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  1. Arks

    Just Set 2022 Rates - A Few Thoughts

    I basically do the same. I don't have anything exact on the website. Since I use ResKey's Yield Management feature, rates vary depending on dates and availability. And I often have higher rates on holidays and local festival days. On the website it says "Nightly Rates From $X" on each room...
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    Just Set 2022 Rates - A Few Thoughts

    My life is much happier when the housekeepers are happy! I did all the cleaning myself when I opened in 2013 (hmmm, next year is 10th year!) but hired help in 2014 and she's still with me. I hired another one in 2015 and she's still with me too. They log on to ResKey on their phones and can see...
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    Just Set 2022 Rates - A Few Thoughts

    I just raised my rates to match the cost of living increase Social Security just applied. I'm also raising what I pay my housekeepers a matching amount. With the highest inflation in years, it's really a business necessity to have the rates try to keep up. Actually, I didn't raise the rates...
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    Christmas 2021 - a WOW!

    Congrats on the coffee material. They know you well! I got 2 bottles of Scotch whisky for Christmas. My folks know me well, too! :)
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    The year 2021

    Good business!
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    Can you use Almond milk same as sour milk?

    My mother always had a jug of soured milk saved in the refrigerator. She used it in place of buttermilk in cornbread. So good. Thanks for the great memory! Let us know how your almond milk recipes turn out.
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    When Is Bedtime?

    Thanks all. Good advice to wait to see if there's a second complaint. I hate to add yet another little sign somewhere if I don't have to! But also a good idea to just make it one line in the welcome letter, rather than another sign on the wall somewhere. I'll add to the welcome letter if I have...
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    When Is Bedtime?

    My inn is located in an old downtown store building, meaning all my guest rooms have sold brick walls and concrete floors. As a result, sound doesn't travel very well between units. This weekend, after almost 8 years in business, I got my first call from guests saying the people in the room...
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    Vaccinated Guest or Non-Vaccinated Guests?

    Callum was replying to a comment about "lock-down in Ontario Canada," so I would guess referring to there.
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    DVD Player

    I remove the DVD players as they quit working. They are 25 year old technology. Everybody is Internet streaming now. Best I can tell, DVDs are like cassette tapes or 8 tracks these days. Obsolite, and ridiculed. So if you have one working, might as well keep it available. But if it dies, don't...
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    Automatic Router Reset

    As many of you know, I don't live at my inn. I live a few miles away and mostly run it with keypad door locks I can program via wi-fi from home, self check-in for guests, and housekeepers that can log onto my reservation system and see when a unit needs cleaning, so I don't even have to tell...
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    11-05-2021 - Look what I picked

    Raspberries? I love raspberries! Do they have something to do with frosts? Is that the time to pick them? I don't know about such things. I only know about eating them!
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    Timing is everything! And this time, it was good tim8ng!

    Yes, pretty wild. I'm surprised there weren't some surfing nuts out there in that!
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    Free rooms - discuss.

    Luckily, I find that a lot who don't really want the stay never use the gift certificate. They just consider it a donation to their charity of choice. So everybody's happy. Usually.
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    The best laid schemes of mice and men often go askew.

    I had an interesting dilemma Sunday, when I got a text message from one of my housekeepers: there's a mouse in the washing machine. I have a washer/dryer combo unit in each of my suites and apartments, and I know that this time of year the little varmints are looking for a warm home for the...
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    Free rooms - discuss.

    I got that surprise too, my first year in business. I reported TIME I'd donated to some cause and my CPA let me know, the IRS doesn't care about your time. You only pay income tax on money you receive. If you don't get paid, there's noting to deduct.
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    Can’t remember the exact quote

    So your efforts paid off with the PW supervisor, and the workers will spend money in town. Still a tourism win. They count as tourists. Here in Ark, I'd have to pay state tourism lodging sales tax on them, just like any other visitor/tourist.
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    My Favorite Complaint Ever

    Yes there are people whose whole life revolves around complaining and sympathy-seeking. I'd feel sorry for her husband, who has heard that daily for years, but he surely knew what he was getting when he married her!
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    Why would you do this and why would you fail to mention it?

    I'm afraid to put in complicated thermostats. Some people will contact me because they can't figure them out (I don't want that, week after week), and others will try to reprogram them and screw things up. Programmable thermostats are great for one's home, but I think they would be a LOT of...
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    Free rooms - discuss.

    Got an email this week from the local visitor information center. Travel writer wants to visit our town. No charge for the article she writes, other than a free meal from a restaurant and a free night from a hotel. Huh?? So the cute shop they visit pays nothing, the restaurant they visit gives...
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