Mountain Bike Vacation Rentals at Mt Hood

Do you love riding your mountain bike at Mt Hood?  If so, you have probably discovered the Sandy Ridge Trails in Brightwood, Oregon. The newly developed flow trails have become super popular in short period of time. And new trails are continually being built.

Mt Hood Vacation Rentals offers 5 rental cabins less than 2 miles from the trailheads, so you can turn your mountain bike trip into a vacation. After your ride, head back to the vacation rental for some R & R. Grill dinner on the gas BBQ, hang out by the firepit and tell stories about the day's adventures, then soak in the private, outdoor hot tub.

AUGUST MOUNTAIN BIKERS' SPECIAL: Stay in a Mt Hood Vacation Rental in August and receive a 10% discount.  Just tell us about your favorite section of the Sandy Ridge Trails.

On day two, head back to the Sandy Ridge Trails or try a new trail in the Mt Hood National Forest or head up to the Mt Hood Skibowl Mountain Bike Park in Government Camp.



Looking for a bike shop, good place to eat or other information for during your visit?

Bike Shops: Sales, Rentals, Repairs
Otto's Ski & Bike Shop, 503-668-5947
Sandy Bike Shop, 503-826-1070
Mountain Sports, 503-622-3120
Hurricane Racing, 503-272-0240

Mountain Bike Trails
Sandy Ridge Trails
Forest Service Trails
Mt Hood Skibowl Mountain Bike Park

Good Food & Bev for After the Ride
Wraptitude, 503-622-0893
El Burro Loco, 503-622-6780
Cafe Aria, 503-564-9333
Zigzag Inn, 503-622-4779

Local Stores for Drinks & Snacks
Brightwood Country Store, 503-622-4771
Thriftway Grocery Store, 503-622-3244
Mt Hood Foods, 503-622-4652
Govy General, 503-272-3107

Bike Tours & Other Information
Mt Hood Adventure, 503-715-2175
Mt Hood Territory, 800-424-3002
Mt Hood National Forest. 503-622-3191

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Last Minute, Late Summer Specials in Mt Hood Vacation Rentals

It’s Not Too Late to Save on Summer Travel by Reserving a Mt Hood Vacation Rental: Mt Hood Vacation Rentals Offers a Varied Selection of Last-Minute Accommodations for Less

Welches, Oregon (August 1, 2011) – For trips planned during the late summer months, savvy travelers are looking at every way they can stretch the family budget to maximize enjoyment without sacrificing comfort while building life-long memories.

The Villages of Mt Hood (Brightwood, Welches, Zigzag, Rhododendron and Government Camp) are within a 1-2 hour drive from the Portland metro area and just 4 hours from the Seattle area. Guests traveling from the California Bay Area can drive to Mt Hood in one day. Many area visitors are saving on the rising costs of airfare by hitting the road. Lodging is the largest vacation expenditure, and one way traveling families can save without cramping style before summer’s end is by staying in a multi-bedroom vacation rental home.

Professionally managed vacation cabins, cottages, chalets and lodges are fully equipped, and provide travelers more space, amenities, special guest services and privacy. Also the option to dine-in saves on the second largest vacation expense, meals, and guests who drive can save even more by loading up a care package with food and beverage items enjoyed at home – things like their favorite snacks, cereal, spices, coffee and libations. Vacation rental guests enjoy preparing large family-style meals in well-appointed kitchens. Many homes offer riverside alfresco dining on the back deck.



For last-minute trips to Mt Hood, Oregon this summer, Mt Hood Vacation Rentals offers a wide range of vacation homes to suit every budget and vacation desire including cozy cabins, romantic cottages, spacious lodges and beautiful chalets in a variety of settings with riverfront, secluded and golf course views providing the perfect lodging choice for Mt Hood, Oregon. Each private home has its own personality and charm and is close to Mt Hood recreational activities; guests enjoy hiking, mountain biking, golfing, fishing, skiing and snowboarding and mountain and rock climbing just minutes from their Mt Hood Vacation Rental throughout the Villages of Government Camp, Rhododendron, Zigzag, Welches and Brightwood.

