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Book a Ford Luxe Collection home direct

Choose a home, pick your dates and see the full price. Send a request and Nicole confirms it. Nothing is charged until she accepts.

Fees

What is added to the nightly rate

What is added to the nightly rate

As the booking calendar charges them on direct reservations, October 2026.

As the booking calendar charges them on direct reservations, October 2026.

Gran Torino Retreat

Thunderbird Nest

Salty Pines

Cleaning fee

Cleaning fee

Gran Torino Retreat

Gran Torino Retreat

$175

Thunderbird Nest

Thunderbird Nest

$175

Salty Pines

Salty Pines

$696

Service fee

Service fee

Gran Torino Retreat

Gran Torino Retreat

4%

Thunderbird Nest

Thunderbird Nest

4%

Salty Pines

Salty Pines

4%

Taxes

Taxes

Gran Torino Retreat

Gran Torino Retreat

6% state sales tax

Thunderbird Nest

Thunderbird Nest

6% state sales tax

Salty Pines

Salty Pines

10.5% county and state

Pet fee

Pet fee

Gran Torino Retreat

Gran Torino Retreat

$75 per stay

Thunderbird Nest

Thunderbird Nest

$75 per dog, per stay

Salty Pines

Salty Pines

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Security deposit

Security deposit

Gran Torino Retreat

Gran Torino Retreat

None

Thunderbird Nest

Thunderbird Nest

None

Salty Pines

Salty Pines

None

Long-stay discounts

Long-stay discounts

Gran Torino Retreat

Gran Torino Retreat

Weekly 8% off (7 to 27 nights), monthly 8% off (28 to 30 nights)

Thunderbird Nest

Thunderbird Nest

Weekly 10% off (7 to 27 nights), monthly 20% off (28 nights or more)

Salty Pines

Salty Pines

Weekly 8% off (7 to 27 nights), monthly 8% off (28 nights or more)

Minimum stay

Minimum stay

Gran Torino Retreat

Gran Torino Retreat

4 nights on most dates

Thunderbird Nest

Thunderbird Nest

3 nights on most dates

Salty Pines

Salty Pines

5 nights on most dates

Payment and cancellation

When you pay

A little over half when Nicole accepts the request, the balance 30 days before check-in. Short-notice stays are paid in full.

Cancellation

Full refund within 24 hours of booking, unless check-in is within 7 days. 50% of the nightly rate, fees and taxes if you cancel 30 or more days before check-in. No refund after that.

Paperwork

A signed rental agreement and a valid government-issued photo ID.

Checkout

Payments run through Hospitable’s secure booking system.

Prefer Airbnb?

All three homes are also on Airbnb, where Airbnb’s own guest fees and cancellation terms apply. None of the three is listed on Vrbo.

Gran Torino Retreat

4.98 from 43 reviews. Guest Favorite, top 10% of homes.

Open on Airbnb

Thunderbird Nest

5.0 from 33 reviews. Guest Favorite, top 10% of homes.

Open on Airbnb

Salty Pines

5.0 from 26 reviews. Guest Favorite, top 5% of homes.

Open on Airbnb

Outdoor dining and gas grill on the lakeview deck at Gran Torino Retreat, Hale, Michigan

Questions before you book?

Email Nicole about dates, dogs or a longer stay.

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Ford Luxe Collection
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