Timothy Fahey

Review of Paws Up

Place should be called Hold Up ; It is way overp...

Place should be called Hold Up ; It is way overpriced and certainly over rated for what it was. Be careful, here folks. The prices they post online are about 60% of what you ll end up paying. There s taxes, of course, then a 20% guest services fee or a resort fee they tell you on the phone that the 20% mandatory up-charge is for tips. But wait, there s more. If you want to take an hour horseback ride, that ll be $200. ATV ride? Bend over buddy: that s another $350 or so. Wine at lunch? $22 bucks/glass. Wanna shoot a .22 cal rifle? That ll be another $150 partner. The staff is young, attentive, and very well-intentioned, but not well trained. The college kids are running the place and the owners are counting their money. Our walking guide got lost on the trails and a raft guide (who d started the week prior) flipped the raft and put both guests lives in danger. It was touch and go there for a few minutes, but they both made it to shore. The river guide stayed with the boat, and then flipped it again. Rescue came in the form of his more experienced boss who had the sense to take the three kids under 10 in his boat. The two raft flotilla suffered no fatalities. Had that more experienced guide not taken those small kids in his raft, there was a high level of certainty the kids wouldn t have left the river breathing. The raft guide was scared silly and his first stop once ashore was to a laundromat to rinse his shorts. Want the Montana glamping experience? Set up a tent in your living room and order out. Seriously, keep your money in your pocket. But you want to know something? Regardless of cost, the place is booked solid all summer. Good luck to all future Hold Up guests. I ll not darken their door again. Seriously, $16 THOUSAND dollars for a tent in the woods with a busted hammock dangling outside and these folks have the balls to charge $22 for a glass of wine at lunch? Money 101: Just cuz you re wealthy doesn t mean you should waste it on a place like this. Paws Up? Screw that. Go Wheels Up somewhere else.