Mt Hood Vacation Rentals are the ideal base camp for families, friends and couples celebrating family reunions and weddings, on a romantic getaway such as a proposal, honeymoon or anniversary, participating in golf tournaments, bike races and summer ski & snowboard camps or just looking for a quiet relaxing vacation away from the city.

End of Summer Specials:

LATE SUMMER LAST MINUTE RESERVATION SPECIALS
• Stay 4 Nights & the 5th Night is Free!
• Valid on new reservations in a Featured Vacation Rental booked August 1- 14, 2011
• Arrival and Departure Dates must be August 15-31, 2011

River Dance Retreat

Salmonberry Retreat

Rapid River Retreat

Cedarwood Lodge

PREFERRED CUSTOMER DISCOUNTS AT THE RESORT AT THE MOUNTAIN
• 20% off daily greens fees, Sunday through Friday after 1 PM
• $25 greens fees on Wednesdays
• 10% off at the Altitude and mallards restaurants
• 20% off massages, facials and nail treatments Sunday through Friday
• 15% off purchases in the Golf shop and Riverstone Gift Gallery

RESERVE 7 NIGHTS & THE 7th NIGHT IS FREE

AAA, AARP or MILITARY - Take 5% off the Regular Rate

Mt Hood Vacation Rentals is recommended to travelers by Discover Vacation Homes, the official public resource on vacation rental travel, operated by the long-standing Vacation Rental Managers Association. All of the organization’s member companies, including Mt Hood Vacation Rentals, subscribe to a Code of Ethics and Practices to ensure guests are provided a quality lodging experience.

ABOUT MT HOOD VACATION RENTALS
Mt Hood Vacation Rentals has been the premiere professional vacation rental management company on the south side of Mt Hood since 1991. Homes managed by Mt Hood Vacation Rentals have a reputation for their cleanliness, comfort, quality and amenities. Mt Hood Vacation Rentals is proud of their reputation for excellence, which is testimony to their commitment of providing the most professional and friendly customer service in the area. Guests return to Mt Hood Vacation Rentals year after year with confidence, knowing that the accommodations and the service they receive is top notch and will make their vacation memorable.

ABOUT DISCOVER VACATION HOMES
Discover Vacation Homes is the trusted public voice on vacation rentals, providing an official resource for vacation rental travel information. As the awareness initiative of the Vacation Rental Managers Association, it represents tens of thousands of professionally managed rental homes, condos and villas from hundreds of the most well established vacation rental companies in North America, Central America and the Caribbean.



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Mt Hood Vacation Rentals Guest Survey - Fall 2010



Many thanks to our past guests who completed this fall's Guest Survey.  Your answers help us to know what you are looking for when you stay in a Mt Hood Vacation Rental and to serve you even better, the next time you visit.

There was a good cross-section of guests who completed the survey.  The vacation rentals you stayed in were spread evenly across our inventory of homes.  You visit Mt Hood throughout all of the seasons of the year.  And you all agreed (65% - 88% of you) that the most important factors in making the final decision of which home to stay in were:

• The home had the amenities you wanted
• The home was in the location you wanted
• The home had enough bedrooms and bathrooms
• The home was available for your desired dates
• The rental rate of the home was a good value

However, surprising to us is that for about half of you, the decor and style of the home was only a consideration; for the other half of you it was very important.

 

• When asked to rate amenities on a scale of 1 - 5, with 5 being very important, you all mostly agreed here, too.

• 73% rated riverfront or creekfront as a 4 or 5
• 72% rated secluded settings as a 4 or 5
• 66% rated fireplace or woodstove as a 4 or 5
• 62% rated a hot tub as 4 or 5
• 60% rated decor & style as a 4 or 5

Even though 26% of you told us you visit for skiing, snowboarding and snowplay, 44% gave the importance of staying in a home at the snowline a 1; 26% of you rated the snowline location as a 3.

A pet-friendly home was rated as a 5 for 34% of you.  And 43% said it was not important.

