The house was nice. As advertised. However, I didn’t enjoy communicating with the host. We’ve stayed in many homes, and the hosts are typically warm and helpful. This host is most concerned with making sure you read her rule book and knowing how early you’ll be checking out so they can clean. ⁣⁣
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The cleaning fee for the home is high, but you have a list of things to do to help clean yourself before checking out: You need to go around the house and collect all of the garbage and put it outside. You also need to strip all 5 beds of the sheets and pillow cases and carry them into the laundry room along with all of the towels and washcloths. I don’t mind doing that, but I DO mind doing that AND paying a high cleaning fee. One or the other feels appropriate. ⁣⁣
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Bring your own paper towels. When I asked about it (there were none), she told me to use dish towels. There are many uses for paper towel (especially during COVID) that a few dish towels won’t accomplish. I told her that I would get some at the store and she replied dismissively that some people prefer paper. I would argue that most large families would appreciate a roll of paper towel or heads up that they need to bring some which is why I’m sharing it here (but I didn’t take any stars off for that).
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There is a non-intuitive trick to locking some of the outside doors. When I reached out for help the first evening, she bluntly stated, “Instructions are in the book.” She never checked to make sure that we figured it out, but texted me THREE times to see if we’d be leaving PRIOR to the stated check-out time. I’ve never felt more rushed out of a place than I did there, even though we were leaving by the stated check-out time. Earlier is definitely better in her book. ⁣⁣⁣
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If accommodations are your only concern, then this house is nice and you’ll be happy. If you’re interested in any amount of warmth or hospitality from the host, you won’t find that here. Bring a roll of paper towel, read the rule book, follow all of her rules (including no guests coming over), checkout earlier than the checkout time, and be cool with paying for cleaning and also being part of the cleaning crew… and you should be fine.
In terms of location, it’s 8 min to Gaylord Opryland and the highway which was very convenient.