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  1. JimBoone

    Selling part B.

    Yep, I fully agree, wouldn't work for us as we wouldn't make it up one flight, comment was based on Beach House saying they could convert the third floor to an apartment. Age sure jumps on us too fast.
  2. JimBoone

    Selling part B.

    @The Beach House, off the wall thought: sell the house under the condition that you remain as the 3rd floor tenant for a specified number of years, paid or unpaid tenant depending on how you structure the deal, make yourself the tenant that bugs the other guy.
  3. JimBoone

    Dealing with Fraudulent Bookings

    Welcome, I'm a tiny motel in the western part of your state, around 30 years of enjoyment thus far, please consider your experience part of your education into innkeeping, I learned most of my lessons the hard way, but all in all we meet a wonderful bunch of people in this business. Quick...
  4. JimBoone

    EV Chargers - anyone else installing these?

    Different experience, different guests maybe. Tesla provided charger, maybe one guest driving a Tesla in a year's time, nice vehicles, maybe just not big with our customer base. Usually, several non-guests during the summer who expected a free charge while they rented a home in the area, didn't...
  5. JimBoone

    Only important to me … are minimoos still a good thing?

    In a time long ago, I remember dad speaking of his days as a merchant seaman where there was a case of someone "borrowing" their beer. Eventually some bottles were filled with "recycled" beer and it broke up the game of borrowing.
  6. JimBoone

    Why we closed for the winter

    Winter can be a difficult period in which to please guests, warm or damp and folks are unhappy that area skiing is not ideal, or slopes are closed due to weather. Cold and lots of snow, driving can be an issue although some guests don't mind it is difficult on us if parking and the porch are...
  7. JimBoone

    For the love of all that’s holy…

    Answer these questions: Is it a real reservation or a ‘request’? Live, your room when you hit submit Are the prices available on your reservation page? On the reservation page when you put in a request with a date, not on static pages with room pictures as there are too many variables. Do...
  8. JimBoone

    Just Set 2022 Rates - A Few Thoughts

    @Arks Rates on website - I agree in that I often price shop for items of casual interest and seeing prices tell me if I'm wasting time dreaming about that item yet for us it is like listing the make, model and options of your auto purchase, too many variables without more information. Our rooms...
  9. JimBoone

    Just Set 2022 Rates - A Few Thoughts

    Gee, I thought this business was retirement
  10. JimBoone

    When Is Bedtime?

    I live in the building so hopefully would hear personally and like Mort's comment, I'd be the old grump telling them to quiet down or go down the road. I didn't think Arks lived onsite so perhaps more difficult to go have a word with guests late at night, but honest, folks that don't respect...
  11. JimBoone

    Automatic Router Reset

    Sounds like an inexpensive solution. I don't think I've had the problem of having to reboot the router since moving to a higher grade of equipment, but expect I spent more, my current system sends an email if anything in the system has an issue.
  12. JimBoone

    Halloween menu - what are your favorites?

    We decorate, or rather Michelle and Duran decorate for Halloween and Christmas, our guests enjoy and look forward to visiting during those times each years.
  13. JimBoone

    Hello! Who wants to open up a Bed & Breakfast with me?

    Tink, I'd hate for you to feel folks on this forum were negative, I'm sort of an outsider myself, but always found the forum beneficial, but it may not be the resource you desired. I generally see two groups of members on the forum, those who run small properties, happy to answer "how to" type...
  14. JimBoone

    What’s your idea of a great vacation?

    We are probably dull folks, chose our vacation area for the business so in a way where we want to be without travelling. Best vacations were probably going home, staying with Maxine's parents and catching up with family and friends. Still a day dream to take a long driving trip through the west...
  15. JimBoone

    Took me long enough to figure this one out

    This year our weekends require 2 nights, unless perhaps there is an odd room available at the last minute. I tend to feel some of our local places take advantage of folks with their pricing, but the tradeoff is that I need both nights to offer the more reasonable prices.
  16. JimBoone

    Free rooms - discuss.

    Free, or deals that are supposed to provide some later benefit to me, have never seemed to have offered any benefits except for the person receiving the free or discounted room. For me, the exception, if any, is that it just suits you at the time to invite that person to stay as your guest.
  17. JimBoone

    Can’t remember the exact quote

    I tend to wonder with the events of the last year or so if folks feel life could be shorter that they thought and decided to take the time to travel and enjoy before it became too late.
  18. JimBoone

    Can’t remember the exact quote

    Like Gillum, I generally feel blessed with life and where/how I live. I believe I've heard Gillum say "may you be as busy as you want to be" or something along that line. Perhaps I'm blessed by having enough, but not too much business, too much can be as bad as not enough on the happiness scale.
  19. JimBoone

    Why would you do this and why would you fail to mention it?

    I've been know to do that with the baseboard heat in bathrooms so that they wouldn't get forgotten and left on in the summer time, but my AC unit is also the room heat so not practical to switch that breaker, then again, I just want my guests to enjoy their visit, their choice of heat or AC is...
  20. JimBoone

    Hotels moving away from daily cleanings...

    As an individual (me as a guest) I always preferred to find my stuff where I left it and not moved or disposed of, as an operator we have always asked for that reason, most guests chose the "leave me alone" option. As a tiny motel, our guests may be different. I take the position that I'm the...
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