Or, where is that someone who loves the inn as much as you did, once? When we start off the Seminar for Future Innkeepers, I casually mention that if I can talk you out of wanting to be inn owners I feel I have been successful! Why? Because to be an innkeeper you have to haveRead More
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The Importance of a Work-Life Balance in Innkeeping
As innkeepers, taking quality time off for many of you is a difficult decision or is it not? Is it the nature of the business or is it our own foibles, our personality that was perfect for the job? Innkeepers manage everything: staff, buying groceries, decorating rooms, supervising renovations, ordering new linens, sorting through theRead 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