Great Tool for Finding Lodging at Lake of the Woods

Are you planning a once in a lifetime trip to Lake of the Woods or are you returning very soon to your favorite travel destination? I would choose returning and returning and returning. This popular destination is great for the guys who want to go fishing or for the whole family to enjoy the beautiful outdoors and the great lake.

In today’s world, most travelers want to plan their trip before the get in the car. The internet has become a great tool to do this whether you’re looking at Google Maps for travel or looking for place to stay. Lake of the Woods Tourism has created a great website to help you in planning such a vacation.

Just type in www.lakeofthewoodsmn.com and you will be welcomed to the front page of a beautiful website. If you’re like me, sometimes I only get that far and need a little help navigating the rest of the site. This website is a great resource to help answer all of your questions.

Stop for a while and browse the beautiful pictures that come up on this page. Great photography that captures the beauty of the area is meant to “lure” you to explore even more. Buttons or tabs, across the top of the page, are: Home, Lodging, Fishing, Outdoor Adventures, Events and Info and Maps and Trails. You can click on each tab to obtain a drop-down menu pointing you in the direction you are looking for.

If you have decided to look further down on the home page, you’ll come to another set of buttons that will also get you to some of the same locations. One of the most important sets of information you’ll want to look at is Lodging. This drop-down menu has three important subjects. Lodging will bring you to an inclusive listing of more that 50+ resorts in our area. Before clicking on each resort, notice the tabs across the bottom of the big Lodging picture. Here’s another set of tabs to help you navigate to specific amenities you might be looking for. click on an amenity such as charter boats / guided fishing and all properties with these amenities will pop up.

As you look at the lodging you will notice our region is divided into three areas: Rainy River, the South Shore and the Northwest Angle (located on the “chimney” of Minnesota). This helps you specify and area you might want to stay at. As you click on each resort listed, you will see pictures of their facility along with amenities and rates for the kind of lodging you choose. What a great way to shop.

Another feature of the Lodging tab is the Lodging Availability Request. Simply enter in your contact information, what part of the lake or river you want to stay, how many people and dates; and special comments.  Your request is then emailed to all the lodging facilities in the geographic region you choose.  Resorts will respond back to your email with availability. What a great tool for last minute travel plans.

The next part of the Lodging drop-down menu is Getting Here. This page features a map of the town of Baudette, and also lists helpful information about traveling from a distance. Here you will find airports in close proximity to the area, car rentals, and distances from major cities. Our outfitters in the area can also arrange for you to be picked up at an airport if need be. You can see that this Tab is essential to your travel plans.

Looking for Bargains? Click on the Hot Deals Tab and find resorts offering discounted prices on their lodging and/or package deals for fishing, eating and lodging.

Lake of the Woods is known as the Walleye Capital of the World™ so the next tab you want to check out on the webpage is Fishing. Use the drop-down menu here to find all kinds of fishing including river fishing, summer fishing and ice fishing. It also provides information to the current fishing regulations and licensing put out by the Minnesota DNR and also species of fish and their limits. There is a tab for lake maps and public and private boat landings.

The Outdoor Adventures Tab lists parks and trails and other recreation offered in the area such as golf courses and canoe/kayak routes. The Events and Info Tab includes a great number of beautiful videos of the area and even features a link to work available if you are interested in staying in the area. One question often asked is about us offering maps of the area. The Maps and Trails Tab offers a Navionics map of the Lake itself with depths, etc., snowmobile maps, State forest trails for ATV travel and much more.

Here’s another perk. Near the bottom of the webpage is a virtual copy of our Visitor Guide for the area. Click on it, enlarge it and flip the pages to learn even more information about this great area.

As you can see, Lake of the Woods Tourism is proud of its website and has taken great care in providing you a with a tool to make your travel destination to the area easy and care free before you come.

Please visit us at www.lakeofthewoodsmn.com for general information and www.lakeofthewoodsmn.com/lodging for ease in finding a place to lay your head.