Mackinaw City Chamber of Commerce

"Parkside Inn, Mackinaw City - Was everything I requested. The bridgeview room was GREAT; we watched the lights on the Bridge come on every night of our stay. The room was spacious, 2 queen beds, a table with 2 chairs, etc. Everything worked well in the room. A complimentary breakfast would have been nice, but we had goodies and just ate in the room. The front desk person was helpful and knowledgeable. GREAT place - Would stay again"

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"Mackinaw City Chamber of Commerce, is doing the best they can. For being a non-profit organization. They're doing the best they can. I had an issue and I emailed them explaining. The answer my email and guided me in the right direction. I was able to get my issue taken care of within a matter of minutes. So I'm pleased to say they did their job and I appreciate them."

"I understand that Mackinaw City Chamber of Commerce does not regulate businesses or employees. However, I do hope that you can discourage the planner(s) of that "1st Annual Mackinaw Motorcycle Rally" from doing this again. This is not the right kind of setting and there are not enough restaurants to hold crowds of that size even at full capacity. I have no complaints about any of the rally participants (any of them I spoke to were perfectly polite) -- it actually was the sheer size of the crowd that was the issue. It was the noise. The bikes are just loud by nature. The restaurants and bars are still at 50% capacity, so where were all of these people supposed to go? They packed into any place they could. They wandered around in stores but according to some of the retail managers, they weren't making any money from them. The real money being made was in the bars. Mackinaw Crossing had live entertainment on Friday evening -- open air, etc. yet there were so many people you could barely walk through as a shopper. Cigarette smoke was so thick OUTSIDE you nearly choked on it -- and of course, there were cigarette butts everywhere on the walks. Many people were also walking around with open beers at 7-8pm in the area... how were families with young kids supposed to feel comfortable with that? The rally planners scheduled a ride across the bridge -- very poor planning, as they should have closed the bridge to let the riders safely cross with an escort. There was one terrible accident -- I heard there was actually MORE than one. The bridge was tied up and impassable for hours... on a Saturday morning. The rally riders deserved better planning and a bigger, better, safer environment for them to gather... and the families, elderly, and regular Mackinaw tourists and residents deserved not to be kept awake until the wee hours with revving Harleys and burnouts... so please... move this event elsewhere."

"The Mackinaw City Chamber of Commerce has been representing the interests of Mackinaw City, the businesses, the events and the people of Mackinaw City since the 50’s. It is an honest and respected business who’s goal is to help and inform the visitors who come to Mackinaw City. The Mackinaw City Chamber of TOURISM is a privately owned organization. It’s only goal is to direct you to their hotels, motels and businesses. They don’t really care if you have a wonderful stay or not. All they want is your money. Write your complaints on the TOURISM website, the hotel websites, yelp and goggle. Send a letter or email to the Chamber of Commerce and ask them to forward it to the city council. Hopefully something can be done to stop this fraud. Mackinaw has many wonderful hotels and businesses that belong to the Chamber of Commerce. I am not one of those. I am a visitor that got duped/screwed by the Chamber of TOURISM. I just want to inform other visitors about what is going on."