Swanzey Holidays from £1,045

Loved this place. Clean, quiet, close to t

The property has a lot of work to do but for New Hampshire, it’s a solid option. It has a pool (that weirdly allows non-guests with a day pass, but ok) that my kids loved, but no pool service or food allowed so not relaxing for adults. It has restaurants that are decent. It has a nice jetted tub (that has no table or anywhere to put anything you may need in the tub down because of its thin lip). It’s has a nice big shower (with no door). All the good stuff is very much “but if they only did this..” The bad stuff is the staff training. Now given, we went mid week, but no one helped us with our bags, no one offered us the champagne that they allegedly offer people when they check in, and worst of all on our second night there our baby had been up all night and so I went downstairs to give my wife a couple hours of sleep and walk around with the baby. The baby needed a change after about an hour but I realized I had forgotten my key in the room, so I went to the front desk and asked for their help. The worker proceeded to ask for my ID and I let him know that I forgot all my cards in the room and if you could help me out, that would be great. He said he couldn’t give me anything without ID but he would walk me to the room. I agreed. When we got to the room, the man proceeded to knock on my door, waking up my entire family, and then stood in the doorway until I got him my ID. This was at 7:30 in the morning with an eight year-old, a three-year-old, and a six month old. Lame.

We had a lovely stay at this charming inn. The owners are very friendly and attentive.

Renter beware! This property is situated on a very busy road (Route 3) that has lots of dump trucks, tractor trailer trucks as well as general traffic all day. It stopped around 10pm and started up again at 3am - it didn't make for a "relaxing" or "simple" experience. If I had small children I would not feel comfortable with this location (teens and older, yes). The beach was beautiful but the traffic noise made it so disquieting it was hard to find peace. The beach is sandy and there is a float to swim out to. So beach wise (minus the noise) was an A. There were may paddle boards but only one canoe, one 2 person kayak, and two other single kayaks for use. They were available all day so obtaining one was easy. Now, onto the cabin itself. Rustic - yes, simple - yes, worth $300 per night absolutely not! The bed was so uncomfortable we barely slept (between the traffic and the horrid mattress). The fridge/freezer combo worked. The hot plate worked but there were 2 tiny plates and no bowls. We looked for the microwave to heat up some coffee but it was in the closet unplugged. Turns out the three prong plug was in the bathroom (at the end of an extension cord) and we would have had to move it to the bathroom to work. Water pressure and water temp were ok. We were locked out of our cabin and they didn't respond to us for 5 hours!! There is no one on site at the property, we had to leave a message. This place was not worth the money.