Welcome Inn Bed & Breakfast

(This stay occurred Mar 2015 and did not get posted to this site)
As long time GVL visitors, my family and I always rent a cabin, but my sister was sick and couldn’t attend. So, two weeks later she and I decided to treat ourselves to a carefree B&B weekend! We booked the Sunrise unit at the WIB&B. It is a charmingly decorated apartment (B&B is a stretch), that could be so much better with some dedicated TLC. Pros: Excellent working fireplace, friendly staff, semi-​view of the lake, working heater. Cons: Breakfast is continental, delivered the night before. Juice, pastry and 2 over ripe bananas. Daily coffee is not included even though the kitchen has a coffee maker. The unit had visible dirt that could have been cleaned. We were so surprised, we took pictures of the dirty kitchen drawers, carpeting, bathroom waste bin. Standing water greeted us in the kitchen sink. It was remedied a short time later. Kitchen is sorely lacking in utensils, bowls, no toaster, freezer has no ice cube trays (buy ice at the store below also owned by B&B). Mice had eaten some snacks left out overnight on the counter. Our first night was disrupted throughout the night by a barking dog. Market staff initially told us that mountain dogs were the culprit. Later one staffer admitted and apologised that the owner told her to take HIS dog home with her, but she wasn’t going home and put the golden retriever in the tavern below our unit (also B&B owner). Ugh. As 26+ year visitors to GVL, we were so excited to skip the cabin rental and enjoy a reportedly «5 star», quiet B&B experience and sadly did not find that.

We stayed in the tipis outside and it was a super fun and relaxed camping experience. The owner Michael is very nice and helpful and made our stay very memorable. Live music at the outdoor bar on Saturday night was a big plus. Definitely would recommend the tipis if youre looking for a fun glamping experience!

Cozy apartment, with great view, meadle of nature and really nice neighbors.
The place is right above a general market, that is perfect in case you need any thing at last minute .
Next door you have a restaurant with really nice owner and the other door a bar with great bartender where you can drink and have fun.
But if you feel like relaxing and drink a hot cocoa just seat down at the porch at the entrance of the apartment where you can enjoy all the stars in the sky with crickets on the background.
If you love nature and a good getaway, this is the perfect spot !!

Spouse and I stayed weekday Sept. 2012. Found rates on GVL topic web page listed at $ 99 a night. No other listings of price, not even in the room After one night checked out only to discover rate is $ 149 a night. Informed owner of rate difference and web page claim. Was told he would look into it and get back to me. Did not hear back from owner. In this day of competition from chains and vacatoners/​tourist dollars, I would think this owner would be interested in repeat business and customer satisfaction.. If the business were mine I would have followed up with the promised phone call and either honored the web page ad or at the very least split the difference with the customer. Not looking for a freebie just fair treatment of advertised pricing. Enjoy GVL and have stayed there many times, will return again, but will not stay at the Welcome Inn.