Lake Tahoe Rental – The Alpine View Condo

This is a beautiful Lake Tahoe vacation rental condo titled “The Alpine View Condo” in a stunning Mountain setting, backing up to tons of forest service land and skiing and hiking trails. You can fly fish in the Truckee River across the street! Situated in beautiful Christmas Valley just walk out the front door and all of your outdoor adventures are ready to begin. The condo is located just 15 minutes away from Sierra at Tahoe and Heavenly and is about a half an hour to Kirkwood; also it is only 15 minutes to many of Lake Tahoe’s famous beaches and nightlife. This three level condo features an updated “pottery barn “décor that can comfortably sleep up to 8 people. The condo has three bedrooms and two full baths and also boasts satellite television and wireless high speed internet. Also this condo is set with beautiful views of Echo summit and the surrounding peaks which can be enjoyed from the two decks. Take advantage of the fully appointed kitchen or eat out at one of the many nearby restaurants or fire up the grill out on the deck and enjoy the sunshine. Whatever you choose this is a great unit which is versatile enough to accommodate a family or even a couple just trying to get away.

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Lake Tahoe Vacation Rentals: A Great Value?

It has come to my attention that many folks traveling or planning to travel to Lake Tahoe have the impression that staying in a cheap, moderate or even luxury hotel are getting a better value as the per night charge appears to be much less than a beautifully appointed Lake Tahoe Vacation Rental. On the surface it might seem that is the case but lets “do the math”. We need to take into account the number of people traveling, their eating habits and how many beds the group will need. As an example we will use the classic case of Mom, Dad and two teenage siblings. Probably they would request 3 separate bedding arrangements and privacy will be taken into account. At least (2) two motel rooms will be required for this scenario.

Advertised motel rate $89 per night x (2) = $178. Add the mandatory 10% Tax and the total per night for the two rooms will be $195.80. Assume this is a weekend ski getaway for (2) nights and the room total will be $391.60.

Now you have to eat, right? Let’s assume that this group arrives on Friday night and after checking in are hungry for dinner and they decide on Applebees. (2) appetizers, (4) entres, (2) soft drinks and (2) adult beverages and they skip dessert. Total= $86.00 + 20% tip = $103.20.

Day 1 food : Breakfast for (4) at Denny’s: $52.80 Lunch for (4) on the mountain:$54.00. Apres ski beverages at the lodge: $34.00 Dinner that evening at Chili’s: $93.60.

Day 2 food: Breakfast for (4) at a local breakfast joint: $57.60. Lunch again on the mountain: $54.00 and a light meal driving home at a fast food joint: $28.00

Total Lodging and food expenditures for the weekend: $868.80. And you had to stay in a cramped motel room !

Now, lets take on of Pinnacle Lake Tahoe Getaways vacation rental units that would have accommodated this group perfectly. Property number 3494RC is a gorgeous South Lake Home minutes to Heavenly Mountain Resort, Lake Tahoe Beaches and the famous South Lake Tahoe nightlife. The property features (3) large bedrooms, gorgeous kitchen, (2) bathrooms, large living area with flat screen TV, DVD, and WiFi! The rate “out the door” which includes all taxes and fees would have been for this hypothetical winter ski weekend $629.04. Assuming that $150 in groceries will feed this group including adult beverages and sodas for the weekend the total cost to stay in a fabulous vacation rental would have been $779.04!! A savings of about $90 bucks! “Do the math”! A Lake Tahoe Vacation rental just makes so much more sense that a cramped motel or hotel room it isn’t even funny!