Had planned on meeting my mother in NYC for the holidays, so she kindly let a family friend use her big house on Saltspring for their extended family to gather. My mother felt too unwell to travel so I was going to travel to Saltspring and spend time with her there. Since she was going to now have a full house I was happy to rent at mariner’s loft for 2 nights.
Then - huge power outage all over the islands which ended up lasting 9 days (for my mother, longer for many others.)
So my mother was very grateful to come join me at the loft for hot water, lighting etc etc. And then after I left I was able to extend her solo stay day by day by day until she finally got her power back on and could go home.
Amazing communication and flexibility and thoughtfulness to ask about checking in on my mom after I had to leave.
Really, such a great experience, and for my mom, truly a life saver.
Not sure she could’ve handled 9 days in a huge house (full of frozen visitors!) no toilet, no hot water, no light, tv, WiFi, etc etc etc.
Will DEF stay here again. Just a perfect experience during a tricky time.