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So you want to stay in Idyllwild, and maybe take in a great hike with fantastic views. Here is what you will experience first hand. Enjoy IVC  IMPORTANT READ FOR VACATION CABIN OWNERS AND OUR GUESTS
We at Idyllwild Vacation Cabins would like to say thank you to all cabin owners and all those that stayed in our vacation properties. It was a challenging 2019 for many. Many of the people that live in Idyllwild area found 2019 very unpredictable following the devastation of Mother Nature unleashing catastrophic rains on the mountain on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2019. On that day, Mother Nature had literally washed out and closed Highways 243 and 74. Initially, we thought the road crews would get to work and get the roads reopened quickly, but we were all stunned to find out that the monsoon rains and caused severe damage at nearly 100 locations and would be closed for an undetermined time !! This meant that visitors to Idyllwild would have two of the three major arteries shut down indefinitely until a plan could be put in place to rebuild them. It got worse when we found out that funds were a problem after officials found out how much early would have to be moved. So much so in fact, that crews began working 24 hours a day — month after month. We don’t think some really had a grasp of how bad it really was here — but it was worrisome to many who depend on vacationers to Idyllwild - including our vacation home owners. What it really meant was that vacationers had to add several more hours to their commute time to come to the Idyllwild area. As it ultimately turned out, these two major arteries were shut down for nine months !! It wasn’t until Thanksgiving weekend that the roads were officially reopened, and boy was that a time for celebration. We were told by so many customers checking in that the journey up was really long and they likely would not return until those roads were reopened. The early impact on some vacation home owners in the community was pretty apparent and we knew that we needed to do more to keep visitors coming into the community. What we did see was that the loss of visitors hit other vacation rental firms pretty hard. You could hear it on the street and in local cafes. Knowing this was going to be a longer term problem, we hunkered down and got creative. We focused on our websites, promoted more specials, put more efforts into our Facebook page and began more advertising on both Facebook and Google. The great news is that this hard work really paid off handsomely. We tripled the number of Facebook followers in 2019. We focused on getting more vacationer from the San Diego region to come up - and come up more often because the road for them was unaffected by the road outages. Recently we examined our efforts and they were surprising. The number of visitors to our main website during 2019 was up 72% over 2018, and the number of pages visited was up 54%. In spite of 2 of the 3 main roads being completely washed out for a full nine months, business was up 35% and the number of booked nights had increased by 20.9% over the previous year. This wasn’t easy, but we did it. With a lot of hard work, 2019 was a good year for Idyllwild Vacation Cabins, Inc. We’d like to say thank you to all those cabin owners who had faith in us to do our best. I’d also like to say thank you to the my staff that really put in a lot of effort, to make sure that our visits were treated well and arrived to clean cabins. The reviews couldn’t have made us more proud. So again, thank you all for making 2019 a good year. Martha Idyllwild Vacation Rentals (not to be confused with my business, Idyllwild Vacation Cabins) has been in business for more than 30 years, and for years, has been located just down the street at 54280 North Circle Drive, Idyllwild, CA. Like us, they offered property management services to property owners who have wanted to rent their homes out as a vacation rental.
I'm a big believer in WHAT GOES AROUND - COMES AROUND. You might ask why I mentioned this, but it has everything to do with how I run my business. I'll never forget when the current owner of Idyllwild Vacation Rentals came into my office and asked if I could answer a few questions about the business what was for sale down the street. I quickly discovered that this woman was talking about a local competitor's business was up for sale down and this woman was interested. I paused momentarily and thought, why should I help a future competitor? Well, that lasted only for a few seconds, and I thought, here is another woman wishing to own her own business, and I remember me being in that exact same spot years earlier. Why shouldn't I help? Well, as it turned out, she bought that business and we've been respectful competitors for years. Recently, I became aware that the office was closed - more often than in the past. I thought something isn't right. I soon found out that there was an important health crisis in the family and that demanded her priority - and that she couldn't do both and was considering some hard choices. When I called her to see if there was anything I could do to help. I even offered to help care for her properties for a few month till things settle down. She simply said that she would give me the properties that I thought made sense. This was the part where I feel that my helping her out early on is being paid forward and her way of thanking me for my kindness many years earlier. I have come away from experience with a number of new properties that I'm sure that my customers will love - and all of this was due to kindness. The next time you find yourself in this kind of position, just remember that there are still a lot of people out there that are very kind and still very genuine. Don't give up on humanity just yet. For those home owners that looking for the highest rated vacation rental agency in Idyllwild, we're here to help. You can find out about us at this link. https://www.idyllwildvacationcabins.com Martha Idyllwild Vacation Cabins Owner Idyllwild Vacation Rentals (not to be confused with my business, Idyllwild Vacation Cabins) has been in business since 1993 and for years, has been located just down the street at 54280 North Circle Drive, Idyllwild, CA. Like us, they offered property management services to property owners who have wanted to rent their homes out as a vacation rental.
