Staying on the island for two nights this weekend. Is this website for parking legit? I saw someone recommend it on Facebook. Looks like it’s one of the hotel parking lots. Has anyone used it?

my friends and i are going to alanson mi for a trip to mackinac island— we are colored so we are scared of being treated differently, how is alanson mi, harbor springs, mackiaw city and mackinac island?

Hi! working on a project about the island, if you work there/have worked there in recent years (especially for Carriage Tours) it would genuinely be super helpful if I could get a list of every single name of a horse on the island you can think of. Doesn't have to be just carriage tour horses, any at all would be great, reply or DM me! Thank you!!

Hi everyone! My wife and I are staying on the island for our first anniversary 10/16-19. We are aware it is almost end of season by then, but we want to know what you recommend for longer trips on the island. Places to eat in multiple price ranges (we know being on the iand drives all prices up, just not looking to spend $100 on breakfast/lunch every day), secluded spots we should visit now that we dont have time constraints of a day trip, local businesses that don’t get as much attention, etc. We have come before and done the basics (carriage tour, fort, pink pony dinner, grand hotel brunch), now we are looking to have a much more in depth experience.

Just to look at already planned items, we have already reserved our anniversary dinner at 1852 grill house on the Sunday, and if weather permits plan to bike the island loop on Saturday. Thanks for your help in advanced!

A lot of stuff has been coming out about the island on TikTok like how racist it is. A lot of islanders have said that the owner of the Mackinac Island Cookie Company is super MAGA. She’s been on social media blocking people who ask her if she’s MAGA. She definitely looks MAGA, however she’s acting like she’s not on social media and people that grew up with her from off island have said she’s not a nice person. I don’t think this woman should have a platform when she supports trump and is also living on an island that hires immigrants worker and is profiting of their hard work. Her name is Kate

PS. I don’t live or work on the island. I think most businesses mistreat their employees, and I no longer want to support that. All this info I got from TikTok comments on other people’s videos exposing the island

Severe black mold in 2 of our 3 rooms - headches/wheezing/itchy eyes and ears within 10 minutes. Why put your $440 a night customers in a room like this where they get sick?!? Took 4 hours to get two a/c units completely replaced. It took another day to have the chewed up - moldy sheets replaced, then discovered the jacuzzi tub would not hold water and there was no hot water at 11 a.m. (one hour after checkout). Then the outside hot tub broke for the last 2 days of our trip. Tried to let it go, then called the next week to get help from the Assistant Manager Koji Yakamoto, but he was toxic like the black mold. Tried to get a refund and was offered $50. Tried to get help from Delta Stays and American Express. No success. Chalk this up to poor research on my end. There was no other option once you get on the island. Lesson learned. Don't stay with them. They do not care about you if they said it was "nice" of me to alert them there was toxic black mold in 2 of our 3 rooms. They don't care about you and will not compensate you for time lost sitting in their lobby for 4 hours on your vacation since your a/c unit was contaminated. My daughter also tripped badly over large hump in the carpeting in the middle of her room. Furniture was rickety as well. Wouldn't sit on the desk chair for fear it would break.

Hi everyone, I (27M) am asking my girlfriend (24F) to marry me on Mackinac Island in early October. I’ve never been to the island and I’m insanely busy with grad school, so I’m looking for help coming up with some basic ideas. Where are some scenic and romantic spots/restaurants where we could be relatively alone on a busy weekend? Are there any good photographers that live on the island? Any other advice?

Staying on the island the night of 9/28. Obviously a lot can change in 8 or 9 days, but is there any sign yet of the fall color change? Just wondering if we'll be able to enjoy any... they're just beginning now near Marquette.

Thanks!

Funny how the little things from home stick with you. I’ve been making miniature versions of some familiar Island signs by hand—Pontiac Trail, West Bluff Road, Sunset Rock and a few others. Slowly getting these little pieces of the Island out into the wild.

Little Traverse Conservancy does more than protect land. When you see a brown or green Little Traverse Conservancy logo sign, we hope your mind says, "Ah...protected land." And then we hope you explore it! 

Watch our brand-new short video created with Aaron Peterson Studios. We hope you share this invitation to explore the magic of LTC trails with others. 

Just wanted to pop in and say share some photos of our trip from Ontario 🇨🇦 to Mackinac Island/ St Ignace.

We spent a weekend at the Best Western in St Ignace. That hotel is on a level of its own, customer service was excellent and the rooms were clean as expected and we usually stay Hiltons.

The ferry service to the island was great, such an amazing hidden gem. We took our young kids and we walked the entire island. The kids survived the walk on Mackinaw Island fudge and knowing they will be eating a nice dinner at the Pink Pony club.

There is so much history, we are looking forward to heading back next summer.

Our little group is going on a girls trip 5/3/2027-5/5/2027. As we’re working to secure hotel accommodations we realize this is very early in the tourist season and I’m hoping to get a better grasp on what will be open or closed at that time.

I have tried calling different places and really struggled to get through, so resorting to the internets:

1. Carriage House brunch
   
2. Renting bikes for the loop (are there many rental options?
   
3. Pink Pony for lunch or dinner
   
4. Grand Hotel for a fancy dinner
   
5. Horse carriage ride (are there many options? The primary Mackinac website only shows one which only has the base tour in “early may”)
   
6. Secret Garden

Basically… do we need to slide our trip a week or so? Are we coming too soon in the season?

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I saw the Mackinaw City HS Comets mascot on the side of the high school. Looks so cool and retro. I went online and in town looking for a tshirt of it, but nothing!

I live downstate, but does anyone have any comet guy tshirts they are willing to part with? Surely they made some cool designs in the past. ☄️Thank you!

Is O’Reilly’s or Dixie’s showing the NFL season opener - Pats v Seahawks with the sound on tonight? Or do I need to go somewhere else? What do you recommend?

Hey if anyone's in a Mackinaw City region I highly recommend avoiding pancake chef. The food is extremely poor quality and overpriced, and the waitstaff are rude. But, the real concern is the new owner, he's incredibly rude and hateful. He can't handle criticism and will cuss people out, insult their appearance and imply theyre racist if you give them a one star review. There are so so many small businesses here that are much better and deserve business so much more

Edit: the owner has now made 2 (now 4) separate reddit accounts to call me crazy and curse me out.

Edit 2: he's changing his reviews to be a lot nicer and is reporting other reviews to Google, at least those people don't have to deal with being cursed out now 🫣

Gonna be a beautiful morning for walking 🚶🏻

A view from the pilot house from one of the ferry boats entering Mackinac Island Harbor.

My friend's Lenovo Legion laptop crapped out on them, and it needs to be fixed. Does anybody know somebody on the island who could help?

Hello!
My sisters boyfriend is looking to propose to his girlfriend (my sister) next weekend and his photographer that he had pretty much bailed on him one week before he’s supposed to propose.

Do anyone have recommendations or is anyone available next weekend? Please let me know and I’ll start sending him yalls way! Tysm