never say no one

[gillumhouse]

I'm grateful for technology...we have no televisions here but we do have WiFi (as well as a guest computer), and all the major networks live stream the debates so anyone who'd like to watch it can (with earphones please so the rest of the house doesn't have to hear it if they don't want to!)..

Are you serious ... you have no TV's available??
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Proudly television free since 1987. And ZERO complaints about it as well, we cater to folks looking for historic/cultural get-a-ways, they are always relieved to be free of the noisy distraction! I always look for "TV-free" when we travel (which is NEVER anymore!!)
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Proudly television free since 1987. And ZERO complaints about it as well, we cater to folks looking for historic/cultural get-a-ways, they are always relieved to be free of the noisy distraction! I always look for "TV-free" when we travel (which is NEVER anymore!!)

I've been TV free myself for about that long, but for my guests I have large screened TV's in every room. They don't have to use them, but if it gets me reservations it's worth it.
=)
Kk.
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Our niche is quiet and relaxing, so it's never been an issue as far as losing business. About two years ago we did start to get calls asking if we had television, and that's when we installed the WiFi so folks can check email, stocks, sports scores, etc. Plus the Weather Channel, everyone checks that out in the mornings! Just about all of our guests travel with laptops so installing the WiFi definitely eliminated the questions on TV's.
If we were more of a "destination B&B" we'd likely have to have them, but I'd hate to have to be the Volume Police, with 10 rooms it would just get too loud here for us. There are so many things to do where we are located, plus so many fun pubs, etc., most people are out of the house except to sleep and eat breakfast, so luckily that works for us. Plus having no common television definitely encourages guests to converse with each other, which is nice since we get people from all over the world.
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I agree 100% about the wifi. I may be TV free, but I go into withdrawal if I can't check my email! (And this forum...)
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Kk.
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When I was at the conference with our City Manager, she invited me into her room to use her laprop because she recognized that I go into spasms if I cannot check e-mail. Had a Webervation too - so she knew it was important!.

 

[Samster]

I'm grateful for technology...we have no televisions here but we do have WiFi (as well as a guest computer), and all the major networks live stream the debates so anyone who'd like to watch it can (with earphones please so the rest of the house doesn't have to hear it if they don't want to!)..

Are you serious ... you have no TV's available??
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Proudly television free since 1987. And ZERO complaints about it as well, we cater to folks looking for historic/cultural get-a-ways, they are always relieved to be free of the noisy distraction! I always look for "TV-free" when we travel (which is NEVER anymore!!)
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A TV has an on/off switch...just because it's there doesn't mean that you have to turn it on! We have TVs in every guest accommodation but no TV in any common area. Business travelers would not stay here if there were no TVs! We also have TVs in both rooms of our 2 bedroom suites - I had a caller yesterday specifically ask me if we had them in both rooms! Interesting to me that no guest has said anything about your lack of TVs. People seem to want it at least to check the news or weather.

 

[egoodell]

I'm grateful for technology...we have no televisions here but we do have WiFi (as well as a guest computer), and all the major networks live stream the debates so anyone who'd like to watch it can (with earphones please so the rest of the house doesn't have to hear it if they don't want to!)..

Are you serious ... you have no TV's available??
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Proudly television free since 1987. And ZERO complaints about it as well, we cater to folks looking for historic/cultural get-a-ways, they are always relieved to be free of the noisy distraction! I always look for "TV-free" when we travel (which is NEVER anymore!!)
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We have tv with dvd players which get used a lot for movie watching.
You probably get zero complaints because they see on your website that you don't have tvs in the rooms.
But you have no way of knowing how many reservations you may have lost because you don't have tvs.
That's why we have them. If they want they can turn them on. But the dvd players sure come in handy when the weather is bad and they can watch a movie in bed.
Riki

 

[Don Draper]

I'm grateful for technology...we have no televisions here but we do have WiFi (as well as a guest computer), and all the major networks live stream the debates so anyone who'd like to watch it can (with earphones please so the rest of the house doesn't have to hear it if they don't want to!)..

