What Innkeepers Want to Tell This Future Missouri Innkeeper About Her $100,000 Budget Janice Dyer won a Missouri Lottery Scratchers ticket recently. When the dust settled, she had won $100,000. “Dyer will be using her prize money to restore a mansion she recently purchased in Palmyra, turning it into a Civil War-themed bed and breakfast. […]
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Have the Best Fall Ever Stay In An American Historic Inn Everyone raves about the historic sights in Europe but we have beautiful historic treasures right here in the good ole USA. And incredibly each inn you see here offers a free night when you buy the first night. Why not support the preservation where much of […]
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Watch This B&B Design Show & Come Up With a Good Idea for Your Bed & Breakfast This new series on Netflix was geared toward struggling bed and breakfast hosts – especially, for those with 19,000 competitors in places like Brooklyn. Marketing and design help is offered by Pete Lorimer and former Trading Spaces designer […]
Read More»This letter printed below was written by a Northeast innkeeper to explain to Bed & Breakfast guests just how Online Travel Agencies affect small inns (as well as hotels). He requested anonymity to prevent reprisals. “Dear Guest: “You know the names. Booking.com, Hotels.com, Expedia, Priceline. Collectively termed Online Travel Agents, or OTA’s, they control […]
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Convince More Travelers That Your Inn is the Best Option Get a new website and you can actually convince more travelers that your inn is the best option and they will have the best experiences. Some qualities to look for include: Original, Fresh Content Content is important in the web world, unique and up […]
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Wicky Up Ranch, Near Sequoia National Park What Bed & Breakfast Innkeepers Said This Week “(The JC Penney deal) was specifically what prompted us to rejoin. PS..we just got a new king bed for one of our suites from JCP and I’m super happy – Saved a ton! – $400.” Sharon Piper, Innkeeper 8/16 “Bedandbreakfast.com […]
Read More»Wicky-Up Ranch, Calif. What We Heard This Week “I’m in the CELEBRATION business. I dare any man to take their wife to an airbnb for their 25th wedding anniversary.” Penn. Innkeeper “Hi, gang. Dave used to be such a help to me when we were in your directory. We stopped all advertising about […]
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Innkeeper Reports BedandBreakfast.com Is No More BedandBreakfast.com is no more (as a company) as of Oct.1, according to one innkeeper’s recent discovery. Here’s what Dave Pollack of ForFriends Inn reported: “One of our favorite, friendly and approachable referral websites is no more! BedandBreakfast.com was purchased by Expedia Group in Q4, 2015. Now, we’re fully seeing what […]
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The vast majority of the state’s tourism destinations are unaffected. The media continues to communicate a “California ablaze” narrative, But the fires are burning in less than 1 percent of the state and there are minimal impacts to tourism corridors. Look at All The Places You Can Go Mendocino Napa Calistoga Monterey Pacific Grove […]
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Was Your Website Marked NOT SECURE On July 25? This is what your website will look like in the popular Google Chrome browser if you did not migrate your site to HTTPS after July 25. Google announced that all websites that didn’t migrate to HTTPS will be marked as “not secure” on July 25 and […]
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