Tags: B&Bs

B&Bs offer three resolution solutions

Treat her like a queen in 2013 with a B&B stay each quarter.

New year’s resolutions are as reliable as the turning of the calendar pages to a new year.  The question is how easy are they to sustain? Inns and B&Bs come to the rescue to help ...

Shop the better way to stay on Nov. 24

Swift House Inn in Middlebury, Vt

      Celebrate Small Business Saturday on November 24, 2012 along with independently owned businesses throughout the country and not only will American Express put $25 in your  pocket, but you will support small independently owned ...

Getting ready for B&Bs for Vets

Getting ready for B&Bs for Vets

With the change in seasons, we begin turning our focus to leaf-peeping, fall festivals and then the B&Bs for Vets program.  Last year nearly 900 inns and B&Bs in the U.S. and Canada participated in ...

No Doily Party moving toward landslide in Doily Decision 2012

No Doily Party moving toward landslide in Doily Decision 2012

Two thirds say down with doilies! While there’s still plenty of campaign time left, the Pro Doily Party is confident that it will win the B&B industry’s Doily Decision 2012 by a landslide vote.  In ...

To doily or not to doily?

To doily or not to doily?

The doily.   Sadly, it is common knowledge that the average person who has never tried a B&B likely thinks that ALL B&Bs are the same – laced with doilies and teddy bears, filled with ...

The Doilycare debate

The Pro Doily party is committed to Doilycare for all.

Forget about Obamacare vs. Romneycare. We’re all tired of the arguments about whether it’s fair, just and right for the people.  The Pro Doily and the No Doily parties have something far more important to ...

Travelers rely on B&Bs in larger cities

Travelers rely on B&Bs in larger cities

From time to time we like to invite innkeepers to share their blogs.  Here’s an interesting blog posting on the StayNYC blog from Vinessa Milando, owner of Ivy Terrace B&B in New York City. Travelers ...

Ladies, four ways to lure him into bed…and breakfasts this Father’s Day

Great ways to lure your guy into bed (and breakfasts)

We know getting your guy into bed isn’t the tough part, but when it comes to getting your guy into bed at a bed and breakfast it’s a tougher sell.  As Father’s Day approaches, why ...

$450 in resort fees? You’ve gotta be kidding!

You won't find $450 in hidden fees at any B&B.

We in the B&B industry are particularly sensitive to stories about exorbitant resort fees, rubbery breakfast buffets for $25 per person, and of course the infamous $10 mini bar water.  That’s why this story revealed ...

Hospitality with Heart – the generous way to stay

Thurston House exemplifies hospitality with a heart

The Innkeeper of Thurston House, Carole Ballard, has a very special reason for observing Cystic Fibrosis Month this May.  Ballard knows all too well how devastating this disease can be. A friend of over 50 years has a ...