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Aug

22

5 Bed & Breakfasts that Let You Join in the Cooking Fun

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Going out for dinner can be a bit like attending a magic show. You see the menu (the magician), you know some of the ingredients (the props), and what shows up on your table is a plate full of enchanting flavors (the mind-blowing illusion). How do so many inn chefs manage to astound and delight […]

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Aug

09

Bed & Breakfasts Are for the Birds: Birdwatching at Your Favorite Inn

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Birdwatching is a ticket to the theater of nature. Birds of all colors, shapes, and sizes sing and dance before your eyes. Pack your binoculars and make a bed and breakfast vacation out of your birdwatching hobby. Below are examples of great birdwatching at selected bed and breakfast inns. Gibson’s Lodgings in Annapolis, Md, offers […]

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Jul

28

Kid-Friendly Inns

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Vacationing with the Family in Style You’re all set for a weekend getaway. You’ve chosen a wonderful place to stay: it’s small, or it’s historic, or it’s elegant. Whatever your fancy, it’s perfect. There’s just one small problem, your kids. There’s an easy to way to solve that problem, take the kids with you. That’s […]

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Jul

20

Harvard Business Review on Airbnb, Top Tourism Bureau Websites, POT-Friendly Inns

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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 […]

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Jun

14

No-Cost Marketing You Aren’t Using, 7 Good/Bad Websites

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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 […]

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Jun

02

Increase Bookings With Exterior Colors – Color Consultant Claims, Town to Trade License for Tax

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San Francisco’s Color Consultant on Victorian Color Combinations, Claims $$$ Increase for Owners Architectural color consultant, Bob Buckter has chosen paint combinations for more than 15,000 houses, so if you’re thinking about tweaking your paint on your beautiful inn take a look at his work. In an interview last week with “Dr. Color”, he believes […]

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May

18

Google Changed Your Inn’s Photo Friday, How to Add Tent Rooms by Next Month, Wisconsin B&Bs Out Airbnb

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Expand Your Inn Revenues With a Glamping Tent (or 4) If You Have Trees and Acres – Timber Creek Barn offers 5 guest rooms, one treehouse and a recently added Tent. Tent accommodations range from $80-$100 per night and include breakfast. “The tent is 14 feet by 16 feet and it is held up with a […]

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May

12

It’s His Day: 6 Manly Bed and Breakfast Trips for His Birthday or Father’s Day

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Guys can be tough to shop for. Rather than buying him yet another shirt, schedule a getaway that you can both enjoy. Head to a town that has man-centric activities, then add a touch of romance by staying at a one-of-a-kind bed and breakfast inn. Many of these inns offer a Buy One Get One Night […]

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Apr

14

4 Fab Historic Inns of California coast

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1. San Diego’s Glorietta Bay Inn – 1908 – Encounter resplendent grandeur at this Edwardian mansion, built for the renown John D. Spreckels and now a historic landmark. Major restoration has preserved many of the original light fixtures, sconces and chandeliers, brass banisters, marble stairs, copper-clad glass doors, hardwood floors and ornate woodwork. The Music Room […]

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Apr

14

Win an Inn for Your Kids, New Way for Groupon to Get You Guests

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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 […]

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