Adirondack Mountain Lodging Policies

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We offer Adirondack Mountain Lodging in cozy, private tupas, housekeeping cottages. Each contains living and dining areas; fully equipped kitchen with full size frost-free refrigerator-freezer, stove-oven-broiler, microwave, electric coffee maker, toaster, all pots, pans, utensils and dishware; separate bedrooms; bath with shower; electric baseboard heat and toasty woodstove. Linens and wood are supplied.

Pets are not permitted (excluding working service animals). We will be pleased to provide information regarding a local boarding kennel or nearby pet-friendly accommodations.

To cook or not to cook? You can have it either way at Lapland Lake! A full lunch menu is served in our Tuulen Tupa Grill daily. Saturday dinner service is offered at our Tuulen Tupa Grill. Our second food service location, the Kuuma Tupa Snack Bar, serves hot soup, chili and a variety of beverages and snacks on weekends and holiday weekdays.

Special Catered Tupa Menus are are available to our overnight guests seven days a week.  Overnight guests may order from our Catered Tupa Dinner Menu and from our Catered Tupa Breakfast Treats simply by placing orders with the friendly folks at our Tuulen Tupa Grill any day by 2pm. They will have your meal(s) prepared by the end of the day. Guests checking in after 2pm may call ahead to place dinner orders. Our staff will place your meals in your tupa's refrigerator - awaiting your arrival. Proper reheat instructions will be included. Then you may ski, ice-skate or tube under the lights and enjoy dinner at your leisure in your cozy Adk Mountain tupa!  Or sleep in and awake to breakfast pizza, fresh-baked muffins, scones, pumpkin bread, or apricot yogurt loaf.

There are also several area restaurants within a 15-20 minute drive. Their menus are available at the "Finnish Line" Lodge, and our staff will be pleased to place dinner reservations on your behalf.

Private rooms, ideal for singles or couples, are available in our Lapin Tupa Farmhouse non-holiday Sunday through Thursday nights. Rooms also become available on Fridays two weeks prior to any given date in the winter provided a large group has not reserved the house privately.

From December 1 - 19, 2013 and from March 9 - 31, 2014 all nights, including weekends, are offered at our Discounted Midweek Rates.

All nights from December 1 - 19 and from March 1 through the end of the 2014 snow season are protected by our 100% Snow Guarantee!  If your lodging reservation encompasses dates from December 1 -19 or from March 1 through the end of the winter season, there is limited skiing, and you decide to cancel, we will be pleased to apply your deposit to another stay within 12 months without penalty. If there is no skiing and you decide to cancel, we'll refund your lodging deposit without penalty! It's our no-risk guarantee! (Condition determinations made by management at least 24-hours in advance.)

Beginning April 1 until the end of the winter season, take advantage of winter fun combined with our lowest lodging rates of the year including our 100% Snow Guarantee!

• 8% sales tax applies. No other hotel taxes are imposed, and Lapland Lake is a non-tipping resort.
  
• Tupas are fully equipped, including linens: sheets, pillowcases, towels and blankets. Tupas are cleaned thoroughly after each use (there is no daily maid service).
  
• Guests at Lapland delight in quality time spent with one another. Televisions and telephones are pleasantly absent from our tupas. Incoming messages are cheerfully delivered to your tupa from 10am-5pm (after hours in event of emergency.)
• Lapland Lake provides its winter day visitors and year round overnight guests with complimentary local and long distance service within the Continental United States via a telephone located in our "Wax Room". This room is accessible 24/7. Those wishing to make international calls, including calls to Alaska and Hawaii, need to do so using an international calling card (available for purchase from the "Finnish Line" office during regular business hours). Please note: incoming calls to this telephone may be received without charge from anywhere in the world.
  
• Lapland Lake provides a complimentary high-speed wireless signal in our "Finnish Line" Lodge and in our Tuulen Tupa Grill for guests who bring personal electronic devices. Please note that security and access settings for devices may vary and are the responsibility of the guest. Lapland Lake is unable to provide computers or technical assistance.
  
• A fax machine is available during office hours. There is no fee for incoming faxes. Outgoing faxes are charged at $1.00 per page.
  
• Cell service is not yet available in the Benson township, but service is available in the nearby Village of Northville.
  
• Lapland Lake is a non-smoking facility; smoking is prohibited inside all buildings. We thank you for your cooperation.
  
• Lodging guests may arrive as soon as trails open for the day and enjoy skiing, snowshoeing, tubing and other public facilities until their tupa is prepared. If your tupa was not rented the night prior, in most instances you will be able to settle in as early as 11am. When tupas are changing over from guest to guest, we endeavor to have cleaning completed by 4pm. However, during excessively active lodging periods, tupas may be prepared somewhat later.
  
• Check-out time is 11:00am, but guests are welcome to enjoy our public facilities until 4:30pm on day of departure. A public shower with changing room is available. (If your tupa is not rented on the evening of your checkout, a 4:00pm checkout is available for a nominal fee of $20/adult and $10/child ages 6-17. Please confirm availability with a member of our reservations staff.)
  
• Pets are not permitted, excluding working service animals. A kennel is located south of the resort in the Town of Perth; we will be pleased to provide details.
  

We appreciate your cooperation in understanding that reservations ensure your accommodations will be available as you have requested them and assures Lapland Lake that accommodations are sold as confirmed. Please read the following terms closely. Receipt of your deposit serves as acceptance of Lapland Lake’s deposit-refund policy as detailed below.

• Deposits:
  To confirm a lodging reservation a 50% deposit is required at the time of booking. The balance is payable at time of check-out.
   

• Cancellations:
  We are a small resort, rather off the beaten path (we prefer it this way). As such, cancellations affect us significantly.
  
  Cancellations made up to 21 days before arrival (up to 42 days for our largest units, Latu and Lapin Tupas, and for groups renting three or more tupas) are subject to a $30 per tupa cancellation fee. The balance of your deposit will be refunded promptly.
  
  If you cancel your reservation for any reason, including inclement weather, within the 21/42 day window, we will endeavor to re-rent your tupa(s) to another party. If we are successful, a per tupa $30 cancellation fee will apply and the balance of your deposit will be refunded promptly. If we are unable to successfully re-rent your tupa, you will forfeit the full amount of your deposit.
  
  For any reason, should you arrive after the date specified as your arrival date or depart prior to the final date of your reservation, you will be responsible for payment of your entire stay as originally booked.
   

• Holiday Deposits and 100% Prepayments:
  If your reservation is held within a holiday period (the Christmas-New Year’s holiday period, Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend or Presidents’ Weekend) your final balance is due 21 days prior to your arrival date. This 100% prepayment is non-refundable for any reason, including inclement weather.
  
  Should you find it necessary to cancel your reservation with 21 or fewer days notice (42 or fewer days’ notice for Latu or Lapin Tupas, and for groups renting three or more tupas), we will endeavor to re-rent your tupa. If we are able to successfully re-rent your tupa for the exact dates of your stay, we will refund your 100% prepayment less a $30 per tupa  cancellation fee.
   

• Payment:
  Payment may be made by cash, MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Discover, personal or  traveler’s checks made payable to Lapland Lake, Inc. There will be a $30 charge on any returned check.

If we are fully booked for the dates/size tupa you require, or if you are looking for pet-friendly alternatives, please let us know and we will be happy to provide information on nearby accommodations.

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