Meredith LodgingReviews of meredithlodging.com

I just want to say I was very disappointed with Meredith Lodging this past week. My husband and I were wanting a relaxing 4 days in Lincoln City at The Drifter house. We had booked from May 16th and leaving May 20th. It was the first time in two months that he had been able to travel so it was suppose to be a fun time. I did fill out your survey to let you know how disappointed we were. First of all I noticed as I was trying to put the key in the door that a dog had chewed the wall and door molding. The door was so hard to open that you had to use your shoulder to try to get it open. After we got everything into the house we wanted to set our computers up. That didn't happen. The router or modem didn't work. We called Meredith Lodging and was told by Hannah to reset them which I had tried 3 times prior to calling. She said she would have the maintenance man come by to see if he could fix. Tim tried the same things we did but didn't work. Tim called Charter to see if there was an outage in the area but was told no. I told Tim about the curled rug in the bedroom that never ever should have been on the floor and also showed him the main carpet that was chewed up in the doorway. A tripping hazard. Tim and I pulled the rug that was curled up so my husband or I wouldn't trip on it and we rolled it up and put in the closet. I showed him all the chewed molding that were not repaired. I then wondered if the house was even cleaned and looked over by the house cleaner. Tim left and said he was sorry that he couldn't fix the problem and to call in the morning. On Tuesday morning I called Meredith again to see what was being done about the router and modem. Since we couldn't use the computers or the Roku TV. I was told that she needed to talk to the team and would call back. We didn't feel we could go anywhere until we found out what Meredith would do. Finally a phone call back saying they called the owner and needed to wait for a call from them. I told her that I wasn't going to wait around and miss another day of fun. When we came back to the Drifter I saw the Meredith truck there and when we walked inside the techs were working on the router and modem. We were also told that it would be the 24th before Charter could be out. They said they hadn't heard back from the owners so they gave us a loaner to use while we were there. Hayden and Alex were kind and showed how to at least get you tube on the TV. The router and modem were so slow that if you had the TV on and a computer at the same time all you would get is buffering. I would have loved to have slept in the nice King bed but it was so high off the floor that my husband would have had to jump up to get in the bed.( not possible after back surgery) so the other option was the bed in the curled and chewed rug room with a bed so low that it only had a frame and hard mattress on it. Does Meredith go out ever to check these homes that they rent out? The grass was over 8 inches tall. I paid extra for my dog to be able to come with us but having grass that long makes it hard to clean up after the dog I feel that Meredith Lodging really should have refunded part of our stay. I even asked to be placed in another house but Hannah said that you don't do that. Needless to say I was not very happy the way we were treated. We stayed at Just Beachy in March and had a great time. I would really like to have a phone call back by a manager of Meredith Lodging. Sincerely, Cathy Flynn

We had a wonderful, relaxing and quiet stay at the Oceania House in Waldport. The cabin had amazing ocean views and was an easy walk to the beach with our dogs. Meredith Lodging was easy to work with and we will be back.

OKay, so I stayed with Meredith Lodging now at a couple of homes. Sea Gem and Sandy feet in Manzanita, Odyssea in Depoe Bay, and River Ridge 617A in Bend. I loved all of these properties. Sea Gem is a smaller 3 bedroom home and it is super cute It is super close to the beach (walking distance) and super cozy and cute. I LOVED Sandy feet.. that shower was amazing... Odyssea is in a great area and super cute. I loved hanging out in Bella Beach, it is quiet and cute. The River Ridge unit in Bend.. I cannot even with those views. it was my first time watching the sunrise... it was amazing. All of the units were super clean and well taken care of. I know I have seen complaints but I have never, ever had an issue staying at a home and I have always had a great experience with staff.

We stayed here March 25 for 2 nites. I am so sorry to say, but the home is in desperate need of attention. The glass awning above the front door is about to lose more glass, and if a person is standing under it, they could be decapitated. The woodwork, and walls are beat up. Upstairs carpet is very stained. The toilet seat downstairs is about to come off! The back deck looks unsafe, and rotten, and not enough support. I honestly think this could cause casualties if there were a collapse. I contacted Meredith, and all they would do is issue me a 100 dollar credit, on another visit. This seemed so insignificant, compared to the 750 dollars I spent for 2 nites to take my family here, and I was so embarassed by the condition of the home.

Overall the house and location are great. We rent places frequently and we ran into several factors that basically comes down to the management/customer relations. 1. Meredith contacted us via email, but like others who have done reviews, the email was sent to promotions. A phone call at the time would have made a difference. 2. We were contacted the day before that we could not check in until 2 hours later due to the fact that house cleaning was short handed. I asked if we could stay 2 hours longer in the end, but we were declined because other guests would be arriving. Only when asked about this inconvenience, Meredith offered us $50 off the cleaning fee instead. 3. The oven is not working, but Meredith did provide a large toaster oven. 4. Usually at places there is come kind of binder explaining how to operate, find items, or troubleshoot situations. There were no informational directions of that nature, which would have been very helpful for the multiple electronics, TVs, remotes, fireplaces and more. 5. There is a trundle bed here, we did not plan to use it. It is used as a tv stand which is a great idea, however it is broken and the doors are off of it. Again, the house is nice, but the management could work on details and customer relations.

We booked a rental home for 12 people for 5 days. Got there and the oven did not work. Called maintenance who were very helpful. They came looked at it said they would be back the next day to replace it. I had spoken to Meredith Lodging 2 days prior to our arrival about an early check in. I had actually talked to multiple people 2 days in a row prior to our arrival. On Saturday when no one came to fix the oven, I called again and was told that 5 days prior to my arrival they sent me an email (which I had never been contacted by email prior to this) stating that the oven didn't work. It was not until Saturday that this email was found in my SPAM folder. I was told that an oven was an amenity (the definition of an amenity would be the pool, hot tub, fireplace, air conditioning, internet, game room, etc.), and that they would not be fixing our oven. Not having this "amenity" caused stress due to some of our meals that we had planned and brought food for not being able to be cooked. We could not eat as a family because we could not keep things warm in the small convection oven that they provided (which did not have a rack in it and we had to use the flimsy drip tray). An appliance should not be an amenity and since they had contacted me by phone for ALL OTHER communication, an email should not have been sent to notify us of this failure to properly maintain appliances. The other thing we ran into is that many of the outlets along the kitchen wall, including upstairs did not work. If the convection oven and microwave were running at the same time fuses would blow. This house was not cheap. Our family gets together once a year to enjoy a week together. It was very disappointing to not have the upkeep on this house as it should have been for as much as we paid. We were given a refund of $139 for the oven. That is RIDICULOUS!!! For the amount that was paid $139 did not even cover the extra groceries we had to purchase to replace the meals we could not cook. I will NEVER rent from Meredith again, nor would I recommend anyone renting from them.

the house was nice though I was upset to find out that the "wood burning fireplace" that I specifically looked for online; I was told the week before that they only allow duraflame logs which do not give off heat. Also the wall heaters in each room were antiquated and didn't heat accurately; so we ended up turning it to 50-55 most times to get it to turn off. The kitchen was well stocked. The beds were comfortable. Though there was no hair dryer and I didn't bring one. Good location to walk to town and the beach. No BBQ.

We booked a house through VRBO and specifically searched for "pet friendly" homes. When we looked back at our reservation a few days before our trip we realized that the house was not pet friendly. We have tried dealing with VRBO and Meredith Lodging directly to explain this was a problem with the booking system or maybe how it was listed, but they will not allow us out of reservation which means we will have to pay for a home we can not stay in because we have no where for our dogs to go. This was a family getaway we were really looking forward to and our kids are really disappointed, as are we.