Southwest Michigan Vacation Rentals, Cabin Rentals

Our family had an incredible week ringing in the New Year at Appy Place. We brought our 3 kids (12, 7, and 6) and parents to relax and enjoy some lake air the week between Christmas and New Years. The week was everything we hoped it would be and more. Kim was an incredible host and very responsive anytime we had any questions. She gave us a lot of great family-favorite recommendations for the surrounding area. The house is located in a quiet, gated community and was incredibly warm and inviting and had an immense amount of space for the kids to play, puzzle-time, board games, and football watching for the guys. We loved walking down to the private beach for some chilled lake time. Our kids loved running around on the sand and finding different rocks along the shore line every morning. The location was also within short driving distance of downtown South Haven. We always start our day with coffee and breakfast at Julia’s and love walking around the town and exploring some of the local shops. …And all of our favorite dining spots are still open throughout the Winter. We highly recommend Tello, The Lodge, and 3 Blondes Brewery (Sunday gluten-free fried chicken night was a delightful surprise to this GF mama!!). I personally like doing a coffee crawl while I’m in town and making sure I always stop by WE and The Flying Sauce at least a couple times in addition to my morning at Julia’s. The Michigan Theater is always a top request from our kids – we actually went twice while we were in town for some great movies and the most affordable movie snacks you’ll ever find! We also highly recommend going over to the Root Café for fresh, hot beignets (with the lemon curd) or to Crane’s for the Pie flight!! This was our first time ringing in the New Year at the SoHa New Year’s Eve party! Our entire family had so much fun – we rode a mechanical bull, got free hot chocolate bombs from the Michigan Theater, introduced the kids to pinball machines at the Rocket Arcade, and danced with the Michigan AutoBots at the street party while we counted down the end of the year! South Haven is our favorite Summertime spot each year but don’t sleep on it for Winter. It was an absolute gem of a week with stores, restaurants, and a ton of fun activities still available for families of all ages! Fantastic ice skating in downtown South Haven and less than an hour drive to skiing/tubing. In short, would highly recommend staying with Kim anytime of the year!