MISCELLANEOUS

Jan

14

Valentine’s Day for HIM

Valentine’s Day usually means roses and chocolates and romance; everything a woman loves. But what about the Man? How can you make the day special for Him? What if there is a way for everyone to be happy? How does ice fishing, deer hunting, snowmobiling, race car driving school or brewery tours sound? You can […]

Jan

05

3 Ways to Get Fabulous Photos at a Fraction of the Cost

BUSINESS TRAVEL / INNKEEPERS / INNKEEPING AS A CAREER / MISCELLANEOUS / SAVING TIPS Posted by Deborah Sakach / 0 comments

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 […]

Jan

04

Getaway to Downton Abbey Inn Style

BOUTIQUE MANSION INNS / GARDENS & TEA / GIRLFRIEND GETAWAYS / HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE / homefeatured / MISCELLANEOUS / ROMANTIC Posted by Deborah Sakach / 0 comments

The sixth and final season of your favorite lords and ladies has arrived in the U.S. Don’t sit at home crying into your embroidered handkerchief; instead, celebrate old memories and remaining episodes by spending a Sunday evening at a manor inn. Surround yourself with a historic ambiance and as you watch an episode, perhaps, you’ll […]

Dec

18

Downton Abbey-Like Bed & Breakfast Inns in the Midwest

BOUTIQUE MANSION INNS / GARDENS & TEA / HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE / HISTORIC INNS / HISTORY & CULTURE / MIDWEST / MISCELLANEOUS / ROMANTIC Posted by Deborah Sakach / 0 comments

The Patterson Inn – Denver, Colorado A Colorado state senator built this Manitou sandstone building, now on the National Register of Historic Places. Hand-carved stairways, restored wood floors, and original stained glass windows give guests a mansion experience as well as the Librrary in the Cheshire Room while the Prague room offers 27-foot ceilings and a […]

Nov

16

Could You Get a 52% Increase with a New Website and Newsletter Marketing?

INNKEEPERS / MISCELLANEOUS Posted by Deborah Sakach / 0 comments

Could You Get a 52% Increase with a New Website and Newsletter Marketing? Internationally respected digital expert, Marketing Sherpa offers this case study of an inn’s success in raising occupancy by 52%. In 2008 the bottom fell out for family-owned Jamaica Inn. Here’s what they did to recover starting in 2012: Launched a New Website […]

Oct

19

4,550 Chicago AirBNB Hosts But Why Are Chicago’s 23 B&Bs Being Assessed $20,000-$60,000 More?

INNKEEPERS / MIDWEST / MISCELLANEOUS Posted by Deborah Sakach / 0 comments

The rise of Airbnb in recent years has rocked the foundation of the hospitality industry in cities around the world. Now we know exactly how much of that growth has been in Chicago, thanks to new data from the popular vacation rental website. The San Francisco-based company, which allows residents to rent their homes to […]

Oct

12

B&B Innkeeper’s 3 Questions That Make Interior Design Nurture the Soul

INNKEEPERS / MISCELLANEOUS Posted by Deborah Sakach / 0 comments

Here’s how a designer updated her own B&B. Cheri Antozak is an interior designer who in 2002 designed and opened Prairieside Suites Luxury B&B in Grandville, Mich. Cheri is also certified in kitchen & bathroom design plus holds a builders license for the remodeling company Interiors By Cheri, which she runs with her husband Paul, […]

Oct

01

Downton Abbey in the South

BOUTIQUE MANSION INNS / HISTORIC INNS / MISCELLANEOUS / Uncategorized Posted by Deborah Sakach / 0 comments

Duke Mansion – Charlotte, North Carolina

Sep

16

Two More Great Little Bed and Breakfast Inns You Can Win

INNKEEPERS / INNKEEPING AS A CAREER / MISCELLANEOUS Posted by Deborah Sakach / 0 comments

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 […]

Aug

11

AirBNB Loses Big and Gains Big, Inn Photos You Can’t Forget, Inn For Sale Contest Illegal?

INNKEEPERS / MISCELLANEOUS / Uncategorized Posted by Deborah Sakach / 0 comments

An Image that Stays in the Brain – (People Remember 80% of What They See – Not Read) 1906 Lodge on Coronado Island (San Diego area) hit it big with this photo. Can’t get it out of my mind and it reminds me of the Washington State innkeepers who moved a bed onto the sand, […]