I was looking at all the little extras you all are giving away with your rooms and it kind of makes me mad. We give away everything. We really do, we are totally NOT a hotel, NOTHING LIKE A HOTEL.
North Americans in general are way too generous as innkeepers.
On this forum we have a tendency to actually prod each other along to give away more stuff! We ask each other "What else can we give them?" and we do. I could literally type a bulleted list right here of all the things we do, that we offer at no extra charge. (Yes we tell ourselves we roll it into the room rate, but do we really?)
Because a holiday comes up we automatically up the ante and give more stuff without the guests paying more. So then I ask myself, am I just doing this for the fun and not for the fee? I think I am. I really do, it gives me an outlet to shop, to decorate, to make people happy. Now is that a bad thing? Our tax man assures us it is, but in my heart, I say it isn't.
North Americans in general are way too generous as innkeepers.
On this forum we have a tendency to actually prod each other along to give away more stuff! We ask each other "What else can we give them?" and we do. I could literally type a bulleted list right here of all the things we do, that we offer at no extra charge. (Yes we tell ourselves we roll it into the room rate, but do we really?)
Because a holiday comes up we automatically up the ante and give more stuff without the guests paying more. So then I ask myself, am I just doing this for the fun and not for the fee? I think I am. I really do, it gives me an outlet to shop, to decorate, to make people happy. Now is that a bad thing? Our tax man assures us it is, but in my heart, I say it isn't.