Luxury 180 Degrees Lake View,Pool Table in Big Bear Lake

JVN Big Bear is one of the best vacation spot ever!

Julz (CA)
Review submitted: August 18, 2010   Date of arrival: August 13, 2010

I celebrated my 26th birthday at JVN Big Bear and I must say, it was one of the best birthdays I ever had! It was my first time going to Big Bear Lake and I will definitely go back. The house was gorgeous! The pictures you see is exactly what you get but the house is so much prettier in person! I felt right at home. The house was fairly easy to find, but just make sure when you're going up the driveway of the house, you need to go slow because it's so steep that it scratched all of our cars! We had a good laugh about that. The garage was bigger than we thought. It can fit 2 cars plus any sporting items. We were able to fit two kayaks inside. My friends and I are all around the age of 26-28 and the house stairs worn us out the entire weekend so make sure to prepare for a workout. The bedrooms were beautiful! It fit all 11 of us perfectly; no complaints at all. The only issue we had was that one of the bedrooms had the balcony stairway to the jacuzzi and since we didn't know about the lake/mountain bugs at night, we left the sliding door opened and the room became swamped with moths and gnats! Hahaha so bring bug spray! Our favorite room of the entire house is the 3rd floor which is basically the living room, kitchen and 180 degree balcony. It was absolutely perfect for us. What's not to like? Pool table, foosball, flatscreen TV, iPod player, BBQ grill, lake view balcony and a huge kitchen! We all fell in love with the room right away. We had a major problem with the refrigerator though. It took more than a full day for the refrigerator to be cold so I would advise to bring coolers full of ice or to go down the local market to buy bags of ice. The entire house was pretty clean. The bathrooms were perfect for 11 people too. Bring extra toilet paper! There wasn't enough provided so we were smart enough to bring some from home. Captain John's Fawn Harbor was just down the street. We were able to rent kayaks and a Triumph boat. We loved the boat! It was so much fun! The walk from the harbor back to the house was a hike! Make sure to wear comfortable sandals or tennis shoes. I can't thank Vicki enough for her great hospitality and her attentiveness! She returned my emails and calls right away. My friends and I are planning to go back very soon, hopefully this winter for snowboarding, if not, maybe even sooner because we had such a great time there! JVN Big Bear is my new "home away from home".

Recommended for: adventure seekers, families with young children, families with teenagers, girls getaway, sight seeing, romantic getaway

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