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  1. JimBoone

    Message from Copperhead

    Thanks for keeping us posted on Copperhead.
  2. JimBoone

    Looking for some help

    I'm the odd one, 8 room motel, bed without breakfast, yet more like my friends here than the typical motel/hotel. I've learned much following my friends on this forum. I'm on the edge of a tourist town with many large hotels. Reviews cover items like, Clean, Friendly, Like visiting family. I...
  3. JimBoone

    What are your marketing efforts worth?

    Seems like property, houses in general, in many areas is selling well, often above asking price, how do you stand with your local market for housing?
  4. JimBoone

    There’s nothing to eat!

    No figuring young girls, remember family visiting friends and their daughter's idea of breakfast was to go to the drug store for a pack of crackers and a drink from the soda fountain. Me, breakfast is my favorite meal, I was spoiled by a B&B in Pennsylvania who offered a huge family style...
  5. JimBoone

    We’re ‘those people’

    Yep, Arks, I remember using sprayers like that, telling my age I guess.
  6. JimBoone

    Anti-Vax Guests

    But consider that we are all different people, we all want others to accept our differences but are quick to judge them for theirs. I'd be okay on the vaccine and mask part but I'm a winter person, I like the weight of cover and a cold room, the unit in my bedroom gets turned down every night...
  7. JimBoone

    We’re ‘those people’

    @Arks I seem to remember it being a game to follow the mosquito fogger truck as teenagers in the 50's, wonder if some of those things just toughened us up for old age.
  8. JimBoone

    Online Check-In

    @Generic Thank you for the info
  9. JimBoone

    Online Check-In

    @Generic what is your opinion of the ONLINE check-in feature? I've wondered if it would be beneficial. We have the advantage that guests don't come in our apartment unless invited. Since COVID check-in is done with a clipboard at the door so not a lot of guest contact. I often wonder how...
  10. JimBoone

    Going in alone

    Agree on both points, I felt I needed the outside job for income and insurance benefits that would not have been otherwise available to me, but also many blessings in this work for a happy life. I see the same sort of high prices in our area and agree to it being unreasonable. On the plus side...
  11. JimBoone

    Going in alone

    I'm the odd duck, 8 room motel, bed without breakfast, there have always been two of us, however until I reached my early 70's I worked a weekday job and the wife was the horse that did nearly everything at the motel. For us, business came in cycles, there were days and times of day we knew...
  12. JimBoone

    We finally did it!

    @harmony when I do a search on Bing collins house b&b marion va - Bing I'm seeing a picture with a bold red bar that say Permanently Closed and a web link that takes me to a non existent page. You probably want to put this on your "to do" list if it is not there already to correct this and...
  13. JimBoone

    Marketing, names, how much does it make a difference?

    Boutique Hotel makes me think expensive, perhaps aimed at the younger trendy guest. Perhaps I’m just labeling myself as old, tired and cheap😩. A couple that I follow on Facebook, Heywood Hotel, Austin and Horton Hotel, Boone, both seem smaller upscale properties. A name may attract one...
  14. JimBoone

    Upstairs Guests and Heavy Shoes

    Just for a laugh, many years ago as a teenager our oldest son helped a cute girl in the neighborhood paint her bedroom, came home talking about how on prior paint jobs they just painted the wall around the furniture, never forget that one.
  15. JimBoone

    Finally!

    I think that is a big part of why I decided I didn't want to retire. The more I look at houses and options I never found anything that fitted my needs and desires as well as just staying put.
  16. JimBoone

    Got our first 1 star review!

    Is this review on an OTA site? I was thinking on Google I could comment even if the guest did not leave one.
  17. JimBoone

    Office hours?

    The disconnect with my guest rather than the commission is the reason I don't participate with the OTA's, that personal connection is what makes the small lodging place different/superior to a large property. Our check in hours are 2 to 9 pm. Our emails before arrival (through Reservation Key)...
  18. JimBoone

    Photo Advice

    @MoosewoodInn you have visited my website, good or bad my photos are all iPhone DIY. My view is that everything here was a DIY project, why should my photos be different, I don't want a guest to be disappointed that a photo made me look like something I'm not. Now of course if you want...
  19. JimBoone

    Booking sites

    Our Reservation Key software added a feature this year that allows for automatic blocking of up to several days before and after the guest reservation, I find the feature convenient to be sure I have the room ready for the next guest
  20. JimBoone

    Booking sites

    @MoosewoodInn We use Reservation Key as our online reservation system, reasonable and does all that we need. I feel I'm blessed to have began years ago before OTA's were the "thing". I am a member of several local Chamber of Commerce and our local tourism group. We have ranked decently on Google...
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