PET-FRIENDLY / COZY / DOWNTOWN RAPID

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2 bedrooms1 bathroomSleeps 583.6 sq m

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Parking available
Pet-friendly
Dryer
Washer
Barbecue grill
Kitchen

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Rapid City, SD

Monument Health
‪19 min walk‬
Main Street Square
‪3 min drive‬
The Monument Civic Center
‪4 min drive‬
Rapid City, SD (RAP-Rapid City Regional)
‪16 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

2 bedrooms (sleeps 5)

Common area 1

1 Single Sofa Bed

Main Bedroom

1 Queen Bed

Queen bedroom

1 Queen Bed

1 bathroom

Bathroom

Soap · Towels provided · Bathtub or shower · Bathtub · Toilet · Shower only · Shampoo · Hair dryer

Spaces

Deck or patio

Porch or lanai

Kitchen

Office

Separate dining area

Garden

Dining area

About this property

Built in 1947 and located in Central Rapid City, this home has a Hygge charm that will make it perfect for your stay in the Black Hills. This house became a pandemic project in 2020, but now, most of my year is spent traveling or on the East side of South Dakota. My mission is for this home to give the gift of "hygge" to other travelers like me :)

The house is on the main road that takes you up to Mt. Rushmore, Keystone, Custer, and Crazy Horse - and I have great local tips to take you off the tourist-beaten path in my guest book! Conveniently located next to corner pantry, Walgreens, Scooters, and other shops within short walking distance.

Downtown is a 5-minute drive away. Mount Rushmore is approximately a 20-minute drive from the house and other tourist attractions in the hills nearby. The house accommodates several cars in the back driveway, or a large vehicle w/ trailer.

Two queen bedrooms & one bathroom w/ tub and shower. The living room has a couch if you have 5 guests. Backyard with patio (grill & charcoal provided) and front yard with porch swing to enjoy the warm summer months. A full kitchen with essential cooking items and modern appliances to enjoy, plus a washer & dryer for complimentary guest use.

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Property manager

Emma Bennett

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Rapid City Vacation Rental | 2BR | 1BA | 1,000 Sq Ft | Stairs Required

Kitchen
Washer
Dryer
Pet-friendly

Kitchen
Air conditioning
Barbecue grill
Fireplace

House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM

Minimum age to rent: 21

Check out before 10:00 AM

Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17

Events

Events allowed: family gatherings and birthday parties

Pets

Pets allowed: limit 5 total

Smoking

Smoking allowed: in designated areas

Allowed outside on back patio and front porch.

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy

Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges

Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed

Parties and events (including family gatherings and birthday parties) are allowed on site. Maximum attendees: 10

Long-term renters welcome

Host has indicated that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property

Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property

Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a first aid kit and a deadlock

About the area

Rapid City

Located in Rapid City, this holiday home is in the city centre. Museum of the American Bison and Art Alley are cultural highlights, and some of the area's landmarks include Berlin Wall Exhibit and Black Hills Caverns. Watiki Water Park and Flags and Wheels Indoor Racing are also worth visiting.

Rapid City, SD

What's nearby

Monument Health - 19 min walk - 1.6 km
Main Street Square - 3 min drive - 2.0 km
Dinosaur Park - 3 min drive - 2.0 km
The Monument Civic Center - 4 min drive - 2.5 km
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology - 6 min drive - 3.7 km

Getting around

Rapid City, SD (RAP-Rapid City Regional) - 16 min drive

Restaurants

‪McDonald's - ‬12 min walk
‪Starbucks - ‬5 min walk
‪Colonial House Restaurant - ‬11 min walk
‪Culver's - ‬11 min walk
‪Ruby Tuesday - ‬15 min walk

Frequently asked questions

Is PET-FRIENDLY / COZY / DOWNTOWN RAPID pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows pets (limit 5 total).

What time is check-in at PET-FRIENDLY / COZY / DOWNTOWN RAPID?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at PET-FRIENDLY / COZY / DOWNTOWN RAPID?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is PET-FRIENDLY / COZY / DOWNTOWN RAPID located?

Located in the heart of Rapid City, this holiday home is within 1 mile (2 km) of Monument Health, Museum of the American Bison and Dinosaur Park. Art Alley and Main Street Square are also within 2 miles (3 km).

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9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Check-in

9.6/10

Communication

9.2/10

Location

9.8/10

Listing accuracy

10/10 Excellent

Tavia Q.

29 October 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tina B.

30 September 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great stay

Our impression was it was clean all amenties needed to stay and a quiet neighborhood. We saw Badlands, Custer Park, Mt. Rushmore, Sturgis, Deadwood, Stearfish and much more. A lot to do and see. If you like Chinese, we ate at Golden Phoenix, which was great!!! Emma was great in her responses to us!!!!

