It’s primetime fishing season on Broken Bow Lake. I recommend KD’s Crappie Guide Service.
For an outstanding bass fishing trip, contact Bryce Archey at BrokenBowLakeGuide.com.
Bryce and I have “Fish and Stay” discount packages available in conjunction with Mountain Vista Luxury Cabin.
Sunset at Mountain Vista Cabin
Arrive on Sunday’s or Monday’s in April and your fourth night is free at Mountain Vista!
Spring break is winding down and we’ve been packed with guests from across the ArkLaTex. Things slow down a bit in April and it’s a perfect time to enjoy Beavers Bend State Park.
Ah…love this old tune from Electric Light Orchestra. It instantly came to mind after a call we received yesterday.
A nice lady had been calling numerous cabin companies searching for a quick getaway to Beavers Bend. She’d stumbled across our website among “many others.” We were the first to call her back and others hadn’t for several days.
It’s difficult to return calls when you’re overseeing 30-80 luxury cabins. How’d you like to be the owner of an expensive property? You hire someone to market it and the company won’t simply “pick up that telephone.”
There are tons of wonderful companies to do business with in Beavers Bend State Park. But if they won’t return your call promptly…don’t let it bring you down!
Call us at Mountain Vista luxury cabin near Broken Bow Lake. Unless we’re on an airplane, you’ll be surprised that we actually return calls and emails promptly.
[/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]
Vojai’s Winery
Vojai’s Winery opened a few weeks ago and I received the grand tour from their wonderful staff and owner, Vojai Reed.
Vojai is a long-time fixture and business leader in the Beavers Bend State Park area. She also had a monumental career in professional fishing.
The beautiful building has an outdoor seating area, tasting room and gift shop. If you can’t find a great Beavers Bend souvenir gift here, you’re not trying!
Vojai’s Winery features a variety of wines that are made in-house.
Vojai and my late mother were local television stars in southeastern Oklahoma during the early 1980’s. KLOP Television developed a cable station that provided local sports, news and variety shows in McCurtain County. It was very forward thinking and the mastermind of prominent businessman, Jewel B. Callaham.
My mother and Vojai hosted a 30-minute cooking show that became the talk of the town. As I recall, the great looking meals they prepared always seemed to look better on television than when mom tried to replicate them at home!
We only have a few more weekends open through the summer at Mountain Vista cabin. Make your reservations now and don’t wait until the last-minute to book holiday dates.
I enjoyed visiting with Vojai and learning about her fantastic new winery. Their staff is tremendous and I give them five-stars for customer service. They even have plans for expansion to their spacious new facility in Beavers Bend.
The winery business is booming in Beavers Bend with Girls Gone Wine, Vojai’s Winery and another new one, Fish Tale Winery and Vineyards. I also toured Fish Tale last week and will have a feature on them soon.
Make sure to visit this new winery in Beavers Bend during your next trip to Mountain Vista cabin. Vojai’s Winery is only a few minutes from the Beavers Bend State Park entrance. It’s located off Highway 259 North in Hochatown, behind Stevens Gap Restaurant. Contact them at (580) 494-7687.
Jerry and Sherri Isbell, BeaversBendVacations.com “Mountain Vista”
1. Never pay add-on charges for insurance, firewood, cleaning or resort fees. I’ve written about this extensively through the years.
2. Research the cabin owners or property management group. How long have they been in business? If you can’t find scores of positive, verifiable media about them, look elsewhere.
3. Get a secluded cabin. This is one of the top complaints from guests who travel to Beavers Bend. Sometimes it’s difficult to be certain until arrival. Tricky picture angles of cabins can make it look scenic and isolated. Once you arrive at the cabin…boom! You see another cabin nearby and 15 people are doing Karaoke to Bon Jovi in the parking lot! We have acres of seclusion in the upscale Southern Hills Addition.
4. Don’t settle for unprofessionalism. If your emails and calls aren’t returned promptly, kick them to the curb.
5. Don’t allow yourself to be nickel and dimed. Read the terms and conditions on each website. It’s usually a plethora of fees and “gotcha’s”.
