Six rules, the occupancy limits, and the notices The Hideout requires every short-term rental to post. Read them before you book; they are the same rules we give you on arrival.
Poke A Nose Inn ยท 34 Rockpoint Court, The Hideout, Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania 18436
Your last morning belongs to the deck and the lake. Nothing at checkout asks you to strip a bed or wash a pan; our crew takes care of the kitchen and the final trash run after every stay, and the cleaning fee covers that full-service turnover. Airbnb now requires every host to work this way, and we have priced and scheduled the house to do it well.
Checkout is 10:00 AM and check-in is 4:00 PM. A house this size takes a full afternoon to bring back to our standard, and those hours are why it is ready for you when you walk in.
No smoking and no vaping anywhere on the property, inside or out. We enforce this one, and the cleaning that follows a violation is charged back.
No trash, recycling or food left outdoors, ever. Bears, raccoons and foxes live here and will find it. The screened porch, the decks, the grill, the fire pit and the dock all count as outside.
Quiet hours run 10:00 PM to 7:00 AM; sound carries down the whole lake after dark. Daylight is not an exception for raucous parties or thundering music.
Signs mark the property lines. Please do not cross onto a neighbor's land or dock unless they invite you.
No diving from the dock. Use only watercraft you already know how to handle. Life jacket rules must be followed: a life jacket aboard for every person on the boat, worn at all times by anyone sixteen or under. Adult and child PFDs are in the dock box.
Gas grill only, dry wood only, spark screen on the Solo Stove, no unattended fires, and find the extinguisher before you light anything.
The Hideout cites occupants for violations of community standards on noise, parking, speeding and occupancy, and bills the owner. Any citation issued during your stay passes through to you at cost.
All guest parking goes in the parking areas on this property or at Hideout amenity lots. No parking is permitted along any private or common roadway, or on any lawn or vegetated area.
Because of the bears, The Hideout allows no trash or recycling outdoors at any home. Take your bags to the Hideout Trash and Recycling Center, 1.2 miles from the house and open 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM, on any trip out of the community; you do not have to wait for your final departure. It sits at the north end of Roaming Woods Lake, across from North Beach.
Please feed nothing. A fed bear becomes a problem bear, and problem bears do not get relocated twice. Guests are responsible for damage caused by refuse stored outside.
Flush waste and toilet paper, and nothing else: no wipes, no paper towels, no cotton, no hygiene products, no "flushable" anything. Every house in this community runs on an ejector pump with an alarm and a red emergency light. Setting off that alarm means an emergency service call at your cost, plus any repairs.
Dual smoke and CO detectors are in every bedroom and on every floor, on extended-life batteries, so they do not chirp for low batteries. If one alarms, treat it as real: get everyone out and call 911. Pennsylvania law forbids removing or damaging a detector and sets a penalty for doing it.
Three Renter Guest badges come with your rental, and they are the only badges that let you buy alcohol inside the gates. Six Member Guest amenity badges are left as a courtesy. Put every badge back where you found it; the POA charges for a replacement, and that charge passes to you.
The fifteen-foot Boston Whaler skiff comes with the house as a courtesy of the property. It is not offered for hire or rent, separately or as part of your reservation. Whoever operates it needs a NASBLA boater safety certificate, and we walk you through the lake rules, the no-wake zones and the shallows before you take it out. A life jacket aboard for every person, worn at all times by anyone sixteen or under. No towing of any kind, and no alcohol for whoever is driving.
Use of the boat is not guaranteed. The weather, the condition of the lake, the autumn drawdown and the condition of the boat itself all govern whether it can go out, and no part of the rate is attributable to its use.
Posted in accordance with The Hideout's short-term rental rules.
The Hideout POA removes snow from all community streets. Accumulation over 3 inches is removed from this property by a private contractor. Shovels and ice melt are provided for walkways and decks.
For the safety of our guests and the property, all exterior areas are subject to video monitoring. Recordings are destroyed after 30 days. There is no video monitoring of any kind inside the house.
Last updated 28 October 2026.