We stayed at Retreat at the Lake for Allegheny College's graduation weekend. I would imagine most people come here for the lake, but I never even laid eyes on the lake while I was here.
My son was graduating from Allegheny in May, and as of the September before, there were no hotel rooms available in the area - I was in a panic. I turned to VRBO and found Retreat at the Lake, and it could not have worked out better! For the price of a couple of hotel rooms, we had a four-bedroom place with a full kitchen, back deck, yard with a firepit...perfect!
After graduation my son and several of his friends and their families all came over to the house. We had a cookout, relaxed, got to hear the kids' stories, got to meet my son's friends and their families - it was a great time!
I would highly recommend this location to anyone with a college student there - book it every year for move-out weekend, and you have a place for family and friends to hang out and relax. The kitchen was great, we cooked on the grill, we prepped steamers on the firepit...
My one word of caution is that I would not have wanted to have young kids at the house, because the upstairs has a rail that overlooks the family room. If I had young kids at the house, that (fairly low) rail would make me nervous. But for adults, an absolutely perfect place to hang out and relax.
Randy was very responsive and helpful to questions by text.
Many thanks for a great weekend stay!