Base Your Alaskan Adventure On A Private, Motor-free Lake!

Robert, it was my pleasure to meet you and your wife and share some stories and experiences in Alaska. Your mention of interior blueberries inspired me to travel north with my dog to check out the late season berry picking. We spent a couple of hours filling our containers, slept in the car and headed home the next day - awesome! Thank you for the nice review and for choosing Hope Lake Hideaway - come again soon!

Thanks so much for the kind words and for taking good care of our facilities. We hope you got to see some of the waterbirds (ducks, swans, cranes, loons, grebes, and shorebirds) that were visible on the lake while you were enjoying the deck. Please come back and see us in the near future!

Another very fun, thoughtful and considerate party who enjoyed our lakeside property and left it in excellent condition. We are indeed fortunate to have attracted, without exception, wonderful visitors who enjoy the tranquility, comfort, convenience and natural beauty of our property overlooking Hope Lake. We hope to see you again soon, folks!

Thanks, Jessica - you guys were awesome guests; fun to visit with, obviously thrilled with your visit to Alaska and the Kenai Peninsula, and took great care of the premises for subsequent guests. Please come back and see us!

Thanks for taking the time for a thoughtful review, Kelly, and for leaving the house so clean and tidy! We look forward to seeing you again in the near future!

I am very sorry you found our partial damage/cleaning deposit refund objectionable, but I think we can recalculate based on what you said. We try to provide a reasonably high aesthetic standard for our guests, and had a rather expensive tablecloth and waterproof pad underneath. When the unit was cleaned after your stay our cleaner noticed a fairly large wine stain and cuts on both layers, wine staining on the table and a small corresponding gouge in the table top. With the broken wine glass we assumed that was the cause of the damage. From what you said in your review that assumption must have been wrong and it is possible we had missed the damage prior to your arrival and that it had nothing to do with you. In view of this doubt, I am refunding that portion of the charge, with my apology. As for the excessive cleaning, we base our cleaning fee on our normal 2-hour cleaning and prep by our professional cleaner, which is normally adequate, and very rarely charge an additional $25 for an extra hour required. I will also refund this amount as you did your best to leave it in good shape, and in consideration of the misunderstanding with the table issue. This leaves only the total $28 charge including the broken glass (which only comes as a set), and excess WIFI use, which I told you about earlier. I hope this seems fair, as I like for all guests to feel they have been treated fairly. I very much enjoyed our discussions while you were visiting and was excited you did well with the fishing!