Are you serious ... you have no TV's available??
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Proudly television free since 1987. And ZERO complaints about it as well, we cater to folks looking for historic/cultural get-a-ways, they are always relieved to be free of the noisy distraction! I always look for "TV-free" when we travel (which is NEVER anymore!!)
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We have tv with dvd players which get used a lot for movie watching.
You probably get zero complaints because they see on your website that you don't have tvs in the rooms.
But you have no way of knowing how many reservations you may have lost because you don't have tvs.
That's why we have them. If they want they can turn them on. But the dvd players sure come in handy when the weather is bad and they can watch a movie in bed.
Riki
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It's just another great example of how you can make your B&B exactly what you want it to be and do well. True, we might not be able to precisely track if we are "losing" reservations due to not having tv's, but we are definitely as busy (and most months actually busier!) as we want/need to be, so it works for our situation.
I'm waiting for the day when we're all walking around with our i-TV's! Again, very grateful for technology and amazed by how quickly things become widely available (if you had told me three years ago that DH would be installing WiFi for our Inn I wouldn't have even known what it was, let along how to install it!). Good stuff.

 

[happyjacks]

I'm grateful for technology...we have no televisions here but we do have WiFi (as well as a guest computer), and all the major networks live stream the debates so anyone who'd like to watch it can (with earphones please so the rest of the house doesn't have to hear it if they don't want to!)..

Are you serious ... you have no TV's available??
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Proudly television free since 1987. And ZERO complaints about it as well, we cater to folks looking for historic/cultural get-a-ways, they are always relieved to be free of the noisy distraction! I always look for "TV-free" when we travel (which is NEVER anymore!!)
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We have tv with dvd players which get used a lot for movie watching.
You probably get zero complaints because they see on your website that you don't have tvs in the rooms.
But you have no way of knowing how many reservations you may have lost because you don't have tvs.
That's why we have them. If they want they can turn them on. But the dvd players sure come in handy when the weather is bad and they can watch a movie in bed.
Riki
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It's just another great example of how you can make your B&B exactly what you want it to be and do well. True, we might not be able to precisely track if we are "losing" reservations due to not having tv's, but we are definitely as busy (and most months actually busier!) as we want/need to be, so it works for our situation.
I'm waiting for the day when we're all walking around with our i-TV's! Again, very grateful for technology and amazed by how quickly things become widely available (if you had told me three years ago that DH would be installing WiFi for our Inn I wouldn't have even known what it was, let along how to install it!). Good stuff.
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The funny thing with this business is for every one person who won't book with me because "X reason", there is another one who chooses me because of the very same reason, and two others who don't care either way.

 

[JunieBJones (JBJ)]

I treid to find this thread and the search was telling me to rack off. You must have at least THREE letters. I had put in these two "tv' ha ha
Anyway, same scenario as last week but this is one and only VP debate tonight at 9pm eastern time. Give us the feedback on anyone wanting tv's or not wanting to watch this debate. I am curious.

 

[Morticia]

I treid to find this thread and the search was telling me to rack off. You must have at least THREE letters. I had put in these two "tv' ha ha
Anyway, same scenario as last week but this is one and only VP debate tonight at 9pm eastern time. Give us the feedback on anyone wanting tv's or not wanting to watch this debate. I am curious..

I treid to find this thread and the search was telling me to rack off. You must have at least THREE letters. I had put in these two "tv' ha ha
Anyway, same scenario as last week but this is one and only VP debate tonight at 9pm eastern time. Give us the feedback on anyone wanting tv's or not wanting to watch this debate. I am curious.

No one even asked.

 

[muirford]

I treid to find this thread and the search was telling me to rack off. You must have at least THREE letters. I had put in these two "tv' ha ha
Anyway, same scenario as last week but this is one and only VP debate tonight at 9pm eastern time. Give us the feedback on anyone wanting tv's or not wanting to watch this debate. I am curious..

