New River Retreat — Local services in Pulaski

Where to begin.... First.... some pros: the lake area and cabana are pretty cool and the view is beautifu.

We are a couple that has stayed in various air bnb locations and private vacation rentals OCONUS and CONUS. This place was NOT up to par in comparison and we harbor many regrets about booking here. We payed just shy of 700.00 to drive down on a Friday evening after work (3.4 hours) and checkout Sunday morning since their strict cancellation policy would not allow us to cancel 9 months in advanced due to military business(tdy). We chose to just reschedule and use the lakehouse since we had to pay either way.

4 TVs no wifi at all. Rained the whole time which is fine.What better then to stay in with a glass of wine and watch a good movie on a rainy day? At least we got The Breakfast Club and Grumpy Old Men on direct tv.

Not a lot of thought put into guests. It honestly felt like geared to owner not consumer. Many upgrades made but didnt upgrade decor with it. Dont get me wrong, the view is beautiful BUT in the back of my mind was thinking " we payed 700.00 for this ?!"

Lots of posted notes all over house of what not to do but very little thought put into consumer minus plugging in deck lights and leaving coffee and cream in cabinets.When you are paying nearly a grand and arent even staying an entire weekend we expect some sort of effort to be made in the overall experience and feel of the place. Clean space and amenities were expected due to it being a business .Simple things like leaving a few bottles of water knowing folks probably made a long trip and dont know the area, leaving towels out for guests and not stocking towels that dont look like they were hand me downs( mismatched/faded) and thrown in closet are not that difficult to provide especially with the money guests are spending. Maybe have some bathroom storage for people to place toiletries, a coat rack , a place to hose off after walking in the mud to lake(its a lake house). I think if you want to offer secluded home with BYO supplies and no internet, offer it as such but for the money I think that it can be done right, at least for us. The market is so competitive that I am surprised this books and has such high ratings especially with an additional 500.00 event fee for anything above occupancy.Truthfully, I have had better stays for much less money.

Overall dissapointed and wont stay in a house associated with this company again especially with the strict cancellation policy and being dual active duty couple. Not worth the money or the drive, even with...

My husband and I stayed here for a random (and much needed) last minute, end-of-summer getaway. There were only 2 cabins left when we decided to make the trip, and we were so happy that Ayita was one of them!||||We were thrilled to enter an immaculately cleaned home with cozy decorations and wonderful porches. (Loved the ability to "check-in" any time of day as we arrived late.) There is one cabin within view, other than that a wonderful secluded feeling. We spent the entire first night on the screened in porch, listening to the river and other sounds of nature. If you're not interested in nighttime nature sounds, you can spend your time like we did our second night, curled up on the couch watching scary movies. ||||Very close to the river. We decided to drive to New River Junction and tube down the river for a few hours. Kitchen is all-inclusive and we were happy to be able to make our own meals. ||||A few things of note: The bathroom seemed amazing, however, it was clear the jetted tub (while clean) hadn't been used in awhile and we were never able to get it to operate correctly. Also, you NEED 4-wheel drive. Do not try to make this drive in a car as the road is rough even in good weather. We did fine in our Rav 4. ||||Overall, this was a great stay with a company that clearly cares very much about their properties and presentation. Would gladly...

I was better off vacationing at a bee farm. We stayed at Red Hawk Rising early April 2017. The outside of the house was swarming with carpenter bees, wasps, and yellow jackets. I am not talking ground nests - these were coming from the house! You had to be around 75 feet away from the house just to have the bees not bother you. There were so many holes in the wood of the house it is clear they had this issue for some time. We had someone come out and they even they said this is really bad. So they send out someone who claims to be an exterminator but has never seen carpenter bees? He fills the holes with caulk (yeah right, that will hold for about 2 weeks) and place around 10 traps all around the house which successfully caught a whopping 2 dragonflies. I felt like a more experienced exterminator killing many wasps daily INSIDE the house. I woke up one morning with a live wasp on my bed. I could not even relax outside until it got dark. This was absolutely miserable. Unless you own a bee suit, please avoid this place. It looks nice from the pics online but was truly a terrible experience and not relaxing. This is early Spring. When summer comes, I would hate to see how many bees are around as well as in the house. Not worth the money at all and you should avoid. I would avoid all of these properties since management really does not care about...