Can You Answer Brides’ 7 Questions? By Event Planner & Sand Rock Farm Innkeeper, Jen Hagglof, Aptos, Calif If inns plan to do weddings or already do them, they need to be prepared to answer the following questions when potential clients inquire: What is the cost to rent the venue? What is the capacity? What are the […]
Read More»Links, Content & Mobile Keep You at the Top of Google Search A Search Engine Watch writer recently revealed his thrill to have heard GOOGLE secrets slip out of the mouth of Andrey Lipattsev at a conference in Ireland where he stated that the most important things websites need to stay on the top of […]
Read More»Win a Maine Inn for your kids. Did you raise a future innkeeper? If your child was raised in an inn, this could be a dream come true for all of you, a mortgage-free inn. “Don’t delay! Entries are due by September 19, 2016, – winner will be chosen on October 13th, which is the […]
Read More»Chip and Joanna Gaines with a New Texas B&B – How They Use Social Media FACEBOOK I’ve been checking out how this couple uses their social media channels and found a posting they made on Facebook to boost their followers’ interest in their brand new inn. “Hurry! Hop over to Chip or Joanna’s Instagram feeds and enter their awesome giveaway to […]
Read More»Pay $250 Instead of $1,500 for Photos 1. The number one way to get great photos that will fit your budget is to hire a good local real estate photographer – review their work online and at real estate agent offices, open houses, circulars. Especially look at the photos displayed by top-selling agents – in […]
Read More»Innkeeper Vacations Make You Live Longer – Just Like Your Guests Yesterday, I sat down with Bill and Eleonora of Jacob Hill Inn (Providence, RI) at a coffee shop in Dana Point where we enjoyed a nice long chat – almost the way Europeans sit around for hours talking. We celebrated their 20+ years of […]
Read More»Ohio – Garden Gate Get-A-Way Bed and Breakfast Remember the movie – Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio the true story of a housewife who managed to win household goods, vacations and cash that got her family through tough years? Well here’s your chance if you’ve dreamed of owning a quaint bed and breakfast. This is […]
Read More»I was really surprised to see an inn I’ve known and loved come up as a contest prize in Virginia! It was started by a fine Navy commander and is just aways from Scottsville and Charlottesville. High Meadows is two historic homes joined at the back porch. The inn is on 20 gorgeous acreage with field, woods and stream […]
Read More»NEW CAREER: How Can You Start a Bed & Breakfast of Your Own? Nearly everyone who visits bed and breakfast inns has entertained notions of being an innkeeper at some time in their lives. It often happens when people first stay at a beautiful, well-run inn. They take in the serene surroundings, the trophy property, […]
Read More»American Historic Inns, the nation’s leading publisher of Bed and Breakfast guidebooks, reveals that a surprising number of teachers have become B & B innkeepers. A closer look reveals that innkeeping is a natural second career choice for enthusiastic and social educators. In an age where second careers are becoming even more common, many former […]
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