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. We had a great time meeting old friends and meeting lots of new folks attending the Aspiring Inn-keepers one day seminar.

What I loved the most was the relaxed, easy going style of the conference and the cutting edge stuff that was really exciting. Sunday evening we were welcomed by a gala dinner presented by Toby Diltz, Please look at their website: www.eaglesmereinn.com The amazing thing was that he made for all of us (about 80-100 attendees) dinner that night. We feasted from soup to dessert and with 3 different entrees to choose from, everything locally grown and locally raised! It was truly a feast! Delicious and very well presented!  The sauces over the desserts he had personally made from fresh berries he gathered in summer. It is amazing how much we can serve our guests that is locally produced… even in winter!

There was lots of information for everyone, but I am truly touched by ideas of what we individually can do to help our guest to have a memorable experience in our beautifully appointed Inns!

Another thought was the B&B Recycling Program, or B&B Partnership Program that allows you to send them all your left over soaps and they will reprocess them and send them to Third World countries, which are badly in need of soap, especially for the care of small children! Here is their address to ship your soap to: 400 Pittman St. Orlando, Fl.32801. Both, serving the local foods and the soap program are great marketing ideas. Well, I wish for the snow to melt and for all of you to have a great Spring!  Bill and I have lots of travel plans coming up! Those innpartners.com enjoy life and your gracious hospitality! Heide

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