A group of three couples checked in tonight for a three-day weekend and made early dinner plans so they could be back to watch the debate. I believe they are of like minds on the candidates (and completely the opposite of the crowd that checked out today) so I am just hoping they won't disturb the one other room that is not part of the group. Do we have a fingers crossed emoticon?

 

[JunieBJones (JBJ)]

I treid to find this thread and the search was telling me to rack off. You must have at least THREE letters. I had put in these two "tv' ha ha
Anyway, same scenario as last week but this is one and only VP debate tonight at 9pm eastern time. Give us the feedback on anyone wanting tv's or not wanting to watch this debate. I am curious..

A group of three couples checked in tonight for a three-day weekend and made early dinner plans so they could be back to watch the debate. I believe they are of like minds on the candidates (and completely the opposite of the crowd that checked out today) so I am just hoping they won't disturb the one other room that is not part of the group. Do we have a fingers crossed emoticon?
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A group of three couples checked in tonight for a three-day weekend and made early dinner plans so they could be back to watch the debate. I believe they are of like minds on the candidates (and completely the opposite of the crowd that checked out today) so I am just hoping they won't disturb the one other room that is not part of the group. Do we have a fingers crossed emoticon?

No but the barf one might work. Depending on who's who. HA HA
Well these guests said 745 and where are they? I planned on watching.

 

[user 26]

the debate is on in the guest library ... a few not watching have settled in one guest room and are knitting.
i wanted to offer guest tv's because things close so early around here and, in bad weather, there is not much to do. but the price per tv from the cable and satellite providers was outrageous so we scrapped the tv idea. yes, we have scrabble and monopology, boggle and parcheesi,(sp) , cards and dominoes, puzzles and books, a fireplace and popcorn ... but sometimes tv would be nice for them in their rooms. if i could have swung it this year, i'd have picked up little tv's with dvd players or just dvd players for the rooms for folks. oh well. it seems to me i stayed someplace that had volume control programmed in to the tv. you couldn't make the volume any louder than a certain level, and they had headphones with long cords. is that possible ... a volume control preset .... or am i nuts?

 

[JunieBJones (JBJ)]

the debate is on in the guest library ... a few not watching have settled in one guest room and are knitting.
i wanted to offer guest tv's because things close so early around here and, in bad weather, there is not much to do. but the price per tv from the cable and satellite providers was outrageous so we scrapped the tv idea. yes, we have scrabble and monopology, boggle and parcheesi,(sp) , cards and dominoes, puzzles and books, a fireplace and popcorn ... but sometimes tv would be nice for them in their rooms. if i could have swung it this year, i'd have picked up little tv's with dvd players or just dvd players for the rooms for folks. oh well. it seems to me i stayed someplace that had volume control programmed in to the tv. you couldn't make the volume any louder than a certain level, and they had headphones with long cords. is that possible ... a volume control preset .... or am i nuts?.

the debate is on in the guest library ... a few not watching have settled in one guest room and are knitting.
i wanted to offer guest tv's because things close so early around here and, in bad weather, there is not much to do. but the price per tv from the cable and satellite providers was outrageous so we scrapped the tv idea. yes, we have scrabble and monopology, boggle and parcheesi,(sp) , cards and dominoes, puzzles and books, a fireplace and popcorn ... but sometimes tv would be nice for them in their rooms. if i could have swung it this year, i'd have picked up little tv's with dvd players or just dvd players for the rooms for folks. oh well. it seems to me i stayed someplace that had volume control programmed in to the tv. you couldn't make the volume any louder than a certain level, and they had headphones with long cords. is that possible ... a volume control preset .... or am i nuts?

Okay you are kidding right? Providing headphones to watch a tv in a room you pay to stay in? Ahhhhh don't think so. Volume control is good idea tho.

