It occurred to me, as leaves drily rustled under my steps and the sun broke through naked trees to throw shadows across my path, that I really don’t know or understand what aspiring innkeepers take away when they attend a seminar. What made me think of that was conversations I’ve had lately with seminar graduates, when IRead More
Tag: Innkeeping
Guests, and how to keep them coming
When we owned the Three Mountain Inn in Jamaica, Vermont, I was confronted with the fact that I had never been an innkeeper, and really had no idea what the daily schedule for an innkeeper would look like. I quickly learned how to smile (and mean it), be it on the telephone, or greeting aRead More
Inn Evaluations are very different from Valuations
Inn Partners travels to fine Inns nationwide to undertake Valuations and Evaluations. While there is only one additional letter, Evaluations are very different from Valuations of which we also do many. A Valuation establishes a value of the Inn or Bed and Breakfast based on a comprehensive review of six factors affecting the worth ofRead More
A Tribute to Morning Routines
I have been wondering how innkeepers drag themselves each morning to awake, rise and shine for their guests. This morning, having had the best night’s rest in weeks, I lingered over breakfast, did my early morning chores and procrastinated as long as I could to put on my double socks and snow boots. Chocolat, herRead More
Values of Being an Innkeeper
Like much of rural Vermont, our farm stays about ten degrees cooler than downtown Brattleboro, Vermont, which challenges anyone living in our area to think about what is important to them about their life? The snowfall has been infrequent, but once it starts, shoveling ourselves out three or four feet later is a challenge. SnowshoeingRead More
A Call to Action
Since the President’s State of the Union address, we’ve heard a great deal about making financing available to small business. The truth is, that excellent financing has been readily available all along in our domain. Community Banks (who do not lend to Bezerkistan) have money to lend, and interest rates, usually fixed for 5 years,Read More