Village At Squaw Valley

"Everything you'd expect and more from a top ski resort"

I have to preface that this trip was partially compensated by Squaw Valley and arranged by Trekaroo in exchange for an honest, un-biased review by yours truly. Our lodgings, lift tickets, lessons and rentals were comped. The rest of the $$$ squandered is something that we did of our own volition, but believe me, totally worth it regardless of the free diggs! In fact we had such a good time (again, un-biased) we're thinking about buying a time share...nice work Squaw Valley!  

FURNISHINGS WERE HIGH END ALL THE WAY
Our suite was large with designer paint, quality fixtures, tasteful furnishings, and a contemporary Craftsman's feel. The fully outfitted kitchen with granite counters, dishwasher, and full sized stainless steel fridge and stove/oven/microwave was impressive.

YOUR GET WHAT YOUR PAY FOR
Honestly, this the unit we were in had furnishings that were on par with some of the more ritzy hotels we've stayed in (sans kiddies, even), and totally cleaned the floor with the renowned Disney Hotel we'd just paid way too much money to book, and had been thoroughly disappointed with a week before. 

VERY SPACIOUS
There was more than enough seating for our family of four (kitchen bar with counter seating, and a dining table for 6). There was also a patio terrace that had views of the mountain and a small patio set to enjoy some fresh air. The living room had a gas fireplace with stone surround, a pull out sofa bed, and a television. We could have easily fit another family of four in here with us.
The two bedrooms were great: the master had a king sized bed, large closet, tv, and a bathroom attached. And then way on the other side (haha) the other bedroom had two twin beds and a nice sized closet, too. There was a separate bathroom with shower/tub across the way.

WARM FEET ON THE RADIANT HEATED FLOORS
When I ran the kids a warm bath, and they were super stoked about the radiant heated floors (no cold feet!), and the large soaking tub had Alexi singing, "I'm swimming! I'm swimming!" in no time. One bedtime story, and they were conked out, fast asleep in no time!

THOUGHTFUL EXTRAS
I explored the suite a little more after the kids went to bed, and noticed small touches that definitely, in my opinion, made the place stand out as "family friendly" luxury accommodations. 1. There were hooks for towels everywhere. How many hotels have you been to that ask you to "hang up your towel and save a tree," but hide the towel rack so you have no choice but to leave it on the ground?  2. Toilet paper was 2 ply. My big peeve with the last hotel we stayed at was they used crappy toilet paper (no pun intended) and you were paying an arm and a leg for it. Not so at Squaw! 3. Shampoo and soaps were nice quality, smelled great, and gentle on the kid's sensitive skin 4. There was an old-school warm air humidifier under the sink. How fantastic is that? 6. There was a small collection of board games for the kids to play with. A mean game of Connect Four ensued nightly 7. Since it was a winter resort I liked that the place had plenty of places to hang jackets and helmets, dry snow boots and gloves, and lockers to house snowboard and ski equipment.  

STAFF: DOWN RIGHT CASUAL AND PERFECTLY NICE
The front desk staff was super nice, arranged for a doorman to meet us in the garage to help us with our bags, and told us we still had time to grab dinner at the restaurant we'd decided to check out while we were driving up (score!). Doorman turned out to be very cool. He joked with the kids, chased the one son down the hall, and had the other one giggling like mad; even despite the fact the kid was on the edge of a melt down from hunger. I wanted to hug the doorman before he left, but thought it might freak him out.

NO CONS
The only cons about the unit I could come up with were the TVs were a little dated and...well...that's all I could come up with for cons.