we booked this trip last minute because the 4 of us (plus 2 kids under 3) didn't want to waste our time at the beach looking for a place. We booked the Beach Club cottage for 400$ (i know, ridi) for 1 night. We called the number of the website, asked if it was beach front property, etc. We were told yes, beach front with your private pool, etc.. I also think the website needs to total overhaul, there are no pics available. The reservation said that they don't provide grills, we showed up with a grill only to find. Information on the website is USELESS. When we arrived (thankfully after only 2 hours driving),,, we were water front, not beach front. Which is a big diff considering we didn't have a boat to dock, etc. and there was no entrance to the lake and the private pool was shared among the guests. We got 2 keys, 1 didn't work. the cottage was non smoking but we found cig ashes on the chairs and sofa. For the price we paid, they also expected you to leave the place in mint condition (such BS) so we spent the morning cleaning up sweeping, etc. The cottage was supposed to sleep six and stocked with all household utensils. 'i'm not sure who doest their math, but we had 4 forks and no steak knives... The mattresses were terrible and the pillows were worse. The front desk didn't share any information regarding the boardwalk and the cost of addmission. The staff on the boardwalk was uninformed and the common answer to any ? was "i don't know". Nothing was clearly marked. The swim beach was nice although it would help if the entire area's bottom was topped with sand instead of algea. This was our first trip to the area overnight; indina beach has a long way to go to reach the standards of such places like the dells or genvea We'll give it a few more years befor we try again. For the price we paid, i would have expected higher standards and service.
- Indiana Beach Camp Resort Monticello
- Indiana Beach Camp Hotel