Your reasons to visit are varied.  However, a whopping 72% told us that you come to relax.  The top reasons to visit are:

• 36% visit for a Friends' Gathering
• 26% visit to Ski/Snowboard/Snowshoe/Snowplay
• 26% visit to Hike
• 25% visit for a Romantic Getaway/Anniversary, Honeymoon, Proposal
• 25% visit while on an Oregon Vacation
• 12% visit for a Family Reunion
• 12% visit for a Birthday Celebration

And it turns out that of our guests who answered this survey, you tend to be in the 30-59 age group and traveling without kids. 

• 54% visited without anyone under the age of 18.  Of those who did travel with kids, 38% brought 1-3 children with them.
• 52% had 1 or 2 in the group aged 19-30
• 66% had 1 or 2 in the group aged 31-45
• 61% had 1 or 2 in the group aged 46-59
• 44% had 1 or 2 in the group aged over 60; equally 44% had no-one in the age group

Over 60% rated our website, mthoodrentals.com with a 5.

• 64.5% gave top ratings to Gathering information about the homes
• 63.5% gave top ratings to Overall navigation of website
• 61.9% gave top ratings to Ease of online booking
• 61.3% gave top ratings to Searching for homes

 

A few of you mentioned that you would like to see the address to the home on the website.  We do not give out addresses to homes until check-ins to protect the privacy and honor the security of other guests and to protect the overall security of the home.  As noted above, 72% of you told us that a secluded location is important to you.  And 40-60% of our guests live within a 2-hour drive which makes it easy to drive up to the mountain in advance of their visit to check out the home.  When you are visiting, we do not want you to be disturbed by a future guest who is just looking around.  This policy ensures that everyone will enjoy their private and secluded vacation.

 

We do try to post as many photos of the surrounding area as possible, so you can get an idea of the type of neighborhood and the proximity of other homes. We also have 360 virtual tours for each home posted on the website. You can find the virtual tour by clicking on the Overview page of each home, then scrolling down to the end of the text and clicking on "Take the Tour".

 

How do you prefer to make your reservation?

• 64% said you prefer to book online
• 62% said they would prefer to email us
• 38% said your least preferred method of contact is by phone, while 38% said your most preferred method of contact is by phone

38% of you have a smart phone and 91% of you use it to view emails.  The next most popular use at 57% is for using the GPS to find our office and your rental home.  We want to warn you that GPS systems are often inaccurate in the Mt Hood area.  The tall trees and mountains sometimes get in the way of the satellites; it is not uncommon for our guests who use GPS's without referring to the maps and directions we give you to get lost.

 

How can we do better?

 

Besides asking for addresses for homes, the most common requests are to provide more detailed descriptions and photos of the homes and surrounding landscape on our website.  We will work on that during the next 6 months.  You also made miscellaneous comments regarding maintenance and housekeeping. We strive to keep our homes beautifully maintained and cleaned; during October and November, we are doing a thorough deep clean of all of our vacation homes. We are also servicing furnaces, woodstoves and fireplaces, septic systems, cleaning all gutters and windows and having our carpets and upholstery professionally cleaned.

 

You had lots of great compliments, too.  Most of the compliments were also regarding the maintenance and housekeeping.  We heard several comments like the one below:

 

"It was beautiful, relaxing, the house was perfect for our vacation, quiet, peaceful, and the hot tub was great! We had a WONDERFUL time and will definately be back!"
"Location & pet friendly-ness. I love that we can stay in an exceptionally beautiful and clean home with our pets."
"The whole rental was amazing. The location, how secluded it was, that INCREDIBLE kitchen, the amenities (seriously, how soft those sheets were!). I have traveled extensively and this ranks in the top two trips. Thanks!"
"Everything about the home was exactly how it was described and explained both on the website and by your wonderful and very helpful office staff. They were very responsive and friendly. The home was clean and amenities were great"
"We loved that the kitchen was well stocked for cooking. The home was cozy and felt clean, not like a "revolving door "rental."

 

A very common sentiment is "It was very secluded, yet near to everything. We absolutely adored the privacy of the personal hot tub overlooking the river."

 

Congratulations to Karen S. of Washington.  She won our random drawing of all survey takers.  She will receive an adult lift ticket and an annual Sno-park permit when she stays in a Mt Hood Vacation Rental this winter season.

 

If you would like to make a reservation at a Mt Hood Vacation Rental, please contact us:

 

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