I'm a big believer in WHAT GOES AROUND - COMES AROUND. You might ask why I mentioned this, but it has everything to do with how I run my business. I'll never forget when the current owner of Idyllwild Vacation Rentals came into my office and asked if I could answer a few questions about the business what was for sale down the street. I quickly discovered that this woman was talking about a local competitor's business was up for sale down and this woman was interested. I paused momentarily and thought, why should I help a future competitor? Well, that lasted only for a few seconds, and I thought, here is another woman wishing to own her own business, and I remember me being in that exact same spot years earlier. Why shouldn't I help? Well, as it turned out, she bought that business and we've been respectful competitors for years. Recently, I became aware that the office was closed - more often than in the past. I thought something isn't right. I soon found out that there was an important health crisis in the family and that demanded her priority - and that she couldn't do both and was considering some hard choices. When I called her to see if there was anything I could do to help. I even offered to help care for her properties for a few month till things settle down. She simply said that she would give me the properties that I thought made sense. This was the part where I feel that my helping her out early on is being paid forward and her way of thanking me for my kindness many years earlier. I have come away from experience with a number of new properties that I'm sure that my customers will love - and all of this was due to kindness. The next time you find yourself in this kind of position, just remember that there are still a lot of people out there that are very kind and still very genuine. Don't give up on humanity just yet. For those home owners that looking for the highest rated vacation rental agency in Idyllwild, we're here to help. You can find out about us at this link. https://www.idyllwildvacationcabins.com Martha Idyllwild Vacation Cabins Owner Due to heavy rains on Valentine's Day (2019), both Hwy 243 (Banning to Idyllwild) and 74 (Hemet to Idyllwild) were washed out. Since then, there has been a major effort to get both roads open. As of today, 74 has been reopened with traffic flowing in one direction at a time, with a piloted escort 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. So come on up for air. Map curtesy Idyllwild Vacation Cabins  Caltrans and other public officials met with the public Thursday night in Idyllwild. Work on Highway 74 will continue for months. They are hoping that by Labor Day it can be opened 24 hours a day with flagging control.
Until then, 3rd District Supervisor Chuck Washington and Caltrans announced that the weekend hours (with escorts) will be 4 a.m. to midnight Saturday and Sunday. This begins Saturday, June 15. And for the Fourth of July, the hours will be extended to Thursday, July 4, and Friday, July 5. No announcement was made on the progress on Highway 243. That will take much longer. The meeting, at Idyllwild School, was organized by the Mountain Disaster Preparedness Group. Attendance was estimated to be nearly 400 people.f Source: Idyllwild Town Crier https://idyllwildtowncrier.com/2019/06/14/caltrans-to-keep-highway-74-open-longer-during-weekends You've entered the Idyllwild Vacation Cabins Reservation System and want to filter your choices. Here is a tip that will allow you to search for the ideal cabin by searching only cabins with desired amenities. Depending on the size of your smartphone, many don't realize that if they turn their smartphone sideways, they will see more data horizontally. Once done, depending on the size and resolution of their phone, they'll now see a list of settings to filter the search results based on price range, number of bedrooms and baths, and more interesting, cabin amenities. The desired search results appear instantly. Here is the difference based on orientation.  On Valentine's Day, February 14, 2019, heavy rains poured down across the Inland Empire, causing closures to numerous roads. The two biggest road closures were CA-74 coming out of Hemet and CA-243 coming up from Banning. The news has really dramatized many into thinking that Idyllwild and Pine Cove were inaccessible and cut off, and that simply is not true.
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