Recently I had the assignment of discussing and defining location for some 40 aspiring Innkeepers. It turned out that my perceptions were not needed. Without exception all 40 had fantastic locations. The most interesting may have been the young man who planned to develop three room spa inn at the terminus of a several mile [...]
Sometimes it is hard to yield to long held prejudices. Looking at Bed and Breakfast models is one of those areas where I have resisted recognizing an emerging (or emergent) mode as a viable route for aspiring Innkeepers.
For many years we have preached that an Inn or Bed and Breakfast with fewer than eight rooms [...]
“Look in the mirror and that is your guest?”
Really, me? Foliage is now almost behind us; how well did you survive this season? Each step that I take, as I walk through our woods, the leaves rustle under my boots, they are brown and wet! Yes, for the last 3 weeks I have had to [...]
July 15, 2011
I know as Innkeepers the ability to travel this time of year is out of the question. But luckily our job as inn consultants is different and I am deeply appreciative of opportunities that present themselves to us as part of Inn-partners.
One of our innkeeping seminar graduates [...]
Good News!
You may worry about the national economy, but our little Inn and Bed & Breakfast piece of it appears to be in full rally. Our 10 room Palm Springs B&B had a good year in 2010. Still, the first six months of 2011 are showing a 15.7% increase in revenue and a 10.3% increase [...]
June 27, 2011
I awoke this Morning to the sun shining through my windows, the leaves shiny green the trees’ bark intensely dark from the continued rain of the past 5 days! Chocolat, my favorite hound, stretching one long arm and paw up on my bed to remind me to get going! I know, I know [...]
We are currently observing radical change in the Middle East. But in fact, most change is evolutionary. It occurs quietly, often unnoticed even by active participants. In fact, active participants are often less aware of the constant but minuscule changes taking place.
The Bed and Breakfast world does not escape the evolutionary changes in taste and [...]
March 18, 2011
As you know, it’s that Morning snow-shoe trek through our woods that makes me reflect on things! I do that walk every Morning with my favorite dog, Chocolat! Guess what? Today we had snow to accompany us! That is Vermont for you!
Last week we attended the Mid-Atlantic Inn-keeper Conference in Lancaster, PA. [...]
December 8, 2010
How can I not tell you about the icicle-castles that erupt spontaneously on the path on which I daily stride through the woods! I know, I know that it was the rain that froze in the ground and heaved these incredible spikes of ice upward. The force must be intense because some of [...]
I am seldom at a loss for words. However, it seems whenever I approach this screen to write a blog, I get key-tied. The words do not flow easily. I think the main reason is that I want to be witty, engaging, and disgustingly erudite … Here I am at a loss for words again.
Well, [...]