6. Check references. We have many public figures that have endorsed us.
7. Look for amenities. Many cabin owners and property management companies are too tight to provide free Starbucks, S’mores Kits, luxury linens and upscale hand soaps. Starbucks is one of many things “on the house” at Mountain Vista.
8. Does the cabin have many repeat guests? Ours are easy to find here on the blog.
9. Is your cabin owner or management company providing state-of-the-art-technology to enhance your experience in Broken Bow? We created Beavers Bend’s first app with Mobile Roadie, a global leader in Los Angeles. Our app wasn’t made in someone’s garage!
10. Trust your gut and do a little homework. If you’re renting from a company with 30-50 cabins on a website, how much attention to detail can they truly provide before your arrival?
There are many great cabins in Beavers Bend. Choose the right fit for you. Sherri and I have fit in well with guests through the years and enjoy having many repeat visitors.
Take my top 10 Beavers Bend cabin rental tips to heart…your getaway to the Kiamichi Mountains will be much more worry-free by simply doing a little homework.
Get to the Broken Bow Lake area soon. Two-million tourists flock here for a reason…It’s gorgeous!
Broken Bow Lake visitors are enjoying fantastic spring weather this week. Just because warmer temperatures have arrived in Beavers Bend, there is no need for your pocketbook to become overheated because of needless luxury cabin fees.
A plethora of cabin management companies are charging over 20% for add-on fees in Beavers Bend. These wallet-stuffing surcharges include cleaning, insurance, firewood and resort fees. We never gouge guests with these fees at Mountain Vista.
Scores of luxury cabin owners and visitors have told us they appreciate Broken Bow cabin renting tips like this on our blog. We feel add-on fees in Beavers Bend are unnecessary. Our blog continues to grow and is read by thousands each month. We try to provide education about the area and also help you save money along the way.
In addition to add-on fees in Beavers Bend, there is another critical element you need to consider before renting a luxury cabin in Broken Bow. How secluded is it? Websites pictures can often be deceiving and you arrive to find the Smith’s family reunion is only a few yards away next door!
Make sure you will truly have a secluded acreage before renting a cabin. There are many wonderful cabins in Beavers Bend. Some are very nice but not secluded. Many are secluded…do your homework.
The two biggest complaints we hear from people staying at other cabins in Beavers Bend are paying add-on fees and a lack of seclusion. You will not have that issue at Mountain Vista! We feature acres of isolation, free s’mores kits and upscale accommodations.
Reservations are quickly filling and there are only a few weekends available until August. Make sure to get the Beavers Bend app we created and accept “push notification” when downloading. This allows us to text you VIP offers. We only send a few per-month and our app fans will tell you there are occasionally some “very special deals!”
You’re dealing with us, the owners, when reserving our vacation home. This is very different protocol compared to renting a luxury cabin from a company touting 30-50 cabins. This has always been a strong selling point for us and we enjoy having great relationships with many guests.
Remember to be on the lookout for add-on fees in Beavers Bend and make your plans to visit Mountain Vista soon. Contact us at 405-535-8055 if we can help plan your next trip to beautiful Broken Bow Lake.
By Jerry Isbell
Check-in on Monday or Tuesday and receive 20% off. Stay three-nights and your fourth is free!
Our Spring Break dates are full for Texas and Oklahoma weeks with the exception of one night. We have March 13th available. We normally don’t do single-night reservations but will consider it since these dates are in such high demand.
January has been extremely busy at Mountain Vista in Beavers Bend. Two new flat-screen televisions have been installed upstairs and most of our gigantic triple-level deck has been stained.
Recent guests left us an amazing note stating “this is the best equipped luxury rental kitchen I’ve ever seen.”
That’s always great to hear and we certainly try! The kitchen is Sherri’s area of expertise and she does a tremendous job of stocking it with everything you will probably need when visiting the Broken Bow Lake area. Our fully stocked spice cabinet receives rave reviews from Mountain Vista visitors. We’ve discovered a new “favorite” spice for our steaks and it will be added to the cabinet soon!
