Lake Marion Getaway!

We're glad y'all had such a good time!

Thanks for the review, Steve! The tub was a bit tricky with the shower head that came with the tub, but we have updated it with a shorter one that gives us taller people a few more inches under the water. Thanks again for the helpful feedback. Omar & Julia

Hi Donald- we're sorry you had a disappointing visit. The boat landing is about a football field away and has a sea wall that can be fished off of. There is also a campground and marina about a block away that offers a fishing pier for a charge and has a restaurant as well. You do need a boat of some kind to go out on the lake. An exception to that is a public beach about a five minute drive away. It has a playground, grills, fishing pier and a swim beach. All for free. Then the state park is also nearby at a 10 min drive. The shower is a claw foot tub as pictured in the photos. My husband is 6ft tall and about 250 pounds. He uses it with no issue when we stay there.

Deborah, we had no idea that you and your family were not enjoying yourselves during your stay. We interacted with you in person on one occasion when the fire department was called out for a fire alarm due to not using the range hood. Everybody seemed happy and enjoying themselves. After that, we received your email concerning a broom that was broke and replaced (thank you, again), questions for the checkout procedure, and notification of the spiders seen in the cupboard, and a dead snake that was found – unpleasant, no doubt. However, in your email, you stated that you had already taken care of it, and said “We had no problems dealing with these things, but I wanted you to know.” We took you at your word that you didn't have a problem, and there was no indication that you felt you were staying in “The house of many plagues”. We apologized for the experience and said that we would followup with our pest control company to make sure they were aware, and to make whatever adjustments necessary to prevent another occurrence. We also requested a photo of the snake so that we could identify the type, as baby rat snakes look similar to Copperheads and are often mistaken for such, and we wanted to know for ourselves whether a critter that found its way in was benign or not, as we often visit with our 4 children.. However, we never heard from you again. Furthermore, we have an alarm system in our home. It keeps logs of every time a door is opened and closed. I checked the logs during your stay, and saw that both our front AND back door were habitually left open throughout your stay. Counting ONLY time periods of 5 minutes or more, the front door was left open 7 times at an average of 12.4 minutes (27 minutes the longest), and the back door was left open 18 times at an average of 23.2 minutes (twice for OVER an hour). This is rural South Carolina, and you cannot leave doors hanging wide open and then be surprised when you find critters inside the house. Concerning the mouse and bed bugs – neither of these were ever mentioned to us. Furthermore, we waited to respond to your review because immediately upon reading your claim, we scheduled our pest company to come and do a bedbug inspection. It was completed this morning (08/17/2017), and came up clean – no bedbugs. We have a high commitment that our guests enjoy themselves and have an environment that they make wonderful memories in. We're sorry that is not what you took away. Omar and Julia