Recent content by Mac

But it was in a reply to my post. Verbage was a little over the top for an exchange of ideas in a business forum. And all I'm doing is checking out that future guests are who they say they are. I don't have time or inclination to do more than that and never said I did. "Stalking" was labeled...

He who does not trust his guests should not be taking guests. Wow. I'll shutter my doors immediately. Do you NOT think guests check you out? Trip Advisor? Goo gle? Referrals? They aren't taking you on trust. They have looked you up in some way. Or heard something about you. If they haven't. why...

Bob & Emily's Confessions have mentioned having a gun before. I think they've mentioned researching guests too. They were nicer about it than your "gun toting and guest stalking" comment though. Might as well put it in the worse possible context to give them more fuel for Confessions though.

I found this forum question quite interesting. Some people feel they are a hotel. Me, not so much. Just a private home opened to guests, which probably makes a difference. I brought up the subject over breakfast this morning, knowing one of the quests was a retired policewoman as well as a...

Officers would have to be on a call at the next acreage over or in the woods for me to have a response time under 20 minutes. Hence the concealed carry permit. Gotta love Texas. We perpetrate our own myths. And as my husband, an IT supervisor at the University, says, "With the computer age...

Yes, I screen after the reservation is made - for my safety and the safety of other guests. I look them up on their county's ap praisal district and on F B, which gives a tremendous amount of info. Sometimes I even request they like my business page on F B so I can view them. People seem to...

Thank you for the good advice. Around here a lot of hotels double their rate for football games, making a $150 a night room $300, with a two-night minimum. That's a $600 weekend (yes, I know you can add too. I just wanted to emphasize the point). While we adhere to the two-night minimum, we...

We're thinking of raising our rates next year by 10%. How often, if ever, and by how much do YOU raise your rates?

Ceiling fans! We just bought four more for the new pavilion, making a grand total of 24 ceiling fans on the premises! In our defense, this is Texas!

Wow!

Oh. We also have hotel/motel tax. It's 8.75%.

Our property tax high also but we have no state income tax.

Rough average is $6000 for 3000 sq ft plus 5th wheel. Electric, water, cable (dang, cable is high!), garbage, and small amount propane (for 5th wheel heating). Four suites (including ours) plus 5th wheel (as sometime rental). Great room plus game room. Septic system. No land line. Have own tower...

YES!

BWWAAHAHAHAHA! "...he got the new sheets for the month"! I bet he thought he won the sheet lotto!