 

[greyswan]

We have cable for 5 tv's under residential.... any more than that we would have to pay commercial rates. Not going to do that. We bought 2 tv's with dvds built in last year - so 3 of our 5 guest rooms have tv's. The other 2 rooms are the double bedded rooms and very little room for tv's anyway... so if they want to watch tv - they'll have to buddy up with one of the other guests

or watch tv in one of our parlors.

 

[Morticia]

the debate is on in the guest library ... a few not watching have settled in one guest room and are knitting.
i wanted to offer guest tv's because things close so early around here and, in bad weather, there is not much to do. but the price per tv from the cable and satellite providers was outrageous so we scrapped the tv idea. yes, we have scrabble and monopology, boggle and parcheesi,(sp) , cards and dominoes, puzzles and books, a fireplace and popcorn ... but sometimes tv would be nice for them in their rooms. if i could have swung it this year, i'd have picked up little tv's with dvd players or just dvd players for the rooms for folks. oh well. it seems to me i stayed someplace that had volume control programmed in to the tv. you couldn't make the volume any louder than a certain level, and they had headphones with long cords. is that possible ... a volume control preset .... or am i nuts?.

the debate is on in the guest library ... a few not watching have settled in one guest room and are knitting.
i wanted to offer guest tv's because things close so early around here and, in bad weather, there is not much to do. but the price per tv from the cable and satellite providers was outrageous so we scrapped the tv idea. yes, we have scrabble and monopology, boggle and parcheesi,(sp) , cards and dominoes, puzzles and books, a fireplace and popcorn ... but sometimes tv would be nice for them in their rooms. if i could have swung it this year, i'd have picked up little tv's with dvd players or just dvd players for the rooms for folks. oh well. it seems to me i stayed someplace that had volume control programmed in to the tv. you couldn't make the volume any louder than a certain level, and they had headphones with long cords. is that possible ... a volume control preset .... or am i nuts?

Okay you are kidding right? Providing headphones to watch a tv in a room you pay to stay in? Ahhhhh don't think so. Volume control is good idea tho.
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Hubs is looking into speakers to mount right next to the bed so the volume doesn't have to be at 10 for the guests to hear the TV. I do know that the TV we had in the room in Vegas always started at the same volume and always on the same (Casino) station. So the volume control thing can be done.
We looked at a place in NH where they had Bose speakers in the rooms. The speakers had a remote to turn on the radio, adjust the sound, etc. The owners had an override remote. They could adjust the volume from the hallway if it was too loud.

 

[Morticia]

We have cable for 5 tv's under residential.... any more than that we would have to pay commercial rates. Not going to do that. We bought 2 tv's with dvds built in last year - so 3 of our 5 guest rooms have tv's. The other 2 rooms are the double bedded rooms and very little room for tv's anyway... so if they want to watch tv - they'll have to buddy up with one of the other guests

or watch tv in one of our parlors..

We have cable for 5 tv's under residential.... any more than that we would have to pay commercial rates. Not going to do that. We bought 2 tv's with dvds built in last year - so 3 of our 5 guest rooms have tv's. The other 2 rooms are the double bedded rooms and very little room for tv's anyway... so if they want to watch tv - they'll have to buddy up with one of the other guests

or watch tv in one of our parlors.

Unfortunately, when the cable system was set up here the PO's went commercial. Everyone else is paying residential and we're being hit upside the head with commercial rates. 4 TV's is almost $100. We keep getting rate reductions because a lot of people are switching to satellite so they're trying to keep the cable customers by lowering the rates.

