The honest version of the pitch

Why book direct at Cedar Lodge

No booking fee, no resort fee, no cleaning fee, and a cancellation policy you can read in full before you pay. Here is what booking direct actually gets you, and one thing it does not, said plainly rather than implied.

Every term below matches the current terms page and rates and policies page on this site, read 24 September 2026.

The short version

  • No booking fee, no resort fee, no cleaning fee. Plumas County’s two taxes are the only thing added to the nightly rate.
  • Free cancellation until 48 hours before check in, our own policy, applied to every booking equally.
  • A second, separate right under California law if you book three or more days ahead: 24 hours from your confirmation to cancel free, for any reason, refunded within 30 days.
  • Every guest deals with us directly, not a platform, if something needs changing.
  • What direct booking does not get you yet: choosing your exact room number or RV pad. More on that below, because we would rather say it than let a page imply otherwise.

No fee is added between the price you see and the total you pay

The nightly rate is the whole rate we charge. The only thing added on top is Plumas County’s own tax, an occupancy tax and a tourism district assessment, both shown on the booking page before you pay, not sprung on you at checkout. There is no booking fee, no resort fee, and no cleaning fee anywhere on this site. A platform listing the same room typically adds a service fee on top of whatever nightly rate is shown, which is money that never reaches us and never needed to leave your pocket in the first place.

Two cancellation rights, and both are yours

Ours: free cancellation until 48 hours before check in. Inside 48 hours we charge the first night and refund the rest. That is our own policy and it applies to every booking equally. We do not sell a non refundable rate at any price.

California’s: if you book three or more days ahead, state law gives you a second, separate right to cancel free within 24 hours of your confirmation, for any reason, refunded within 30 days. It does not apply to a booking made inside 72 hours of arrival, and on a last minute booking our own 48 hour policy governs from the moment you book. Whichever right gives you longer is the one that matters, and worked examples are on the booking terms page.

You cancel yourself from the link in your confirmation email. No phone call, no hold music, no waiting for us to open.

You reach us, not a call center

Email info@stayatcedarlodge.com with a question before or during a stay and we answer within one business day, from the people who actually run the property, not a shared inbox for a hundred other listings. If something needs changing on your booking, that email is the fastest path to a real answer.

What booking direct does not get you, yet

We would rather tell you this than let the rest of this page oversell it. Booking direct today books a room type, the house, or an RV site, not a specific room number or a specific numbered pad. We are mapping the property, room by room and pad by pad, on 30 September 2026, and a proper pick your own spot tool comes after that survey, not before it. Tell us your rig length or any specific need when you book, and we will not put you somewhere it does not fit, but which exact door you walk through is not yet something a booking guarantees, direct or otherwise.

Where you sleep

At the junction of Highway 36 and Highway 89, three miles west of Chester, open every month of the year.

Motel rooms From $125+ a night plus county tax.
The house From $225+ a night plus county tax.
RV sites From $60+ a night plus county tax.

No booking fee, no resort fee, no cleaning fee. Plumas County adds 9% occupancy tax and a 3% tourism district assessment. First bookable night is 30 September 2026.

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More from the area

Booking terms

What a booking is, what it costs, and both cancellation rights worked through in full.

Read the booking terms

RV sites at Cedar Lodge, explained

Why we sell a site rather than a pad number today, and what changes on 30 September.

Read the RV sites guide

Sources, and when we checked them

  1. The terms page and rates and policies page on this site, for the exact cancellation terms and fee structure, both current as of 24 September 2026.

Last checked 24 September 2026. Terms shown here match the live terms and rates and policies pages. If the two ever disagree, the terms page governs.