I tried to cancel my reservation for Memorial Day weekend about 2 weeks beforehand because I just received a diagnosis that my dog had a mast cell tumor (cancer). I was told that I would not get any refund unless they could book the cottage to someone else (that is not a refund - it is reselling the room). Fortunately,...
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Point Reyes Station
Amenities:
Free Parking
Kitchenette
Pets Allowed
Ranked #6 of 17 B&Bs / Inns in Point Reyes Station
- Official Description (provided by the hotel):
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After ten years of hard work at night and on weekends, with not much more than our carpentry skills and determination, we had a home. We raised children, chickens, vegetables, fruit trees and honey bees here, making blackberry jam every summer. We built the wood-fired oven in the garden, a pond, Jasmine Cottage, Gray’s Retreat and the Barn Loft. I was a professional artist for many years, then commuted from the Schoolhouse to U.C. Berkeley to become a landscape architect. Twenty-five years ago I converted the carriage house to Jasmine Cottage. It was the very first cottage open to visitors as a Point Reyes vacation rental. Point Reyes area lodging at the time was just a few traditional bed and breakfasts in Inverness with a couple small motels on that side of Tomales Bay. Inverness was the place for holidays then; Point Reyes was a working cow town. Nobody thought visitors would want to stay in the little town of Pt. Reyes. Because I offered a secluded garden cottage with an invitation to bring the children and the family dog, Jasmine Cottage was instantly popular as a romantic get-away and a family retreat. Sixteen years ago I designed and built the barn that houses Gray’s Retreat and the Barn Loft, intended as places for our extended family to visit and as part-time vacation rentals.
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