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i am wondering if you are looking at the old sea captain's house that was a b&b until the husband passed away i think 2 years back. or maybe the watchtide that sold in around 2005 to the present owners.
anyway, i am on the midcoast and as bree says there are places that are 'dead zones' and there are also places that are busy .... and they are not so very far apart.
my feeling is this ... if you have plenty of heat and hot water, restaurants nearby and good ideas for 'hooks' you can do a year round business there. have you names of former guests you can contact with special offers? take a look at the specials offered by the limerock inn and the berry manor, both in rockland. they are masters at creating excitement and specials at all times of the year that are extremely popular.
summer places, guests sometimes fall into your lap ... more than you can handle ... and then there are dark days (weeks) when no one comes your way and you have to be very creative to draw people to you. and those dark days are in may and october!
my season in port clyde is basically memorial day to columbus day and that's it.

<blockquote data-quote="user 26" data-source="post: 21023" data-attributes="member: 26">i am wondering if you are looking at the old sea captain&#039;s house that was a b&amp;b until the husband passed away i think 2 years back. or maybe the watchtide that sold in around 2005 to the present owners.anyway, i am on the midcoast and as bree says there are places that are &#039;dead zones&#039; and there are also places that are busy .... and they are not so very far apart. my feeling is this ... if you have plenty of heat and hot water, restaurants nearby and good ideas for &#039;hooks&#039; you can do a year round business there. have you names of former guests you can contact with special offers?&nbsp; take a look at the specials offered by the limerock inn and the berry manor, both in rockland.&nbsp; they are masters at creating excitement and specials at all times of the year that are extremely popular. summer places, guests sometimes fall into your lap ... more than you can handle ... and then there are dark days (weeks) when no one comes your way and you have to be very creative to draw people to you.&nbsp; and those dark days are in may and october!my season in port clyde is basically memorial day to columbus day and that&#039;s it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="user 26, post: 21023, member: 26"] i am wondering if you are looking at the old sea captain's house that was a b&b until the husband passed away i think 2 years back. or maybe the watchtide that sold in around 2005 to the present owners. anyway, i am on the midcoast and as bree says there are places that are 'dead zones' and there are also places that are busy .... and they are not so very far apart. my feeling is this ... if you have plenty of heat and hot water, restaurants nearby and good ideas for 'hooks' you can do a year round business there. have you names of former guests you can contact with special offers? take a look at the specials offered by the limerock inn and the berry manor, both in rockland. they are masters at creating excitement and specials at all times of the year that are extremely popular. summer places, guests sometimes fall into your lap ... more than you can handle ... and then there are dark days (weeks) when no one comes your way and you have to be very creative to draw people to you. and those dark days are in may and october! my season in port clyde is basically memorial day to columbus day and that's it. [/QUOTE]

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