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And then there are those like the mother of the bride last week who called and said she could not stand all the white sterile feel of her hotel and made the switch to here.
I am glad we are all so different to me that is what makes staying at a B&B so special - the uniqueness!
 
I was at Pier One Imports last weekend looking for furnishings for my guesthouse and saw these doily plates. Really shook me up ;-)
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Arkansawyer said:
I was at Pier One Imports last weekend looking for furnishings for my guesthouse and saw these doily plates. Really shook me up ;-)
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Arkansawyer said:
I was at Pier One Imports last weekend looking for furnishings for my guesthouse and saw these doily plates. Really shook me up ;-)
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Yeah you are a closet-doily-phile.
Now there is an idea you see!
Instead of the traveling chair, the cool super elegant stylish doily free B&B's, we should get this plate and pass it from inn to inn. This should ONLY be done in person however. We could send it with a passport (stamped, ie marked from inn to inn to see its travels). Each inn can take a photo of it at the inn, being used to serve guests, or wherever, and we can post it to a blog/facebook page. I am going to town tomorrow, maybe I can pick one up. :)
As is the tradition however, you will have to pass it to the next inn when you visit, as a gift, that means it needs to have some goodies on it (of some sort). If you are visiting from Maine, then I think a lobster will be okay.
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Somebody, PAII I think, is doing a similar thing with a chair, passing it inn to inn across the country and taking photos at each place. But you have to agree to drive the chair to the next inn on the list, which could be hours away! You can ship it, but could be expensive to ship a chair.
 
Arkansawyer said:
Somebody, PAII I think, is doing a similar thing with a chair, passing it inn to inn across the country and taking photos at each place. But you have to agree to drive the chair to the next inn on the list, which could be hours away! You can ship it, but could be expensive to ship a chair..
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I got that email! When I got to the part about getting the chair to the next location I kind of gave up as they are looking at the West Coast now, I think. Altho... road trip!!!
 
Arkansawyer said:
Somebody, PAII I think, is doing a similar thing with a chair, passing it inn to inn across the country and taking photos at each place. But you have to agree to drive the chair to the next inn on the list, which could be hours away! You can ship it, but could be expensive to ship a chair..
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Arkansawyer said:
Somebody, PAII I think, is doing a similar thing with a chair, passing it inn to inn across the country and taking photos at each place. But you have to agree to drive the chair to the next inn on the list, which could be hours away! You can ship it, but could be expensive to ship a chair.
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Yes that is what I said. The red chair gimmick. I believe it is only select registry inns in on that one.
 
EmptyNest said:
Madeleine said:
Arkansawyer said:
I was at Pier One Imports last weekend looking for furnishings for my guesthouse and saw these doily plates. Really shook me up ;-)
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I like those plates!
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I am with you. I love those plates! If I needed some I would seriously consider them.
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EmptyNest said:
I am with you. I love those plates! If I needed some I would seriously consider them.
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They are cool! Thanks Arks for sharing them.
You know the doily represents so much more. We can have fun with it, but there is more to the story...
Doilyfied and proud of it!
 
I think the doily free thing is supposed to get a different demographic hooked on the B&B experience. There are a lot of people who would really enjoy the kind of service and comfort, the personal attention to the guest, except they may not like the feel of the traditional, Victorian inspired lodging.
With this article they are trying to shorten the gap between B&B's and boutique hotels. I think it's clumsy to do it this way, after all the doilies are what keeps the bandbfinder et al in business.
Go forth and send a plate around your inns. It is a great idea.
 
Joey Bloggs said:
EmptyNest said:
Madeleine said:
Arkansawyer said:
I was at Pier One Imports last weekend looking for furnishings for my guesthouse and saw these doily plates. Really shook me up ;-)
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I like those plates!
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I am with you. I love those plates! If I needed some I would seriously consider them.
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EmptyNest said:
I am with you. I love those plates! If I needed some I would seriously consider them.
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They are cool! Thanks Arks for sharing them.
You know the doily represents so much more. We can have fun with it, but there is more to the story...
Doilyfied and proud of it!
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Joey Bloggs said:
...there is more to the story...
Doilyfied and proud of it!
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I'm touched, and that doesn't happen often. I have a great-aunt who's approaching 90 and she sends us a shoebox every couple of months full of washcloths she has knitted or crocheted or whatever she does. It's very special to have something handmade by a family member, especially after they're gone.
 