 

[hawley]

the debate is on in the guest library ... a few not watching have settled in one guest room and are knitting.
i wanted to offer guest tv's because things close so early around here and, in bad weather, there is not much to do. but the price per tv from the cable and satellite providers was outrageous so we scrapped the tv idea. yes, we have scrabble and monopology, boggle and parcheesi,(sp) , cards and dominoes, puzzles and books, a fireplace and popcorn ... but sometimes tv would be nice for them in their rooms. if i could have swung it this year, i'd have picked up little tv's with dvd players or just dvd players for the rooms for folks. oh well. it seems to me i stayed someplace that had volume control programmed in to the tv. you couldn't make the volume any louder than a certain level, and they had headphones with long cords. is that possible ... a volume control preset .... or am i nuts?.

I had a little tv with dvd player between 2-3 years old. The tv wouldn't turn on, so now the whole thing is out the door. Replaced it with tv same size but bought dvd player to go with it.

 

[Morticia]

We have one room with a TV in it. I went to put something in the inn fridge and I can hear the TV all the way down the hall, into the kitchen, dining room and the living room. Guests are trying to watch TV in the living room and they have it cranked so they can hear over the other TV. One has the ballgame on, the other has has some news show where they're all screaming at each other.
Do I knock on the room door and ask them to turn it down? I don't think any other rooms can hear either TV as those guests nearest the living room TV aren't in yet and the other room are the ones with the living room TV on. The room with the TV is far away from the other guest rooms so it's only audible in the common spaces.

 

[Samster]

We have cable for 5 tv's under residential.... any more than that we would have to pay commercial rates. Not going to do that. We bought 2 tv's with dvds built in last year - so 3 of our 5 guest rooms have tv's. The other 2 rooms are the double bedded rooms and very little room for tv's anyway... so if they want to watch tv - they'll have to buddy up with one of the other guests

or watch tv in one of our parlors..

We have cable for 5 tv's under residential.... any more than that we would have to pay commercial rates. Not going to do that. We bought 2 tv's with dvds built in last year - so 3 of our 5 guest rooms have tv's. The other 2 rooms are the double bedded rooms and very little room for tv's anyway... so if they want to watch tv - they'll have to buddy up with one of the other guests

or watch tv in one of our parlors.

Unfortunately, when the cable system was set up here the PO's went commercial. Everyone else is paying residential and we're being hit upside the head with commercial rates. 4 TV's is almost $100. We keep getting rate reductions because a lot of people are switching to satellite so they're trying to keep the cable customers by lowering the rates.
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I pay $70/month for 4 TVs here with a residential rate in our second house. It isn't digital. It does include one channel of HBO & the installation guys left Showtime untrapped too, so that's included.

 

[JunieBJones (JBJ)]

We have one room with a TV in it. I went to put something in the inn fridge and I can hear the TV all the way down the hall, into the kitchen, dining room and the living room. Guests are trying to watch TV in the living room and they have it cranked so they can hear over the other TV. One has the ballgame on, the other has has some news show where they're all screaming at each other.
Do I knock on the room door and ask them to turn it down? I don't think any other rooms can hear either TV as those guests nearest the living room TV aren't in yet and the other room are the ones with the living room TV on. The room with the TV is far away from the other guest rooms so it's only audible in the common spaces..

We have one room with a TV in it. I went to put something in the inn fridge and I can hear the TV all the way down the hall, into the kitchen, dining room and the living room. Guests are trying to watch TV in the living room and they have it cranked so they can hear over the other TV. One has the ballgame on, the other has has some news show where they're all screaming at each other.
Do I knock on the room door and ask them to turn it down? I don't think any other rooms can hear either TV as those guests nearest the living room TV aren't in yet and the other room are the ones with the living room TV on. The room with the TV is far away from the other guest rooms so it's only audible in the common spaces.

Have a guest with a big mouth, would like to put her on mute today.
See I am th eopposite, I want our common rooms with no tv's, noone sitting in there like they are at home watching something that many others do not want to hear or watch. You could have CCN or Fox on an offend people these days.
Such is life...You can't make everything perfect. Just roll with the punches.

