Getting a room, especially in the summer, is a challenge. Back before Wigwam Village owners Beth and Tony Rutherford bought the motel complex in July 1993, the Somerset natives tried to stay at Wigwam Village several times, but it was booked solid. Some people just driving by or calling get rooms on the spur of the moment, if there are cancellations and they're lucky. More than anything else, Wigwam Village generates a feeling of old-fashioned neighborliness on the road. Each unit has lawn chairs or a bench and its grassy common area has picnic tables, outdoor grills, playground equipment and a covered picnic shelter.
People sit out front and sort of have to co-mingle.
Sometimes, people bring old Wigwam Village memorabilia to show the proprietors. So prices have changed some. There's been at least one wedding on the grounds. And every summer, one family rents the whole set of 15 tepees for a night and holds its family reunion at Wigwam Village. But the appeal of Wigwam Village begins with the children.