IrisoftheWayfarer said:
I think the doily free thing is supposed to get a different demographic hooked on the B&B experience. There are a lot of people who would really enjoy the kind of service and comfort, the personal attention to the guest, except they may not like the feel of the traditional, Victorian inspired lodging.
With this article they are trying to shorten the gap between B&B's and boutique hotels. I think it's clumsy to do it this way, after all the doilies are what keeps the bandbfinder et al in business.
Go forth and send a plate around your inns. It is a great idea..
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IrisoftheWayfarer said:
I think the doily free thing is supposed to get a different demographic hooked on the B&B experience. There are a lot of people who would really enjoy the kind of service and comfort, the personal attention to the guest, except they may not like the feel of the traditional, Victorian inspired lodging.
With this article they are trying to shorten the gap between B&B's and boutique hotels. I think it's clumsy to do it this way, after all the doilies are what keeps the bandbfinder et al in business.
Go forth and send a plate around your inns. It is a great idea.
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You may have missed it when discussed here before. This is part of the Doily Free campaign, DEATH TO DOILIES video and more - click my article, there is a link to dark cemetery video where they bury doilies...etc
I am in no way condemning it, I am not uptight. I am laughing WITH THEM< and using the doily in marketing as being quirky.
In case that doesn't come across.
I am also defending the doily.
:)
It's all in fun.
BWTS had a whole campaign going (literally) about Pro or Con Doily.
 
Joey Bloggs said:
EmptyNest said:
Madeleine said:
Arkansawyer said:
I was at Pier One Imports last weekend looking for furnishings for my guesthouse and saw these doily plates. Really shook me up ;-)
1829b55adc759d276fff5f97d6b8a807.jpg
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Click to expand...
I like those plates!
.
Click to expand...
I am with you. I love those plates! If I needed some I would seriously consider them.
.
Click to expand...
EmptyNest said:
I am with you. I love those plates! If I needed some I would seriously consider them.
Click to expand...
They are cool! Thanks Arks for sharing them.
You know the doily represents so much more. We can have fun with it, but there is more to the story...
Doilyfied and proud of it!
.
Click to expand...
Joey Bloggs said:
EmptyNest said:
I am with you. I love those plates! If I needed some I would seriously consider them.
Click to expand...
They are cool! Thanks Arks for sharing them.
You know the doily represents so much more. We can have fun with it, but there is more to the story...
Doilyfied and proud of it!
Click to expand...
Love the story. They do represent much more than their beauty. The one I have on our entry table came from a guest our 1st month in business. She was crocheting it when she arrived and I admired the pattern (one I had not seen before). When she left, it was left in the room with a very warm note.
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Joey Bloggs said:
IrisoftheWayfarer said:
I think the doily free thing is supposed to get a different demographic hooked on the B&B experience. There are a lot of people who would really enjoy the kind of service and comfort, the personal attention to the guest, except they may not like the feel of the traditional, Victorian inspired lodging.
With this article they are trying to shorten the gap between B&B's and boutique hotels. I think it's clumsy to do it this way, after all the doilies are what keeps the bandbfinder et al in business.
Go forth and send a plate around your inns. It is a great idea..
Click to expand...
IrisoftheWayfarer said:
I think the doily free thing is supposed to get a different demographic hooked on the B&B experience. There are a lot of people who would really enjoy the kind of service and comfort, the personal attention to the guest, except they may not like the feel of the traditional, Victorian inspired lodging.
With this article they are trying to shorten the gap between B&B's and boutique hotels. I think it's clumsy to do it this way, after all the doilies are what keeps the bandbfinder et al in business.
Go forth and send a plate around your inns. It is a great idea.
Click to expand...
You may have missed it when discussed here before. This is part of the Doily Free campaign, DEATH TO DOILIES video and more - click my article, there is a link to dark cemetery video where they bury doilies...etc
I am in no way condemning it, I am not uptight. I am laughing WITH THEM< and using the doily in marketing as being quirky.
In case that doesn't come across.
I am also defending the doily.
:)
It's all in fun.
BWTS had a whole campaign going (literally) about Pro or Con Doily.
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Click to expand...
I must have said it wrong. I am concerned that bandfinder is biting the hand that feeds them( namely you traditional innkeepers with doilies)
I think their approach in dissing (sort of) the doilies.
 
Joey Bloggs said:
Arkansawyer said:
Somebody, PAII I think, is doing a similar thing with a chair, passing it inn to inn across the country and taking photos at each place. But you have to agree to drive the chair to the next inn on the list, which could be hours away! You can ship it, but could be expensive to ship a chair..
Click to expand...
Arkansawyer said:
Somebody, PAII I think, is doing a similar thing with a chair, passing it inn to inn across the country and taking photos at each place. But you have to agree to drive the chair to the next inn on the list, which could be hours away! You can ship it, but could be expensive to ship a chair.
Click to expand...
Yes that is what I said. The red chair gimmick. I believe it is only select registry inns in on that one.
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Joey Bloggs said:
Yes that is what I said. The red chair gimmick. I believe it is only select registry inns in on that one.
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no, it is PAII members.
 
