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    Your Local Chamber of Commerce

    We belong to the one in our town which basically only keeps a website active and the visitors center which is used mostly by those passing through for the bathroom. The cost is only $50 a year so it's worth it for the website listing. I just looked and got 1 booking through them. The other...
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    Looking for a new tablet

    I love my iPad Air, it's about 2 years old and have never had an issue with it. I use it to read, go online, take photos, even pay bills occasionally. My original iPad that is about 6 years old became my electronic recipe collection - I copied all of my recipes into it by creating a new Note...
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    Wow..Chalk another one up for "the life of an innkeeper"

    I no longer have guest books because we had a guest's girlfriend write that they enjoyed their stay, especially the late night visit by my husband for a threesome. She said he was great but not as good as her Italian stud. She too signed her name. People are rude and there's no telling what...
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    What do you do with the leftovers?

    We plate and serve two courses to each table. I only make enough for the guests that day so there isn't any waste. In fact, guests last week who wanted to get our early fibbed and told us that they had a train first thing in the morning so we'd make them a full breakfast early. Hubby told...
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    At least they read the guest book...

    I've never had guest books in the room. I have a welcome note that reminds them when breakfast is but that's it. All menus are in the entryway in a binder which is easy for me to just remove one or update as needed. I could never keep up with 9 of them with all the other hats I wear.
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    No more checks from Air

    Something must be up with the MA post offices. My mother-in-law sent my daughter a birthday card over 3 weeks ago which normally takes 2-3 days tops. We just got it today. Another one of her birthday cards to a grandson took over 3 weeks to go from MA to VT.
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    Not The Email To Start My Day!

    I did send her back a nice email explaining why we need the closers that she recommended we take off and that the sign wasn't directed exclusively to her husband, that I've been meaning to put it up for months -- it's for all early risers now and in the future as I want to be sure that everyone...
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    Not The Email To Start My Day!

    I read email this morning waiting for breakfast to cook and got one from a guest who checked out 2 days ago. She said she had a great stay but wanted to point out the following to me -- 1) she was upset that I put a note on the door to the deck that read "Early Risers - many guests sleep in so...
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    Some people just don't read their emails

    Read - what's that? A guy booked last month and didn't show up. When I called him he said he booked for September. I was so mad and asked him if he read the pre arrival email I sent the other day and he said no, just deleted it! If he had, he would have at least given me three days notice...
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    Stealing or guests to take?

    Another person who shouldn't be an innkeeper. EVERYONE assumes that those bottles have been put in for their visit, not used by other guests and then refilled - not very sanitary. How does that innkeeper know that the person who used the bottle didn't have a skin disease and touched the top...
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    Stealing coasters - a new thing?

    How rude. It is not OK to steal things from our homes. I've had several go missing that a guest gave me as a gift. The best was earlier in the year when an older guest walked up to my husband and had one of the ones from a guest room (they match the theme of the room) and handed him a dollar...
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    Bad TA review as no discount was given

    We have 3 jacuzzi rooms and an outdoor hot tub for everyone else to use. We only wish that we had made all of the rooms have jacuzzi tubs. Our new room is being designed around the jacuzzi tub and rainfall shower and it will bring in $$$. Not everyone needs them to be successful but when your...
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    Question on innkeeping

    There are many B&Bs and Inns where the innkeeper lives next door that are very successful. We are completing a little house just behind our B&B that we're moving into and turning our bedroom into another guest room - we get privacy and make more money, win/win. We will be here as we typically...
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    Difficult dietary needs

    Silverspoon I could have written that response. My rates are over $300 a night during high season and I do chef's choice. 99% of guests love to see what's for breakfast and stay at places like yours and mine because of the breakfast. I have a guest coming in a few weeks that has stayed...
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    Cereal Offerings - How To Choose & Serve

    We do a plated two course breakfast and it's worked great for us for 10 years. I'm thinking about offering cereal for those who don't want the entree that I'm serving (chef's choice). I typically serve 18 people, again 2 courses. I know some have yogurt and granola on the sideboard that guests...
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    Difficult dietary needs

    Wow, who the heck would travel with their own eggs. That says a lot about the person right there. Good luck, you're probably in for quite the guests.
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    Difficult dietary needs

    She'll never know the difference so don't kill yourself. This is not a dietary NEED - these are marketing terms and expensive choices. If you can eat cage free eggs, then you can eat all eggs. If you can eat beef, then you can eat any beef. And you certainly don't need organic veggies. I...
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    Lactose Intolerant

    You need to simplify this for yourself if you're going to accept these guests so that you don't drive yourself crazy and can still make the money. Although I'm a great cook willing to go out of my way for allergies and craft an exact version of what I'm serving for the GF and DF people, there...
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    1st Time in 8 Years I've locked the linen closet

    Agree, those guests were over the top and not worth the irritation.
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    Do Not Book,Etc.

    ResNexus is working on this based on the volume of requests for it.
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