Pulling Out All the Stops for Summer Bookings A Deal Customers Can’t Afford to Miss Pulling out all the stops for getting summer bookings the beautiful Hillbrook Inn (one of my all time favorites) found ways to lure guests off their couches. End-of-Summer Adventure Special Book before August 31, 2016, to take advantage of all […]
Read More»Seven Gables Inn in Pacific Grove, California 3 Ways to Get Fabulous Photos at a Fraction of the Cost Pay $250 Instead of $1,500 for Photos 1. Hire a Local Real Estate Photographer The number one way to get great photos that will fit your budget is to hire a good local real estate photographer […]
Read More»Hang Your American Flag With Etiquette and Style – Official Rules http://www.houzz.com/…/hang-your-american-flag-with-etiquette-and-style Annual JD Powers Guest Study – Expanding Check-in Times a New Trend 1. Guest Satisfaction Rankings By JD Powers Puts You Ahead and Behind – “Service – It might not be free, but it’s less costly than capital investments, and you don’t have to give […]
Read More»Today’s Website Problems Can Become Solutions We’ve been thrilled to hear comments from innkeepers about the websites we are building for them – Recent Comments From Innkeepers “The results are so phenomenal!” “With your help we’ve reached this (high) level of reservations.” “Thanks to our wonderful new website, we are booking all the time!!” “Please […]
Read More»Airbnb is now charging guests (in Paris) $.83 a night occupancy tax after reaching an agreement with city authorities last year. Airbnb professes to be open to partnering with cities, but it has shown little interest in these problems; the company forcefully opposes any measures that would limit the scale of its business. San Francisco […]
Read More»(And if you did your own – here’s how you can tell if you are terrible:) In addition, P.S. It takes years of experience to not be a terrible web designer. 1. The price is under $1,000 bucks If your website is costing you less than a $1,000 bucks, then chances are your web designer […]
Read More»Writing Tip – Always find a way to make every recipe personal – why you like it, how it came to be, what guests say about it etc. But just the fact that you serve it at your inn and that you probably make 1,000 or more breakfasts a year makes you a true expert. […]
Read More»7 Inns Reveal the Good, the Bad and the Ugly and How to Fix it Good Design, Good Title Tags Chatham Gables Inn – Good Website Design and Good Title Tags – Study the title tags – always include city and the region (Cape Cod and Chatham in this case). Something many “designer-types” miss. Alpine […]
Read More»Your Newsletter Checklist Decide What Your Want – What do you want your guests to do/think/feel when they read your newsletter? Book a room? Write a review? Keep making a plan to return? Write your subject line so that the newsletter will be opened – use recipes, numbered events (3 Top New Chefs) – topics […]
Read More»Each Fabulous Photo You Take Could Be Worth Thousands of Dollars in Reservations Take Your Own Fabulous Photos by Linda Nolte of Ivy House. Every great photo you use on your website and post to others is worth $$$$. In fact, there’s an uptick of so it’s almost like clicking for money. Click those […]
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