INNKEEPING AS A CAREER

Keep Track of Your Inn’s Digital Passwords and Contact Info with this form

Digital Marketing iLoveinns Form

“When something on your website or email breaks down you need this contact info at your fingertips. Fill out this form this week and you’ll have what you need!” Click HERE to download the form.  

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#1 Best-Loved Covid Change at Bed & Breakfasts? Self Check-In

#1 Best-Loved Covid Change at Bed & Breakfasts? Self Check-In

Meandering Allowed with Self Check-In #1 Best-Loved Covid Change? Self Check-In In an interview with Lancaster County’s Inn & Spa at Intercourse Village, PA we learned that what guests absolutely Love that is from Covid is the inn’s Self-Check. “We now have a Lockbox we mounted to our exterior wall (brick). We put the programmable electronic key […]

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Inn Number 2 Called iLoveInns When Sued About ADA

Inn Number 2 Called iLoveInns When Sued About ADA

(What to Do If You Get a Claim or Demand Letter About ADA) If you receive a demand letter or are on the receiving end of a potential lawsuit citing an ADA violation on your website, don’t panic. Take the following steps: Find counsel that has experience in ADA defense, specifically in the areas of […]

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Created Tips for Working Remotely From Their Inn

Created Tips for Working Remotely From Their Inn

Here’s How An Alaska Inn is Marketing Remote Work Space 1. Make It a Road Trip – (They target a town within 3-4 hours.) The hustle and bustle of city life can take its toll, even from home. Escape the city with a road trip from Anchorage to Homer! The route allows you to enjoy 225 […]

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This Inn Is Expanding in the Middle of a Pandemic

For Friends Inn

This last year, after a very good summer, ForFriends Inn decided to Expand. Right in the middle of a pandemic. “When we couldn’t get the price we wanted for selling our inn, we decided to expand, instead. We acquired an adjacent lot this past October and have broken ground for six 650-sq.-ft. cottages. Currently we are 7 […]

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Did the Wrong Color Instigate This ADA Lawsuit? Have Vaccine, Will Travel, Thinking Outside the Kitchen

Did the Wrong Color Red Instigate This ADA Filed Lawsuit?

Attorneys and individuals are still filing ADA lawsuits and we are still getting calls. As you know, it doesn’t have to do with your physical property but how your website is used by the disabled. If you haven’t updated your site OR had it checked in the last 12 months, it is time. Technology changes daily and the […]

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What We Heard This Week

What We Heard This Week

Instagram – I love the posts you are making for us on Instagram! I want you to do our Facebook posts too. We should be doing newsletters. If you’ll do all of it, I want you to handle that, too. Blogs – These are amazing. Why didn’t I find you 30 years ago. You know more about Santa Barbara then I […]

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Write a Great Blog And Get 3 Social Media Things Done At Once

Marketing tips

Write a Great Blog And Get 3 Social Media Things Done At Once We’ve been sharing marketing tips with innkeepers for more than 20 years and this has to be one of my favorite marketing tips. That’s because you get 3 things done at once when you start with a blog. What brought this to […]

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You’re On the SUNNY Side of the Street If You’re Not a Business Hotel

Churchtown Inn, PA

Churchtown Inn, PA You’re On the SUNNY Side of the Street If You’re Not a Business Hotel Leisure travel is expected to return first, and consumers are optimistic about the national distribution of a vaccine so they can travel again in 2021. And there are hundreds more vaccines in the making… Hotels however, are going to […]

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Surviving Until the Market Returns – According to Booking.com, Airbnb, Innkeeper Recommends This to Get Bargain Photos

It Takes 15 Photos to Get These Travelers to Book If you are gong after younger travelers Booking.com says they look at a minimum of 15 photos before they book. The photo above is from Run of the River in Leavenworth, WA. It was taken by Kate Spencer Photography, innkeeper Jan Bollinger’s daughter-in-law. Not many of us […]

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