We booked this vrbo to have a nice short getaway for a few days with our family. Since we were bringing a baby, we would be limited in how far we could travel from the vrbo and so we wanted to pick one with plenty of options for activities nearby. This vrbo, while more expensive than some we were considering, stood out to us as it had many amenities and advertised a beach at the nearby bass lake (only a 2 minute drive!).
We were disappointed to find out, after confusion and some google searching, that the beach in the listing’s images was actually not 2 minutes away but instead over 4 miles away at another lake entirely. It was only a couple minutes closer than going to the traverse city beach. Furthermore, bass lake has no public beach, just a boat drop off.
After contacting the host to explain our dilemma and dissatisfaction with the false advertising on the listing, we got no response. However, I checked the listing recently and noticed they corrected it by removing the beach images and taking the word “beach” out of the image captions. This tells me they knowingly corrected the listing without acknowledging any wrongdoing with regard to false advertising. If you check the good reviews for this vrbo you’ll also notice most are during the winter when this false advertising would likely go unnoticed. We have reached out to vrbo and are hoping to resolve this shortly.