Tanglewood Lodge

05/23/2026

We’ll be missing you, our dear friend. Until we meet again!

05/20/2026

There’s a new boss in town inspecting our work. She said the pool will be open this weekend rain or shine! The only promise she cannot make is the temperature, so maybe bring your insulated wet suits 🥶!!

03/31/2026

Shed your winter wear and join us for a spring booking!

03/08/2026

03/04/2026

DEADLINE EXTENDED! Looking for a reason to get dates on the calendar? How about a 55$ minimum savings?

Offer applies to bookings already made without deposits, or new bookings!

Tax Season Special —

Book 3 nights or more ONLINE and get 15% off your total! That’s a $55+ savings!

Have a booking on the calendar already? Call the office and make a 50% deposit and receive the same discount!

Offer ends March 9th!

Book here :

https://tanglewood-lodge.mydirectstay.com

02/26/2026

The perfect reason to put some dates on the calendar!

Deposits and bookings can also be taken over the phone!

Tax Season Special —

Book 3 nights or more ONLINE and get 15% off your total! That’s a $55+ savings!

Have a booking on the calendar already? Call the office and make a 50% deposit and receive the same discount!

Offer ends March 9th!

Book here :

https://tanglewood-lodge.mydirectstay.com

02/23/2026

Tax Season Special —

Book 3 nights or more ONLINE and get 15% off your total! That’s a $55+ savings!

Have a booking on the calendar already? Call the office and make a 50% deposit and receive the same discount!

Offer ends March 9th!

Book here :

https://tanglewood-lodge.mydirectstay.com

02/07/2026

Did you know we’ve been in a MOVIE?!

Catch it premiering this weekend at the Alamo in Springfield!

Kings is a film about a chess champion and a poker player that find themselves in a battle of wits after one of them finds a box of money in a dumpster.

Writer/Director: Carter Breaux
Cinematographer: Taylor Hoos
Starring: Yaya Liké & Ethan O’Neal
Producers: Carter Breaux and Taylor Hoos

01/14/2026

Happy New Year!

As a recap of the season, we like to reach out to all of our guests to share our rates as soon as possible so that you can plan accordingly for your future reservations during the 2026 season.

Summer Rates (April 1 – November 1)
Standard units – $125 per night plus tax
Double unit – $185 per night plus tax
Condo – $355 per night plus tax
Stay 6 nights, get the 7th free is ALWAYS available — 45 years and counting. This is always discounted, it is not an offer you need to claim or ask for.

Our main driving force in this very small change is due to our electric provider increasing rates by a whopping 39%. It has also been our encouragement to close up for a short time during the winter and protect the building from the harsh cold weather we seem to have inherited.

As a bit of transparency, we run an end-of-year report to make sure our progress forward is clear, and one area of constant difficulty is cancellation. We have a very light-hearted approach to this, as many of us know life can happen during the worst of times. However, we would like to encourage you that if you’ve made a reservation, it is your responsibility to recall those dates. It is also the guest’s responsibility to modify dates before arrival if all nights cannot be occupied. These changes are extremely detrimental to our small business, and in the year 2025 alone, we lost out on $44,702 due to cancellations. Please read that again, because it’s a staggering and very real problem that affects the future of our business.

Moving forward, all reservations of 4 nights or more will require a 1-night deposit at the time of booking. We appreciate your understanding!

Our next struggle is consistently the upstairs/downstairs and specific room number reservation requests. At the time of booking, we will always start you where preferred based on availability. If there are known VALID disabilities to someone in your party, please let us know at the time of booking. If we are able to accommodate a disabled guest by swapping an upstairs room for a downstairs room with a non-disabled guest, we reserve the right to do so. We also do not guarantee a specific room number. If a guest is residing in a room you’ve requested and asks for a date extension, the room requires maintenance, and many other reasons — we will not deny or turn down the needs of our property or added income because of preference.

Our last and final reminder, we do accept dogs 25lbs and under for an additional $10 a night. We feel this is quite the steal, as boarding a dog at a facility on average runs $35 a night. This amount covers the additional cleaning a dog brings to a room. We reserve the right to ask for your dog to be crated while unnatended. Please always bring one with you. If the odor of urine is present upon checkout, this will assess an additional $100 fee in order to arrange emergency carpet cleaning and other repairs to ensure the room is ready for the next guest (which is often just hours later). Other pets such as cats are not permitted.

If you have any questions or concerns about our 2026 policies, please give our office a call at 417-334-1642.

We look forward to hosting you in 2026!

01/10/2026

It is with great sadness that we share the news of our dear Ray Neselroad’s passing.

Ray was a staple guest at Tanglewood, joining us as many times as he could over the seasons dating back before Lucas was even born. He has made friends with many of you over his love for fishing, sharing grand meals made by his lovely bride Becky, his daily trips to town over lost lures, and sitting on the porch with a tea. He was often stubbornly found on the dock without a life jacket, happy to hear anyone barking at him to put one on. If he had forgotten one, it was a great excuse to go to “Pro Bass” for a new one and maybe something else.

He was adored by his family for more reasons than we can even write out on a post. His dogs enjoyed a spot on his lap and under his plate while he ate. At any given time you could hear him yell “BECK!” and she would be on her way.

Ray, we will miss you. We are so thankful for your friendship and constant support of Tanglewood and anything we did. We promise to continue keeping it all together as a family just as you always loved.

Please keep the Neselroad family in your thoughts and prayers.