New Years Eve at Vacationaire Lodge!

Join us for New Years Eve as we celebrate with the music of ROCK BOTTOM; winners of the Fargo Battle of the Bands in 2007! We will be serving dinner starting at 4:00 p.m. with fantastic dinner features as well as anything from our extensive dinner menu. Then the music will start after 9:00. Cover after 8:00p.m. is $5.00 but is included for those who choose to dine! Also, enjoy a complementary champagne toast at midnight to ring in the New Year! Hope you can join us!

Snowmobiling!

If you are in the Park Rapids area or heading in this direction to snowmobile, remember to make Vacationaire one of the stops on your ride. Warm up by the fire, grab a beverage and relax before you are off to the next pit stop. It sounds like we will get plenty of snow over the weekend so get out there and enjoy it!

Congratulations!

Congratulations goes out to Kay Kosir of Farmington, Minnesota and Pat Goewey of Burnsville, Minnesota as the winners of our Weekend Getaway! They won their trips by entering a drawing at the Vacationaire Lodge booth at the Powersports, RV and Boat Show held at the Minneapolis Convention Center in November. Thank you to everyone that stopped by our booth over that weekend. It was so nice to talk to people that had visited Vacationaire years ago and were glad to see it up and running again! We are glad that we are able to re-open this beautiful gem located in such a fantastic location in Minnesota! Visit Northern Minnesota!

Do you know these people?

We found a camera card in the parking lot earlier this summer. We'd like to return it to the owner. Let me know if you know them...

Birthday Parties

Holiday Parties

We are accepting reservations for your Holiday Gatherings. We offer four different dining areas to entertain you and your guests this Holiday Season. We have our Main Dining Room, The South Room, The North Room and our newest area, The Lower Level Banquet Room. I will post photos of all the dining rooms after the weekend! We can accommodate your large or small group for a memorable dining experience or host an informal gathering of appetizers, beverages and maybe a pool or dart tournament! Whatever your needs are we're here to satisfy them. Give us a call to book your party now...218-732-5270

The Music of Steve Prin

On Saturday October 18th, Steve Prin will be entertaining dinner guests from 5:30-9:00 p.m. in our main Dining Room. Come out for a fabulous dinner with your family or friends and sing along with Steve as he plays some of your favorite classic tunes. We'd love to provide you with a relaxing, stress free night out!

Amazing Morning of Fishing!

This is incredible! Guests at Vacationaire, Jarl and Judy Iverson of Fargo, ND, had a spectacular morning of fishing on September 27. What's more amazing is that they caught this stringer of fish right off of the dock! Look at the smiles on their faces! Congratulations to you both for a very successful fishing trip.

MEA WEEKEND

Hello! I'd like to invite you to stay with us at Vacationaire over the MEA Break which is October 16-19. We will have events scheduled all weekend including Pumpkin Painting and other fall crafts, Family Bingo with prizes, Movie Night, Bonfires, Outdoor Fall Games, Open Swimming, and Saturday Evening Music with Steve Prin in the dining room. We still have rooms remaining so gather up your friends and family and head to Park Rapids for a weekend getaway!

Autism Family Vacations

We purchased Vacationaire for many different reasons. With Jim being a licensed psychologist and having a passion for helping people develop healthy relationships, he envisioned Vacationaire as a place for families who have been touched by a child with Autism to vacation. Thus the Autism Family Vacations at Vacationaire are born. They will be a 3 to 4 day tailor-made emotional health retreat for anyone who is part of your family. They could include outings, couples, siblings and family therapy as well as real-time counseling to help with issues that are affecting your family right now. We want Vacationaire to be a place where you and your family strengthen your relationships with each other by receiving emotional support from our staff of caring therapists. Vacationaire will be partnering with Power of Relationships P.A. to bring this to a reality. For more information on PoR please visit their website at www.powerofrelationships.com . It's all just beginning and we are in the process of creating and updating so please check back to find out more about The Autism Family Vacations.

Kids Ideas

I, Stephanie, went to Bemidji State University and received a BS degree in Elementary Education. I love kids and would love to teach again. This picture is of Whelan, in the hat, and Jim creating a masterpiece! Soon I will be starting Kid's Classes at Vacationaire. I'd love to do afternoon and/or weekend craft classes. Tell me what you think. They will be craft type classes for all ages girls and boys. It will be a little tricky to find items that appeal to both boys and girls but I will do my best to offer a variety. They will be extremely cost friendly and may combine a meal and a craft at times. I'm looking at $5.00-$10.00 for a fee which would include the materials and food. What is the best way to advertise these offerings? How do I let the community know what's available? We are also going to offer Open Swim times for a small fee...$2.00 a person. These two ideas can also be worked into a Fabulous Birthday Party. A Swimming Party, a Craft Party or both! I think this would be a great time for everyone! Again, how do we advertise these options? I'd love to hear what you think!

Welcome!

Hello and Welcome to the Vacationaire Blog. We decided that this would be a fantastic way to keep you updated on what is going on out at Vacationaire. For those of you that are not familiar with Vacationaire, let me tell you a little bit about us. Vacationaire Lodge, Restaurant and Lounge is located in Park Rapids Minnesota only 8 miles south of Itasca State Park which is where the Headwaters of the Mississippi River are located. My husband, Jim, myself (Stephanie), and our 2 sons, Whelan (16) and Braeden (12) purchased the resort in February of 2008. The resort has been around for many years and has seen it's share of changes along the way. We have so many amazing ideas for the the resort and soon more of those ideas will become a reality. We'd love for this blog to be a place to get even more ideas and help from you to get them off of the ground and running. Thank you for visiting us and be sure to come back often. Feel free to share this site with people who you feel may enjoy it or could benefit from any of the plans that we have .