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I booked this place primarily for the location to get ski in/out access at Palisades. The Palisades Tahoe Lodge is certainly good for that. The front desk people were courteous, nice, and helpful. They were happy to answer any questions that I had. The parking structure is connected to the lodge and made it easy to bring my stuff to and from the condo. The resort fees were worth it just for that. The 1 bedroom condo was very clean. It has sufficient space for 4 people. I would say it’s good for a couple or a couple + 2 kids. The kitchen is well supplied with a kitchen towel, paper towels, sponge, dish and dishwasher soap, plates, cups, mugs, bowls, coffee maker with filters (Mr. coffee) with a couple packs of coffee grounds, cooking and eating utensils, pots and pans. I only used the stove to cook breakfast and used the microwave to heat up prepped meals. It was real nice to be able to ski to the condo to eat lunch and rest up before heading out for afternoon skiing. The Queen sized bed was comfortable. The sheets and pillows were comfortable and soft, not itchy at all. The overall layout of the condo works well. The bathroom has two doors that allow access to the bedroom and to the main area. There was enough room in the foyer area to lay down my wet skis boots, and...

My friends have been recommending that we stay here for the convenience of being right on the mountain for ski trips, and having a kitchen so that we could make meals if places are closed or to save some money. On those fronts it works, and the studio lofts are decent and offer some privacy, with a functional kitchen and 2 beds and a decent sofa bed. The main lobby is the one place that feels somewhat elegant, with a nice fireplace, but the entire place has an antiseptic, soulless quality, which also applies to the staff, that it feels transactional far more than special. My biggest objection is with their cancellation policy, which is absolutely unyielding. On our first time trying to go, Highway 80 was closed on the days that we had the reservation, and we had to cancel since there was no reasonable way to get there. Even under these dramatic circumstances (no skiing or travel possible), we still had to pay for the trip, which felt wrong and left a sour taste in our mouths. Then on the next trip we went up ahead of a storm, paying for nights while we were snowed in and most of the restaurants in the village were closed, but we got some great skiing in. My biggest objection on that trip was that we'd requested early check in as we had to get in by ~10:30 am to beat...

My experience with this place is that you can expect noise problems about half the time, inadequate or broken kitchen appliances about 1/3 of the time, and failure to honor room requests most of the time. It's at the low end of ski-in ski-out at Palisades, though, so my experience is also that no amount of complaining will help. But as long as you accept that and lower your expectations, you probably won't be disappointed.

OK quality, close to lifts, small issues were annoying. No conditioners for shower, microwave is located far from socket, one has to ask for soup, shampoo etc. at the reception. No options to dry ski boots.