Really sad for a place with a great location. The rooms were INFESTED with spiders. Went out and bought our own repellant to spray the inside and outside. Had no illusions about being bug free, but the rooms had webs everywhere. The foldout and hide-a-bed were disgusting. Broken windows, plumbing, TV...I can handle old accomodations that are reasonably clean, but this was really bad.

When we got to the motel, we were asked for cash up front "to guarantee the rate". We gave them cash for two nights. The room we were given had obviously been used and left unclean--sand in the tub, almost no toilet paper, not enough towels for two people, no light bulbs in the bedside light, sand residue on the tv console area. The young woman from the office was pleasant at first, but balked when we decided to move on the next day and wanted our money back. "I couldn't rent the room to others, so you should pay as agreed." I pointed out that we were virtually the only guests, so she could hardly use that as an excuse. Too bad--the beach frontage was a potential real plus, but the service/cleanliness was so poor that I'd advise others to choose one of the MANY other choices of lodging in the area.

We had previously stayed at the Aurora Beach Resort and Motel and had one of the worst experiences of our lives as far as travel goes. It was not the location because that is great as it sits on 300 feet or so of pure sandy beach. We loved that, it was the management that walked around drunk and belligerent. The management consisted of about 4 or 5 adults that were all in various states of inebriation and could not be less professional. The rooms were not clean and the place was a dump. This year as we were heading to Oscoda to spend our vacation we went by the Aurora on our way to another place to stay but noticed that the lawn was nice and the flowers were pretty...the place just looked a lot better! We bit. So I went in to inquire and met a wonderful couple named Lauri and Rob that were probably the most hospitable people I have ever met. The prices were cheap and the rooms that we got (4) were impeccably cleaned. These rooms are not new by any means, but they were clean and smelled fresh. They were welcoming to say the least. I was VERY impressed at the change that took place in the management and frankly would not have thought it possible in only a year. The resort is very family friendly, very inexpensive, and very clean. There is little that Rob or Lauri would not do to assure us of a good time. We had a great time and will be back again next year. They even added Wi-Fi which my son loved! They havebig play structures for the kids and beach volleyball and fire pits with plenty of fire wood for everyone to use (for free!). I liked not having to bring my own grill too!
On the last day there Lauri had my Daughter (3 year old) over to their place (the managers live onsight) and her little boy and my daughter watched a couple movies and had strawberry shortcake. That was a nice gesture and we really appreciated that Lauri!