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  1. Tom

    Tesla slobs

    Laughing Out Loud. The post was tongue-in-cheek, but thinking further ... the Tesla guests have been great folk, not acting entitled; if you want to show off wealth, there are other, better cars. Some owners have technical backgrounds, but most not. It seems to me that Tesla has made an...
  2. Tom

    Tesla slobs

    [OK, I know that's click bait] Just to show how much of a misery pit this B&B has become, I find only 1 in 4 Tesla owners care to properly re-coil the charging cable when they are done: coil it around the charging unit, coil it on the hook but in a figure 8 or leave the charge connector hanging...
  3. Tom

    Tenth Anniversary

    Congratulations. If it is going well, why not keep it going?
  4. Tom

    Rooms full of lawyers - This ain't my first rodeo

    Had to laugh at that one. Definitely not surprised. A lot of cases settle in the hallway while the judge is having a 2nd cup of coffee. Bill until the last minute.
  5. Tom

    Gift Certificates

    Best is telephone: run credit card, email PDF. Note that in US and most states, a "gift card" paid in cash cannot have an expiration date and eventually if unused the money has to go to the state. On the whole, we have stopped doing them: not worth the hassle and when someone really wants to...
  6. Tom

    Floor Plans

    email me through contacts
  7. Tom

    Failed experiment - back to basics

    I bought a nice wooden, two person love-seat style swing for under the huge black walnut. I liked it. Then about 5 years ago, a 300 pound guest came to say "I'm sorry ..." I haven't repaired it. I probably will build my own, rated to 800 pounds.
  8. Tom

    People who want to rent all your rooms

    Wedding here a few weeks ago, total 28 people. Dad paid for whole weekend room and facility fee. Early arrivals paid own room night. Outside caterer for food and table service came by earlier to get access plan (DW guards kitchen with nearly lethal force). All went well. Ceremony was sweet...
  9. Tom

    Processing Companies?

    We use First Data through Cayan; works OK. Pretty good customer service from a call center in Ireland.
  10. Tom

    Bed and Breakfast.com Commission Only Now

    What a bunch of crap. If we don't sign up, all our reviews go away; if we do sign up, it completely changes our business model. For us, renewal is in June. Interestingly, they also dropped sales of gift cards, but we've had several older cards lately, including a whole bunch tonight ($500 on a...
  11. Tom

    Nowords Works Just As Well

    I have thought about making one out of wire and concrete and putting it at the edge of the river ... but it wouldn't be famous
  12. Tom

    Nowords Works Just As Well

    If only we had a prehistoric monster lurking about
  13. Tom

    People who want to rent all your rooms

    Whole house bookings have become profitable and fun market. Maybe more personal work, more communications, but good on the whole. Key is to have one person identified as the point of contact, and get (her) cell number. Start off with "if you have any problems, please come to me right away...
  14. Tom

    Anyone ever try this?

    Depends on your place, but here people pick the room -- flexible would confuse them. Rooms are all king, en suite, all equally comfortable, but we priced them 165 to 195 based on trivial differences in amenities like one sink or two. IF someone want to book across an occupied room, we book in...
  15. Tom

    Squatters

    Rare, but happens: late afternoon flight, waiting for in-town family, whatever. I can accommodate, but I need them out of rooms by noon and they can stay in guest lounge as long as they want, since it's completely out of my activity area. And there is a common area guest toilet by the front...
  16. Tom

    business traveler rates

    We have what we call "single business traveler". In winter $129 and I can stretch to meet US per diem if I bundle breakfast and room allowance. But it's single.
  17. Tom

    How to use an electric vehicle for emergency power

    That is cool. We have power outages in the Pacific NW from storms, and when the earthquake hits ... So I have generators for well, and now 11 kw running off LPG with a transfer switch. It isn't lobbyists, it's the way the system is set up. With a solar panel set up to feed back into the grid...
  18. Tom

    Fake Allergies

    ditto. Vegetarian is a matter of ... don't eat the bacon. Vegan is ... don't eat the bacon, eggs, apple cake, but please enjoy the fruit, home baked bread (my recipe naturally vegan) with almond butter, maybe potatoes fried in olive oil if I'm making for the GF folk, and that's it. In the...
  19. Tom

    Civil Litigation Lawyers for Vaction Rental

    That method works OK in the UK for UK residents, but is hard for foreign travelers. We stayed in a nice flat in Edinburgh in June -- it took massive effort to do the wire transfer from a US bank using a tiny phone screen and there were additional charges for the service. I probably wouldn't do...
  20. Tom

    What's With The Comments Lately?

    My chance to gloat. We have an elevator in our 3-story inn. We used US ADA guidelines as .. guidelines, since with less than 6 rooms ADA does not apply to us (neither does service dogs, see other string). We built new so relatively easy to integrate into design. The elevator is good for...
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