Mountain Vista visitors always receive free s’mores kits. Unlike others, we offer them 365 days per-year. Our kits feature no generic junk…only name brand ingredients!
Dates remain available for our Beavers Bend cabin February promotion. Contact us at 405-535-8055. We offer other periodic specials to the thousands who have our app, download it here.
Our state-of-the-art app was designed in Los Angeles by the same company that created app’s for Bon Jovi, Madonna and jason Aldean. We spared no expense with it. Needless to say, it wasn’t designed in someone’s basement in Broken Bow!
There are usually many fantastic weather days during February in Beavers Bend State Park. Make your plans to take in a sunset at Mountain Vista soon. Our 20-mile view of serenity will help cure the Winter Blues!
1. Paying for firewood… Are you kidding me? You’re in the woods, kenneling is cheap for all of us to purchase. Tell them you can Keep The Fire Burnin’ yourself.
2. Paying ridiculous “Resort Fee” charges… I’m not sure what this means, it’s a new fee to visitors of Beavers Bend luxury cabins. I’ve been asked about this one frequently. If you see this charge, ask a few questions.
3. Paying extra cleaning fee charges upfront… If you do this, you deserve to be taken to the cleaners. Leave your luxury cabin tidy upon departure or you should pay an extra charge. Never pay for guest gouging tactics like this.
4. Paying extra insurance fees… This one baffles me and yet scores of visitors continue to pay this unnecessary fee. Do a little math and you’ll figure out that the cabin management company’s insurance premium + rentals = a great deal for them and a bad one for you.
5. Cabin owners toting the note…As a luxury cabin owner in Beavers Bend for many years, I’ve experienced gouging charges from Broken Bow Lake cabin management companies. If you’re a luxury cabin owner wanting your property marketed properly and ethically, here’s what you need to do:
Demand a nice sign for curb appeal and professionally produced videos and photographs, not the homemade ones you see on various sites. You should also have professionally produced marketing collaterals for your upscale retreat. Don’t settle for minor league marketing.
Contact us and view our marketing at BeaversBendVacations.com. Judge for yourself if we can improve your media. If you’d like to be a part of Beavers Bend’s only app we created and reach thousands, let us know. Beavers Bend cabins: 5 Things To Avoid…Avoid them!
Contact us at 405-545-8055 or at BeaversBendVacations.com.
By Jerry Isbell
I stop there frequently and recently needed a quick bite of breakfast before heading out of town from our Mountain Vista luxury cabin. Their egg, cheese and ham omelette was amazing!
The Shady Oaks friendly staff is always courteous and they draw big crowds for breakfast, lunch and dinner for a good reason…They have outstanding food!
We also gave Shady Oaks the Best Burgers in Beavers Bend award earlier this year. They’re on a roll! We appreciate their quality and attention to detail. If you’re looking for down home cooking while visiting a luxury cabin in Broken Bow, OK, check them out! Many of our cabin visitors have dined with them upon our recommendation and all have reported having an outstanding experience.
Fall foliage season is just around the corner in Beavers Bend State Park and we have a limited number of dates available. Remember to take the Talimena Drive when visiting the Broken Bow Lake area. It’s an easy jaunt and will offer breathtaking views of the wonderful autumn foliage in our area.
Contact us at 405-535-8055 if we can help plan your next trip to Beavers Bend State Park. Nestled among towering pines, our Mountain Vista luxury cabin is a popular destination for those seeking a premiere upscale getaway. We’re located in the prestigious Southern Hills Addition and feature a stunning 20-mile view and acres of seclusion.
Many Beavers Bend visitors have thanked us for educating them on how to rent a luxury cabin in Beavers Bend. Remember, never pay additional fees for cleaning, insurance, firewood or resort charges. The resort charge is a new guest gouging tactic and we’re not really sure what it means.
We never charge any of these add-on fees. The firewood, plus additional amenities are always “on the house” at Mountain Vista!
By Jerry Isbell
If you are a luxury cabin owner and frustrated with exorbitant fees and poor marketing, we have solutions for you! We produce high quality videos and photographs highlighting the strengths of your luxury property.
Jerry Isbell