to get to know our guests so we can assist them in making their vacation as wonderful as possible Vacation rental owners that rent through Airbnb are at a great disadvantage because they are not able to communicate by phone or have access to a renters email address. Those owners miss out on helping their guests plan a perfect vacation. Folks that contact us about renting want to know more! And… we’re locals so we can enlighten them! From our discussions with some guests to our Insider’s Guide to North Conway or our blog, Things to Do in North Conway, we can describe or send you information that will assist you in planning a vacation where memories will last a lifetime! We live here and play here so almost anything you’d like to do, we can give your our opinion about quality, cleanliness and price. Restaurants, cheapest NH ski rentals, best hikes, where the best photo ops are, great beaches, appropriate ski mountains for your group and much more. 3. Airbnb Charges a Booking commission Plain and simple… Airbnb charges a booking commission on every rental made on their site. When you book Four Seasons Lodge through our site you never pay any booking or service fees! 4. The Unique Way We Quote Rental Rates In an effort to make a vacation at Four Seasons Lodge affordable for most groups we do not have seasonal or rack rates. During non-peak times we base our rates on the number of adults and children in the group, dates and number of nights. For instance, the rate for 20 adults would not be the same as 8 adults and 12 children. We welcome groups of 2-20 guests. Book-It-Now type of booking does not work for our pursuit to make a vacation at Four Seasons Lodge a reality for most groups. If we subscribed to that type of booking we would have missed out on a few of our favorite repeat guests including; a father and son that spend quality bonding time hiking every spring and fall, a small family that vacation together every time Dad gets a leave from the military and many more scenarios like this. Four Seasons Lodge – North Conway, NH Unlike most Airbnb hosts who are new vacation rental owners, we have owned Four Seasons Lodge for 20+ years and have hosted thousands of groups. We are a family friendly lodging and have been hosting and welcoming large groups and family reunions to Four Seasons Lodge for more years than some of the Airbnb site users have been on this beautiful Earth! We rented Four Seasons Lodge as a North Conway vacation rental before that term even existed! It makes me feel old, yet proud to report that 3 of our reservations for next year are with guests that stayed with us as children and are now returning with their children! All three of them were so excited that I still owned Four Seasons Lodge and they could experience our North Conway vacation rental once again! We are a one of a kind vacation rental in all of New England with our private, heated INDOOR Pool, 10 bedrooms, large toasty sauna and the rest of our amenities. Of the tens of inquiries we receive daily, it’s infrequent when we speak with folks that have never stayed with us, are related or work with someone that’s stayed with us or have never heard of us! We are well known by folks that frequently travel to North Conway in in direct opposition to the typical Airbnb vacation rental owner who is renting their second home once in a while. Our guests know the minute they walk in the door that Four Seasons Lodge is not a typical Vacation Rental. We have lived in Four Seasons Lodge and totally remodeled the lodge to make it a home. The wood furnishings in the Lodge are lovingly hand crafted by Russ, mostly from trees that we have cut down, milled and planed. He puts extra ordinary touches on every piece he crafts including; a tractor seat on the bench at the computer desk, white cedar grooved boards on the pool room ceiling, wood ceilings in the bathrooms, wood burning on the eating room bench and handmade fencing around the Lodge. We are outdoorsy folks and the framed photos in the Lodge were taken by us when we’ve been hiking, horseback riding or floating. All of the vintage posters and photos are in frames that were handmade by Russ too. Over the many years of sharing Four Seasons Lodge with our wonderful guests we have picked their brains for information, mainly asking how we could have made their stay more enjoyable and memorable. Our most recent comment from a grandmother was that she could use a grab bar in the main floor bathroom. One was installed that day. We are tried and true. While many motels and vacation rentals were being foreclosed or auctioned off during the recession, we were renovating continuously. Our goal is to change up something every month to make ourselves better. Whether it’s updated pictures, Totem Poles, new rug, new handmade furnishings or a more efficient website, our goal is to make our guest’s experience better! What our guests say Next year we have 3 rental reservations with folks that originally vacationed with us when they were kids. They have booked with us for next year so their children can experience the Four Seasons Lodge too. In very different words, each of them described their childhood experiences at the Lodge in vivid detail! I was in awe that they remembered my name, the name – Four Seasons Lodge, the layout of the Lodge and specific details of different parts of the house PLUS many precious memories of time spent laughing and playing with family members and friends while vacationing at Four Seasons Lodge! One of our repeat guests wrote: The lodge is impeccably maintained and spotlessly clean. Great for everyone with lots to do in the house. We had lots of fun and will be back in the fall for a foliage weekend! Give us a try We promise to do our best to make it possible for you to make vacation memories that last a lifetime! Our reviews and list of repeat guests (some have been vacationing with us more than 20 years) show that we are true to what we say. We’ll look forward to hearing from you in the future! 603.662.5391 www.FourSeasonsLodge.com Like this article? 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