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Molly O.

25 September 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Stay in rapid city

Emma had a great property for our stay! Very continently located near lots of sight seeing locations. She had great communication and even left us some recommendations which was very helpful! Would stay again

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Paul R.

27 August 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great house for Rapid City area

A very cute, well maintained house in a great location. Very close to downtown, and quick access out to Rushmore, Keystone, Custer, the airport, anywhere you want to be. Very comfortable beds. The living room is great and a big kitchen. I cannot recommend this highly enough. This was our first VRBO experience and was fantastic

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Katherine W.

9 July 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, listing accuracy

Cozy home

We stayed for an overnight while headed west. Cozy, clean home. Unfortunately, we were woken up at night by noise from people on the casino parking lot.

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

2/10 Terrible

Susan C.

7 July 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, location

Disliked: Check-in, communication

Would NOT recommend

Let’s start with the positive. Location, location, location. There was plenty to do and most things were fairly close. The property was definitely clean. To the point of smelling like bleach when we walked in. But that’s probably because of the standing puddles of water still on the floors that I had to clean up to avoid slipping. So I’m obviously done with the positive. Now to the reasons I would NOT recommend this property. We mostly travel using VRBO. This is by far our worst experience to date. The host was completely unreachable and uncommunicative until we contacted VRBO directly and they were threatened with fees reversal. When we arrived nearly 3 hours after our scheduled check in time people were still there, inside the house. I was told they were cleaning still so we had to wait outside for them to finish. That was my first attempt at contacting the owner with no response. The porch steps were completely overgrown with weeds, we were unsure how to lock the door to secure the property so we could get dinner. Again tried to contact the owner and this time the secondary contact with no response. Once VRBO finally got them to respond and the closest thing we got to an apology for the lack of communication was an I’m sorry BUT. Which is no apology really. They were far more interested in making excuses than in making anything right. Their solution was to CANCEL our stay. Then make more excuses when we declined.

Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Tracy B.

6 July 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, listing accuracy

Disliked: Check-in

Rapid City

The house was not ready when we arrived. No bed linens until I washed them, they were in the washer. After driving 9 hours I had to do laundry and make beds. Owner kept adjusting the thermostat, when we left for the day and came back she had turned it up remotely, so we came back to a hot house. The fenced in front yard was not accessible due to new sidewalks being put in, lots of construction noise and city workers working on putting the fence back up. Young man showed up to mow and weed eat back yard, he only did half and left. 5-6 packages were delivered that we had to bring in and find room for. Amazon delivery’s always get the dogs wound up…the deliveries should have been sent to owners home so she could deal with them. Overall I felt like it was a “working” vacation. The home was very nice and conveniently located and had many extras such as bubble baths, soaking salts, coffee, laundry soap…. We managed but would have rather not been disturbed with daily deliveries, laundry, front yard construction, mowing, and temperature control.

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

Mark P.

31 May 2024

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Black Hills vacation

It was very convenient to everything we came to see.

Stayed 10 nights in May 2024

8/10 Good

Denise H.

27 April 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, location, listing accuracy

Disliked: Communication

Nice place to stay.

Owner should communicate with renters letting them know in advance when they will receive instruction on how to get in the day of arrival. Previous renters didn't clean up after dogs and yard was full of trash. Thermostat was difficult to operate. Overall nice place to stay and would recommend to others wanting to stay there.

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kathy K., Evansville, Wisconsin

9 October 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Central to all activities

This cute house of Emma's was perfect for our Black Hills getaway. We had everything we needed. The house is decorated cute and is central to everythi g in the Black Hills area. So convenient to have the little fenced in yard to let our dog out to play. Communication was fast and easy. Thanks for sharing your home!

Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mindy D., Elkhart Kansas

6 September 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Nice little house! Great yard!

This house met our needs perfectly. Very clean and had everything we needed for a comfortable stay. Comfy beds, plenty of towels. I really appreciated the little things like nice Kleenex, toilet tissue, dish soap, paper towels, laundry detergent etc.. We loved having the front yard for our dog to play. Excellent stay and we highly recommend.

Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Hunter L.

17 August 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, listing accuracy

Disliked: Location

Cute place, questionable location

The house was very cute and they did a good job sprucing up the house for the condition it was in. The house is on the backside of a gas station but there’s a good concrete wall that you don’t see it. The neighborhood isn’t the most comfortable and you need to keep an eye on the neighbors dog as it was consistently barking and on the edge of jumping the fence. Although the security of the location is questionable, it is close to many attractions in rapid city.

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Denise P.

1 August 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Affordable+Location=Us

This little house was just fine for our family of 4. The 2 bedrooms had Queen sizes beds. The bathroom was adequate. I told Emma she needs new pots and pans and should consider new coffee cups too. The WiFi was glitching and Emma fixed it asap. We enjoyed our stay. The house is near everything and really affordable. The neighborhood is sketchy, but we locked the all the doors and everything was fine. I would stay here again.