 

[Morticia]

We have one room with a TV in it. I went to put something in the inn fridge and I can hear the TV all the way down the hall, into the kitchen, dining room and the living room. Guests are trying to watch TV in the living room and they have it cranked so they can hear over the other TV. One has the ballgame on, the other has has some news show where they're all screaming at each other.
Do I knock on the room door and ask them to turn it down? I don't think any other rooms can hear either TV as those guests nearest the living room TV aren't in yet and the other room are the ones with the living room TV on. The room with the TV is far away from the other guest rooms so it's only audible in the common spaces..

We have one room with a TV in it. I went to put something in the inn fridge and I can hear the TV all the way down the hall, into the kitchen, dining room and the living room. Guests are trying to watch TV in the living room and they have it cranked so they can hear over the other TV. One has the ballgame on, the other has has some news show where they're all screaming at each other.
Do I knock on the room door and ask them to turn it down? I don't think any other rooms can hear either TV as those guests nearest the living room TV aren't in yet and the other room are the ones with the living room TV on. The room with the TV is far away from the other guest rooms so it's only audible in the common spaces.

Have a guest with a big mouth, would like to put her on mute today.
See I am th eopposite, I want our common rooms with no tv's, noone sitting in there like they are at home watching something that many others do not want to hear or watch. You could have CCN or Fox on an offend people these days.
Such is life...You can't make everything perfect. Just roll with the punches.
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We have one room with a TV in it. I went to put something in the inn fridge and I can hear the TV all the way down the hall, into the kitchen, dining room and the living room. Guests are trying to watch TV in the living room and they have it cranked so they can hear over the other TV. One has the ballgame on, the other has has some news show where they're all screaming at each other.
Do I knock on the room door and ask them to turn it down? I don't think any other rooms can hear either TV as those guests nearest the living room TV aren't in yet and the other room are the ones with the living room TV on. The room with the TV is far away from the other guest rooms so it's only audible in the common spaces.

Have a guest with a big mouth, would like to put her on mute today.
See I am th eopposite, I want our common rooms with no tv's, noone sitting in there like they are at home watching something that many others do not want to hear or watch. You could have CCN or Fox on an offend people these days.
Such is life...You can't make everything perfect. Just roll with the punches.

Ooooo, I've had those guests. No inside voices. After the living room TV went off a bunch of late arrivals showed up. Hysterics all across the parking lot, into the house, sat up loudly talking until 11. I guess I have to let it go.

 

[Samster]

We have one room with a TV in it. I went to put something in the inn fridge and I can hear the TV all the way down the hall, into the kitchen, dining room and the living room. Guests are trying to watch TV in the living room and they have it cranked so they can hear over the other TV. One has the ballgame on, the other has has some news show where they're all screaming at each other.
Do I knock on the room door and ask them to turn it down? I don't think any other rooms can hear either TV as those guests nearest the living room TV aren't in yet and the other room are the ones with the living room TV on. The room with the TV is far away from the other guest rooms so it's only audible in the common spaces..

We have one room with a TV in it. I went to put something in the inn fridge and I can hear the TV all the way down the hall, into the kitchen, dining room and the living room. Guests are trying to watch TV in the living room and they have it cranked so they can hear over the other TV. One has the ballgame on, the other has has some news show where they're all screaming at each other.
Do I knock on the room door and ask them to turn it down? I don't think any other rooms can hear either TV as those guests nearest the living room TV aren't in yet and the other room are the ones with the living room TV on. The room with the TV is far away from the other guest rooms so it's only audible in the common spaces.

Have a guest with a big mouth, would like to put her on mute today.
See I am th eopposite, I want our common rooms with no tv's, noone sitting in there like they are at home watching something that many others do not want to hear or watch. You could have CCN or Fox on an offend people these days.
Such is life...You can't make everything perfect. Just roll with the punches.
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I'm with you...I don't want TVs in our common areas. That's where folks can visit, or read, or just take it easy without having to worry about fighting over changing the channel or watching NASCAR if they don't want to. tee hee....