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A long white dining table set for twelve with blue plates, beside a wall of windows

Holmes Hideaway. The table seats twelve, with four more at the island.

Three generations under one roof.

Three houses in the Poconos, made for family reunions. Each one sleeps sixteen, with quiet bedrooms for the grandparents, a bunk room for the cousins and a long table for dinner together.

Who’s coming?

Grandparents
2
Parents
6
Kids
8

16 of you fit in one house.

See dates for 16

A place for each of you

Most families who stay with us come as three generations. The houses are laid out so that everyone gets somewhere of their own, and one big room to share.

A dining table beside a stone fireplace with a fire lit and a blue sofa

Grandparents

Every house has bedrooms you can reach in three steps or fewer. At Holmes Hideaway two of them share a floor with the kitchen, and there are six bathrooms, so nobody waits their turn.

A ring of chairs around a lit fire pit in front of a blue house in autumn woods

Parents

A kitchen that cooks for sixteen and a griddle on the deck. Once the kids are down, there’s a fire pit and a hot tub at every house, and a speakeasy behind the bookshelf at Bootlegger’s Bungalow.

Two wooden bunk beds shaped like little houses, with stuffed animals on green blankets

Grandkids

A bunk room in every house. One has a slide and a climbing wall, another is called Little Bear’s Den. Toys, books, a crib and kids’ plates are already there.

Set the table

Each place is a bed. Change the numbers and see how your family fits: one house, two houses a short walk apart, or all three.

Grandparents
2
Parents
6
Kids
8

16 of you fit in one house.

Not the only one deciding? Send this plan to the family.

  • Grandparents
  • Parents
  • Kids
  • Spare bed

Who sleeps where

An example: two grandparents, six parents and eight kids at Holmes Hideaway.

Grandparents

  • King bedroom, first floorOn the same floor as the kitchen, with three steps up to it

Parents

  • King bedroom, first floor
  • Two king bedrooms, second floorOn the same floor as the kids’ room

Kids

  • Little Bear’s Den, second floorTwo sets of bunks and a sofa bed for the younger cousins
  • King bedroom, basementFor the teenagers, on the same floor as the theater

Three houses in Emerald Lakes

A wooded community in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, with five lakes, two beaches and an indoor pool. Camelback and Kalahari are a short drive away.

Holmes Hideaway, a large gray house with a stone entrance, in the snow

Holmes Hideaway

The big one: 5,000 square feet, a private pool in summer and a Sherlock Holmes lounge in the basement.

16
guests
6
bedrooms
6
baths

For the kids: Little Bear's Den, with two sets of bunks and a sofa bed, plus a play corner with a tent.

Bootlegger's Bungalow at the end of a long drive, with a wide lawn

Bootlegger's Bungalow

The one with a secret: push the bookshelf and there's a speakeasy with a pool table and an arcade.

16
guests
6
bedrooms
3
baths

For the kids: the Jungle Room, with two bunk beds, a slide and a climbing wall.

The Big Blue House, a blue house with a screened porch among tall trees

The Big Blue House

The cozy one: a blue house in the woods with a screened porch, a stone fireplace and a movie theater.

16
guests
6
bedrooms
2
baths

For the kids: a llama bunk room, and a popcorn machine in the theater.

When one house isn’t enough

Book two or three together. Each side of the family gets its own kitchen and its own front door, and everyone meets at the fire pit.

32Two houses, a 3-minute walk apartBootlegger’s Bungalow and the Big Blue House: 12 bedrooms and 2 hot tubs.48All three houses18 bedrooms, 11 baths and 3 hot tubs. Holmes Hideaway is 2 to 5 minutes away by car.

Open weekends

Straight from our calendar. Each price is the total for the stay, with the cleaning fee and tax included. The amount per person is for a full house.

See every open weekend

Looking up open weekends…

“The Big Blue House was perfect for our three generation Thanksgiving gathering”
Jane, the Big Blue House, December 2024
4.95
out of 5 across 324 reviews of the three houses
140
of those reviews mention family, kids or grandkids
311
guests gave five stars

Make it a tradition

Families who come back get 10% off when they book here. Your code is on the card in the house and in our message after your stay.

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Bringing everyone?

Two houses sleep 32 and all three sleep 48. Call or text us and we’ll help you work out who goes where.

And when it’s just the two of you

We also have three studios on the sand in Daytona Beach, each with a kitchen, a pool downstairs and the ocean a few steps away.

See the Daytona Beach studios

A bright studio with a sofa, a king bed and the ocean in the windows
A pool at the edge of the beach with the ocean beyond
Two beds under a wall-size photograph of a breaking wave, with a small dining table