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Dana C.

4 July 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Loved it!

The inside of the house was so comfy and bright and clean! The beds were high which was fine with us. We loved having a fenced in front yard for the dog. The location was perfect for us.

Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Coralee L.

30 June 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Cute house perfect for our adventures

The property was neat and clean. We were able to visit the local attractions and then return for a nice evening visiting with each other. We enjoyed our stay.

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

WILLIAM W.

29 September 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Hiking in the Black Hills

This is a convenient home based location for us hiking in the Back Hills. It has everything we need during our stay.

Stayed 9 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Bette B., reading, PA

12 September 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location!

Centrally located to Mt Rushmore & Crazy Horse Memorial

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Mitzi B., Gatden city ks

6 September 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, listing accuracy

Mt Rushmore

I brought my kids up to see Mt Rushmore for the weekend. The house was in a nice location close to the edge of town and close to all the attractions we wanted to see. The only complaint was the neighborhood was kinda loud.

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Petra F.

12 August 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Charming house

Die Kommunikation mit Emma hat hervorragend funktioniert . Als wir ankamen war die Klimaanlage defekt Emma hat alle Hebel in Bewegung gesetzt um schnellstmöglich einen Handwerker zu finden der sie repariert hat und war auch sonst sehr hilfsbereit . Das Haus ist hübsch und besonders auf der hinteren Terrasse haben wir uns sehr wohl gefühlt

Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Maddie W.

11 August 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

review

Emma was a wonderful host and the house was even better than we expected!! we had a wonderful time!!

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Rich S.

26 July 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect for us

Convenient

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Douglas L.

3 July 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Vacation

Impeccably clean. All the comforts of home. Emma thought of everything. Loved the outdoor space. Would highly recommend!

Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Amber H., NJ

25 June 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Very cute and cozy

The house was so cute and cozy. Had everything we needed for our family. Great location to the attractions like Mt Rushmore and crazy horse. Super responsive owner. Would stay again if in the area.

Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Susan L.

26 September 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great place in Rapid City

This cute little place was a great landing pad for our visit to the black hills. Plus, the highly rated Himalayan restaurant I had seen so much about is mere feet away! We would definitely stay here again! Thanks for having us!

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Kimberly M., Gainesville, GA

20 September 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Little blue house

This property is great! It is super clean and convenient to town. It had everything we needed. Emma is very responsive to questions. Would book this property again.

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2021

About the host

Hosted by Emma Bennett

This is the perfect space for your getaway to the Black Hills/Rapid City.

My personal favorite outdoor summer activities around the area include hiking, paddle boarding, horseback riding, jet skiing, and trail running. Pactola, Custer, Sheridan Lake are a must! Sturgis of course in August and local towns host street dances and concerts weekly!

During the winter months, I enjoy more indoor/outdoor activities here like dining downtown rapid, snowmobiling, wine, and beer tasting, ice skating, and shopping local. Historic Deadwood is a must, visit Chubby Chipmunk chocolates for some of the best truffles (and if you can't make them up to Deadwood you'll find them at the Alex Johnson!)

Why they chose this property

hyg·ge (n) a feeling of wellness and contentment, brought by coziness and comfortable conviviality.

This house became my COVID project in 2020, but now, most of my year is spent traveling. The mission has shifted for this house to gift the feeling of "hygge" to other travelers like me :)
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Pets are "hygge" - as long as you pick up after them! Fenced front yard and a huge backyard to enjoy. Private driveway & parking space up to 4 cars, and parking lots nearby.

CLEAN | PET-FRIENDLY | COZY

What makes this property unique

I bought the house this year and still working on finishing it up. It was built in 1947 and has a homey charm that will make it perfect for your stay in the Black Hills. Dogs welcome if potty trained!

Conveniently located next to corner pantry, Walgreens, Starbucks, and other shops within walking distance. Downtown is a 5-minute drive away. Mount Rushmore is approximately a 20-minute drive from the house and other tourist attractions in the hills nearby. The house is 5 minutes from Downtown RC and right on the road that takes you up to Mt. Rushmore, and I have great local tips to take you off the tourist-beaten path!

Two bedrooms - one with a king bed, one with a queen. The living room has a couch, that unfortunately does not pull out, but will fit a person. There is also a double air mattress, and a single trundle bed so there are many options to sleep.

ONE BATHROOM - with tub and shower, toilet, medicine cabinet, etc. It is an old house - so the bathroom is very small but has all your essentials. Just something to be wary of if your group is larger than 3-4 people.

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2 bedrooms (sleeps 5)

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Queen bedroom

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