Guest User
October 20, 2023
I rely on reviews for the safety & comfort of my family. At booking, not many reviews, & a lot of availability. However, could tell from pictures that rooms were recently renovated. We were happily rewarded with quiet, comfortable, accommodations that felt like home away from home. This is a family owned & run place. Inn keepers went above & beyond when we needed something. Wife & daughter used pool several times and met awesome people (families) at the pool. Our car AC went out half way through trip in triple digit heat a quarter of the way through Kansas, and they offered info on several options for repair in the area. With it being 4th of July weekend, and the mild temperatures in South Dakota, we decided to wait till we got to a major city with a dealership. Inn keepers regularly talked with guests in the mornings. Coolest thing was a wooden map of the US on the wall with pins of where their guests visited from. They take a genuine interest in their guests. When we arrived, the place was fully booked. One of our next door neighbors were so quiet, we thought they were out and about and that it was odd they had their shoes on the porch. They were that quiet. Other neighbors were only heard during the day. Close to road, but we never heard traffic. My wife is ultra sensitive to this, but she did not hear a peep of road noise. The road is not as busy of a road as it looks on Google Maps. Location was perfect - centrally located for all our destinations for this trip. Positives = too many to count. Negative = The bathroom had a funky smell. Big worry that I have is that this place will become too popular with bookings required a year in advance. Recommend booking directly on Lantern Inn website. Big clear agreement on refund policy. Your choice - book or not. To me, it is reasonable. Yes, it bites hard if something were to come up, causing us to miss out on vacation and value of staying without a refund. However, we just prepared for that risk, knowing the agreement we made. We will definitely stay again when we return to the area (fingers crossed that there will be availability). Ben from Houston