The Door County Property website had really strict rules about keeping your dog on a leash at all times (or you'll get fined), so you can imagine our surprise when we arrived at 'Aunt Sally's' with our dog on her leash, to find two huge loose dogs run up to us as we got out of our car. The dogs jumped on our dog and was barking at us, turning into a huge, scary scene. The owners of the dogs (who also happen to own the property we rented living next door) just sat on the dock as we screamed for their help. Finally they came to steer the dogs away. They let us know their dogs are 'outdoor dogs' and if we weren't comfortable with them roaming our rental property off the leash, they would give us a full refund. We drove 5 hours from Chicago, so really wasn't interested in turning around. Door County Property management offered a nice solution with another available rental nearby, but it was not on the water and nothing I would call comparable. DCPM did speak to the owners and the dogs didn't roam on our lawn when we were there (but one of their dogs stole our bone when we left!) anyway, for a company with such a long list of rules, you would think the property owners would follow them and they would let people know that dogs may be roaming this property, so think twice before you decide to rent it. Next year we will be using another property management company for our vacation in door county. read more

Unfortunately, our rental experience with RDC this time around was disappointing. We turned to them when the last year when we wanted a beachfront access property vs. other properties we've rented in the past. The Bayview Cottage seemed like the perfect fit. We thought it was the perfect location on the water and worth the $400/ night. The website indicates that there is "Sand Beach" and a "Dock with Lake Access" with photos to boot. Apparently this is only IF the two other beach front properties in the Parks Edge area are not occupied. The two front cottages on the water (that host 20+ ppl) had their chairs, coolers flooding the dock as well as wave runners and a fishing boat docked for the entire week we were there. It started with the first night, my husband and I and our 2 young boys approached the beach to see the front 2 cottages had towels and food set along the entire picnic area. We smiled and planned on setting out food plates down to enjoy our dinner. We received dirty looks as if we were imposing on their party. Feeling completely outnumbered, we decided to head back to enjoy our dinner on the porch. Unfortunately, this family reunion ran every day at 10 AM till 8 PM on the dock and beach area and we never were able to enjoy the beach access and ended up driving to the public beach as we did years before. The final kicker was in checking out and saying goodbye to our wonderful, yet beach-less, week long vacation, we researched properties for next year with beach access. We came across the Parks Edge official website (the property our Bayview cottage was located with RDC) that lists the two cottages RIGHT on the water that hosted this week long family reunion. They list the 6 ppl and 14 ppl cabins and are 50% of the pricing of Bayview where we stayed. Other cottage owners we met in the Parks Edge area (there are 6 cottages in total) also complained about the overall beach access rules and explained it's not the 1st time there has been problems. It's sickening to think we paid such an inflated price without doing our research. This cottage should be in the same range of pricing as the Kulma Cottage (4 bedroom) property at $1200 or so a week, if not, no more than the 2 other TRUE lake front cottages at Parks Edge. Beach access can not be promised and simply a roll of the dice. read more