Forever Red; where wine trails and wildlife converge in Cayuga Lake

Lovely cottage, lovely setting

Review submitted: January 29, 2012   Date of arrival: October 7, 2011

Lovely cottage, lovely setting, very quiet and peaceful- just what we needed for a long weekend! Forever Red is a very well stocked (although a luggage holder in the bedrooms would be helpful) and comfortable. Thank you for sharing your wonderful cottage!

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The cottage was exactly what we were looking for

Review submitted: January 29, 2012   Date of arrival: September 16, 2011

Your "Forever Red" cottage was exactly what my husband and I was lookign forward to. We were celebrating our 25th anniversary- a year late as this is our 26th. Actually we called this our 2nd honeymoon as we really didn't ever have a honeymoon. The cottage was perfect in every way. We loved watching the sunrise each day and we even had a beautiful full moon to watch rise while we were here. Couldn't have asked for more. The cottage is centrally located to so many beautiful natural wonders. Wee certainly did our best to enjoy the scenery around this part of NY. Hopefully one day we will be able to come back and visit. We live in west central Illinois near the Missouri border so this is a very long drive for us. We are so glad we made the journey! Thank you for sharing this little bit of heaven with us. We return home "recharged to busy lives. Thank you.

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Cute House, Beware the Hair

Raoul Duke (New York, NY)
Review submitted: September 27, 2011   Date of arrival: August 27, 2011

Forever Red is a cute little house in a great part of the country. The house is comfortable and cozy; the area is beautiful and offers a lot of activities for all ages. Our three-generation family really enjoyed our week. Sharing one bathroom was a little challenging, but you can always make that work.

Things a prospective renter should be aware of-
- Two of the three bedrooms did not have dressers. There is sufficient closet space to hang clothes, but otherwise some of us were living out of suitcases.
- You must swim off the dock, because the shoreline has a thicket of floating weeds extending some 10-15 feet out. No big deal, the water is only a couple feet deep at the dock. The many frogs and occasional dead fish in those weeds, however, make for a very noticeable “boggy” smell in the backyard area.
- Also strangely smelling off was the AC in the front bedroom, very moldy.
- Cleaning- the house literature clearly explains the cleanliness standards expected when you check-out. Hot-button areas to be aware of- oven (if you use it, you will be expected to clean the inside), fridge (make sure to remove drawers / shelves and scrub it out), and, not least- hair in the tub. Don’t just scrub the tub with cleaner, also make COMPLETELY sure there are no hairs ANYWHERE, or they will be found. Apparently not as big a deal when we arrived were the cobwebs in the corners or the piece of chewing gum on the back deck I stepped in and had to dig out…point being there is more attention paid to certain things. We spent quite a few man-hours cleaning before we left but were still assessed a cleaning fee. The response to my questioning this fee was, “Three of us arrived at the house and needed to clean for several hours,” which seems hard to imagine. Perhaps they clean at a slow pace. Since this fee comes out of your deposit there’s not much you can do. So it goes.

Overall, we had a very nice vacation though. We loved the area, would consider going back next summer. But since we do like to cook at the house (and are clearly not as adept at seeing all those pesky hairs in the tub), perhaps it will be best to find a house that has a clear cleaning fee and thus be relieved of this headache.

Recommended for: age 55+, families with young children, families with teenagers, girls getaway, sight seeing, romantic getaway

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