Deborah Sakach

16 Bed & Breakfast Inns Offer Gardens & 50% Off

It’s spring and time to visit gardens and view the blooms. What better way than to take a scenic drive to stay in a bed and breakfast or country inn with exceptional flower gardens. The inns below offer the second night free with the iLoveInns.com free night program. Each inn chooses the times they give […]

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3 Ways to Win the Maine Inn Contest with the Right Essay

Want to win Maine’s Center Lovell Inn and Restaurant that is being given away by owner Janice Sage? Here’s three tips on how to write your essay. (There’s a drawing with a $125 entry fee and because the essay relies on skill, not luck, it has been deemed legal in Maine.) Portland Press Herald 7,500 entries are being […]

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Bed & Breakfast Valentine Day Specials Include Fireside Picnics, Sleigh Rides

It won’t be long before you can ride your bikes together, hike among spring flowers or take off for an “April in Paris” getaway (or Cape Cod, Asheville, San Francisco…). In the meantime, inns and bed and breakfasts across the country are ready and waiting to offer you a romantic reprieve.   Valentine’s Wine & […]

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The 2015 Top 10 Romantic Inns

    Middleton Inn, Washington, Va. The Bed & Breakfast Inn at La Jolla, La Jolla, Calif. Prospect Hill Plantation Inn, Lousia, Va. Castle in the Country B&B, Allegan, Mich. Carson Ridge Luxury Cabins, Carson, Wash. Cedar Crest Lodge, Pleasanton, Kan. Barcelona Lakeside B&B, Westfield, N.Y. Alegria Oceanfront Inn & Cottages, Mendocino, Calif. Full Circle […]

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Monastery Bed & Breakfast Open for Super Bowl Guests

Just in case Scott and Joan’s Phoenix Bed and Breakfast, Maricopa Manor is booked this weekend, you might try the local monastery – St. Benedict Immaculate Conception Monastery.   Innkeeper/Sister Linda Campbell has  opened the doors to the monastery in Phoenix for those looking for a place to stay during the super bowl. If you are one […]

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Bed and Breakfast Fans Kidnap Each Other for 21 Years

Dr. Carol Ann Hackley and husband Cole know how to keep the romance alive in their marriage with annual bed and breakfast excursions. For 21 years they have kidnapped each other on or around their birthdays. There are Rules, though. The birthday mate never knows when or where they will be taken. And their suitcase is […]

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8 Key West Bed and Breakfasts

8 Best Bed and Breakfast for You When Visiting Key West   Key West inns offer such unique opportunities that I want to stay at least 6 days on my next trip. That way I can enjoy more than one. I’d want to sleep in the 5-generation historic inn, have breakfast at the inns known for their fine hospitality and […]

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Advice for Bird’s Nest B&B Facing Airbnb Competition?

This small Northwest Mass. inn was interviewed by PBS along with an Airbnb property in the same town. The Airbnb host’s home was lakefront and offered a treehouse unit with no facilities which the reporter booked. He did not book a room at the Bird’s Nest B&B but interviewed the innkeeper there. Innkeeper Cyndy Weeks, […]

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6 Tucson Bed and Breakfast Inns & Checklist for a Perfect Visit

  Six Tucson bed and breakfast inns offer the best way to take in the true flavor of Tucson and to make your experience richer. As always, I suggest staying 4 days in two different inns to give you a deeper knowledge of Tucson. Our favorite librarian has suggested these Tucson-based novels before or during your visit – The […]

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New York City, San Francisco or Grand Rapids – Which Has the Best Airbnb Solution?

In the ongoing world-wide saga of Airbnb and other home sharing phenomena, cities are finding ways to protect neighbors, guests and the new online share economy businesses. Here are examples of what is being done. SAN FRANCISCO VS. AIRBNB According to TechCrunch, on 10/7/2014 the Board of Supervisors in San Francisco meets to vote on regulations […]

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