Joey Bloggs said:
Arkansawyer said:
I was at Pier One Imports last weekend looking for furnishings for my guesthouse and saw these doily plates. Really shook me up ;-)
1829b55adc759d276fff5f97d6b8a807.jpg
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Arkansawyer said:
I was at Pier One Imports last weekend looking for furnishings for my guesthouse and saw these doily plates. Really shook me up ;-)
1829b55adc759d276fff5f97d6b8a807.jpg
Click to expand...
Yeah you are a closet-doily-phile.
Now there is an idea you see!
Instead of the traveling chair, the cool super elegant stylish doily free B&B's, we should get this plate and pass it from inn to inn. This should ONLY be done in person however. We could send it with a passport (stamped, ie marked from inn to inn to see its travels). Each inn can take a photo of it at the inn, being used to serve guests, or wherever, and we can post it to a blog/facebook page. I am going to town tomorrow, maybe I can pick one up. :)
As is the tradition however, you will have to pass it to the next inn when you visit, as a gift, that means it needs to have some goodies on it (of some sort). If you are visiting from Maine, then I think a lobster will be okay.
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Joey, I love the traveling doily plate with goodies on it! What a super idea!
 
Samster said:
Joey Bloggs said:
Arkansawyer said:
I was at Pier One Imports last weekend looking for furnishings for my guesthouse and saw these doily plates. Really shook me up ;-)
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Arkansawyer said:
I was at Pier One Imports last weekend looking for furnishings for my guesthouse and saw these doily plates. Really shook me up ;-)
1829b55adc759d276fff5f97d6b8a807.jpg
Click to expand...
Yeah you are a closet-doily-phile.
Now there is an idea you see!
Instead of the traveling chair, the cool super elegant stylish doily free B&B's, we should get this plate and pass it from inn to inn. This should ONLY be done in person however. We could send it with a passport (stamped, ie marked from inn to inn to see its travels). Each inn can take a photo of it at the inn, being used to serve guests, or wherever, and we can post it to a blog/facebook page. I am going to town tomorrow, maybe I can pick one up. :)
As is the tradition however, you will have to pass it to the next inn when you visit, as a gift, that means it needs to have some goodies on it (of some sort). If you are visiting from Maine, then I think a lobster will be okay.
wink_smile.gif

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Joey, I love the traveling doily plate with goodies on it! What a super idea!
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Samster said:
Joey, I love the traveling doily plate with goodies on it! What a super idea!
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Goodies? I missed the part about goodies! Great idea!
 
Arkansawyer said:
Samster said:
Joey Bloggs said:
Arkansawyer said:
I was at Pier One Imports last weekend looking for furnishings for my guesthouse and saw these doily plates. Really shook me up ;-)
1829b55adc759d276fff5f97d6b8a807.jpg
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Arkansawyer said:
I was at Pier One Imports last weekend looking for furnishings for my guesthouse and saw these doily plates. Really shook me up ;-)
1829b55adc759d276fff5f97d6b8a807.jpg
Click to expand...
Yeah you are a closet-doily-phile.
Now there is an idea you see!
Instead of the traveling chair, the cool super elegant stylish doily free B&B's, we should get this plate and pass it from inn to inn. This should ONLY be done in person however. We could send it with a passport (stamped, ie marked from inn to inn to see its travels). Each inn can take a photo of it at the inn, being used to serve guests, or wherever, and we can post it to a blog/facebook page. I am going to town tomorrow, maybe I can pick one up. :)
As is the tradition however, you will have to pass it to the next inn when you visit, as a gift, that means it needs to have some goodies on it (of some sort). If you are visiting from Maine, then I think a lobster will be okay.
wink_smile.gif

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Click to expand...
Joey, I love the traveling doily plate with goodies on it! What a super idea!
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Click to expand...
Samster said:
Joey, I love the traveling doily plate with goodies on it! What a super idea!
Click to expand...
Goodies? I missed the part about goodies! Great idea!
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Arkansawyer said:
Samster said:
Joey, I love the traveling doily plate with goodies on it! What a super idea!
Click to expand...
Goodies? I missed the part about goodies! Great idea!
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MEN! They always come on board when it deals with FOOD!
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