As an active Innkeeper, you know very well what your guests’ experiences are like at your Inn. However, it can be hard to tell what the experience would be like for guests before you become the Innkeeper. We often wonder the same thing, which is why we used this beautiful southern Vermont Inn for saleRead More
Small urban inns have a lot going for them. Compared to big hotel chains, inns and B&Bs give guests more attentive service, more amenities, and a more comfortable and inviting atmosphere. Plus, who wants to stay in a cookie-cutter room full of fiberboard furniture when they could relax in a classic Victorian manor or aRead More
Vermont is a land of forests, snow, and endless natural beauty, and nowhere is that more evident than in the far northern reaches of Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. The Kingdom, as it’s affectionately known, is a pastoral and isolated wonder, a remnant of more peaceful, less industrious times. It’s also the home of this Northern VermontRead More
A cold and wintry day – blustering – and the temperature dropping to 10 below at our farmhouse. Yes, it was cold and I did snowshoe through our woods. But isn’t that to be expected? After all, it’s almost our most festive time of year. Driving home along Western Avenue in Brattleboro, each house seemsRead More
The leaves are falling with a vengeance. Pine needles cover the roads. It is fall here in beautiful downtown Brattleboro, Vermont. Every year we have supported our local homeless shelter here in Brattleboro. When the leaves fall I get anxious for the many women and children out there, living on the river-bank of the Connecticut,Read More
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
