Unscrupulous practices at Cedar Lodge in Wisconsin Dell
Beware!
We just called to make reservations. There is a counterintuitive cancellation policy that Cedar Lodge uses. Beware! If you cancel more than 14 days prior to your stay, you lose 25% of your deposit—even if they re-rent the unit. If you cancel within 14 days and they do not re-rent, you lose 100% of your deposit. If they do re-rent, you get your total deposit back. Does it make sense to penalize people for canceling more than 14 days out?

Also they have a hefty $39.00 processing fee that is NOT disclosed on their website.

Too many questionable business practices for our comfort!

My family, husband, daughters - 2yrs & 10m, went on a short trip the WI Dells for Memorial Day weekend 2005. The lodge is close enough to the "mess" of the Dells (2min) attractions but feels like a totally different world. The lodge is in the peaceful woods on Lake Delton.

We stayed in a Riverview Suite which was HUGE! There was enough room to pull one of the matresses straight off the bed onto the floor for our 2yr old, set-up the pack-n-play for the baby, their toys, and still walk around easily in the room. The kitchen was clean and a major plus with two small kids. It also has the feel of a log cabin with logs on the walls & ceiling.

The lodge also has a pool, playground, picnic area, and a bon fire everynight.

The suite is a look through meaning sliding glass door looking out onto the parking lot and an opposite sliding glass door looking out onto the Lake. The only bad thing with this set up is that the bathroom was right next to the sliding glass door to the parking lot and the curtain didn't wrap around enough. If you didn't close the bathroom door you could easily look out of the sliding glass door even with the curtain drawn.

Even so the accomodations, peaceful environment, staff, location couldn't be beat, especially for the price $145 per night!

We've stayed at Cedar Lodge several times over the last few years. We really like the cedar log interior and vaulted ceilings. We have always stayed in their least expensive Riverview Lodge Rooms which are on the second floor and overlook the Wisconsin River. The rooms have a private balcony which is really very nice. The room is also quite large. The only thing that I don't like is the $29 processing fee that they add on to the price of your room. I believe this fee is only charged to you once a year, but I have never run into this type of pricing before. They also enforce a two night minimum. All around a very nice place. They even left an inexpensive bottle of wine for us one year on our anniversary.