Appletree Cottage at Crystal Beach

Thank you for your kind comments Alex. We look forward to hosting you again in the future.

Thank you for returning to Appletree Cottage again this year. We appreciate the kind remarks in your review. I hope your request for us to clean the outdoor grill met your satisfaction.

The review from the guest is entirely inaccurate. There were a few ants in one cupboard, probably because there were some crumbs that weren't noticed during the cleanup, that was it! When they called me to let me know, I came over and saw a few ants on that one shelf but I did not see ants anywhere else (I took photos). After wiping the shelf I put out traps regardless to satisfy the guests. I then asked the previous guests if they saw ants. They did not. Once these guests left I took more photos (of no ants). I asked the following guests if they saw any ants, and they said no. The reality is, these guests were looking for a free vacation. We had a massive thunderstorm with tornedo warnings just before they arrived and we lost power on the street. As a diligent host I offered to put them in a hotel for the night. They agreed and I put them in a 5-star hotel overlooking Niagara Falls. The gesture was twice the cost of what they were paying me per night. I was okay with that because I wanted to make the guests happy. I suppose I should have just cancelled the reservation, because as soon as they checked in they complained about ants and tried to get me to agree to a huge discount, despite the fact that I had already lost a tremendous amount of money on the rental (5 nights). To be fair, when they complained about the ants I asked them if they wanted to cancel because I knew this was not going to be a good rental. I explained the VRBO could find them an alternate rental if they were not happy. They said they wished to stay. So I don't know what to say here. Yes, they asked me for a discount. Yes, they tried to get a refund through VRBO. Yes, they stayed for the duration of their stay. Yes, they happily accepted the 5-star hotel. Some rentals are great (truthfully the vast majority of them are). Some are just not.