My husband and I went to the Mermaid Cottage for our honeymoon and were incredibly impressed! The cottage was clean, the kitchen included everything we would have needed (except a microwave). We got to meet her cats and her dog, though I suppose if you didn't want to pet them they would have ignored guests just fine. Camille was very sweet when we saw her, though we only ran into her twice. We highly recommend the Mermaid Cottage to anyone visiting the Asheville area!