Madeline Island Vacations from $1,044

Very run down property. Water dripping from the ceiling of the bathroom, musty smell, overall need of remodeling. I wore slipper socks and they became wet from the carpeting. The one amenity I needed was a hairdryer and none provided. No one on site - kiosk checkin. Also found it creepy that the front entry door remains open when there isn’t staff onsite.

There is no front desk. Had to check-in following instructions in a message in the hotels.com app. We arrived late at night and this was an inconvenience to get a code to enter our room.

First of all, don't use google maps if you are arriving in the dark! Google told us we had "arrived at our location" and we had no idea where we were except on a dark, county road. The signage to the hotel from the county road is NON-EXISTENT. Next, this is a ski lodge, so imagine a room that gets pretty beat up by guests during the winter. (We stayed here during the summer.) Don't expect any nearby restaurants, because there are none--at least in the summer. But it was a place to stay. The room was fairly clean but could used some updating.

Even though we arrived prior to check in, we were able to get into our very clean room. The breakfast was much better than at a lot of hotels. It kept us fueled until dinner.