How was August?

DH said to me this morning, "No wonder I'm tired. Take a look."
The calendar for August showed 12 rooms un-occupied. In a 6 room inn for 31 days.
A good month.
September looks like we are immediately back to mostly weekends.

August was better than last year again but we aren't completely full like you are. Summer guests think of the beach more than the mountains -- but in a couple weeks we won't have an empty room for about 4 weeks with foliage season. Seasons do play quite a roll in occupancy depending on location.

We had about the same occupancy as you Beach House with 6 rooms, however, August has been slower here than the past 8 years. Usually, the phone is ringing off the hook with folks looking for rooms. Last year, we only had 3 empty rooms through the 24th of August. I think it was the cooler summer. A lot less number of guests here from the usually steamy Mid-Atlantic area which has had a wonderful summer.
However, our September is looking very strong. We already have 78% of our usual number of rooms booked.

August is usually crazy. Over 90% occupancy. Last year was 5 empty nights, but we added a room this year and we are at 12 empty nights, but 6 of them are still in the future, so we can never tell.

We are good. At this point our August is better than last year

It's our secondary season and we aren't open all the time. We were closed 8 nights and August broke all it's revenue records.

Was? August is still in full swing. Two more weekends left.

August. Slammed. Sept - All vacation rental apt weekends booked. Not much B&B yet.

happykeeper said:

It's our secondary season and we aren't open all the time. We were closed 8 nights and August broke all it's revenue records..

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happykeeper said:

It's our secondary season and we aren't open all the time. We were closed 8 nights and August broke all it's revenue records.

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That is awesome!!!!!
We have already surpassed our annual projections and we have the fall and holidays to go. We're pretty pleased.

August 2013 was the best month I have ever had in my 12 years. This August 2014 I was in Calif & Texas for 8 days ( 8 airplanes & 3 rental cars) so I am trying to pedal as fast as I can to make up for lost time.. : )

TheBeachHouse said:

happykeeper said:

It's our secondary season and we aren't open all the time. We were closed 8 nights and August broke all it's revenue records..

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happykeeper said:

It's our secondary season and we aren't open all the time. We were closed 8 nights and August broke all it's revenue records.

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That is awesome!!!!!
We have already surpassed our annual projections and we have the fall and holidays to go. We're pretty pleased.
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Congratulations! Really, truly great to hear about success. Have you had a chance to analyze what is making the difference?

Just added the dates to my ledger for bookings to the end of August. We are up from 2013 and this is with several nights blocked because of trips Himself wanted to make to events, my obligations with the City, and my class reunion. Another returning couple who had to cancel earlier did the waiting list but decided to wait until October to try again. They said conversations with us are a big part of coming here. (Told them they were the only people I would tell the situation to so they could decide for themselves - as I expected, they said we will wait.)

happykeeper said:

TheBeachHouse said:

happykeeper said:

It's our secondary season and we aren't open all the time. We were closed 8 nights and August broke all it's revenue records..

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happykeeper said:

It's our secondary season and we aren't open all the time. We were closed 8 nights and August broke all it's revenue records.

Click to expand...

That is awesome!!!!!
We have already surpassed our annual projections and we have the fall and holidays to go. We're pretty pleased.
.

Click to expand...

Congratulations! Really, truly great to hear about success. Have you had a chance to analyze what is making the difference?
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happykeeper said:

Congratulations! Really, truly great to hear about success. Have you had a chance to analyze what is making the difference?

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One is b oo king dot com. PO wasn't on it. We get a lot of action there. She also wasn't in the chamber of commerce listing of accommadations. duh. Also, Trip A. We asked for reviews and the volume put us up to #1 (from #5 of 7 when we started.)
We somehow got into two articles in the City paper about places to visit close to the city.

TheBeachHouse said:

happykeeper said:

TheBeachHouse said:

happykeeper said:

It's our secondary season and we aren't open all the time. We were closed 8 nights and August broke all it's revenue records..

Click to expand...

happykeeper said:

It's our secondary season and we aren't open all the time. We were closed 8 nights and August broke all it's revenue records.

Click to expand...

That is awesome!!!!!
We have already surpassed our annual projections and we have the fall and holidays to go. We're pretty pleased.
.

Click to expand...

Congratulations! Really, truly great to hear about success. Have you had a chance to analyze what is making the difference?
.

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happykeeper said:

Congratulations! Really, truly great to hear about success. Have you had a chance to analyze what is making the difference?

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One is b oo king dot com. PO wasn't on it. We get a lot of action there. She also wasn't in the chamber of commerce listing of accommadations. duh. Also, Trip A. We asked for reviews and the volume put us up to #1 (from #5 of 7 when we started.)
We somehow got into two articles in the City paper about places to visit close to the city.
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Have you had a chance to run any numbers on boo king? Do you feel the commission is worth the gain? Love that you popped up to #1- that has made a huge difference for us.

We usually do not have any vacancies in August but this year we built them in since we are starting to take it easy. I stopped taking reservations at the end of July so whatever we have on the books is what we will have, leaving us with time to walk on the beach, pick the tomatoes and smell the roses!
But Good for you!!! I remember the days of building the business and relishing the "ka-ching" at the end of the month.

Last year we were 100% booked for the month of August. This year we are currently at 96% booked for the month -- but the month is not over! (100% is still possible!)
Overall for the season, though, we are already at 98.6% of our way to matching our total bookings for last year, well ahead of where we were last year at this time.

They must be staying with you then because I'm closed right now and on vacation because it was so slow.

11 rooms to fill and only 23 room nights unoccupied.
However decided room 2 really needed decorating as we have the bathroom all done and looking nice now so want the room to match - but it had a fitted wardrobe in so have to re-do everything ie walls papered, woodwork, new carpet curtains - whole bit - decorating done but looks really good.
however in the process one bedside lamp got squashed, a leg fell off the dressing table and the back came off the fire - so its made it a $400 extra cost we weren't expecting.

Madeleine said:

They must be staying with you then because I'm closed right now and on vacation because it was so slow..

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Really? That's weird, we are always at 98% occupancy this week. Next week is the beginning of the slooooowness here. Can't wait!

happykeeper said:

TheBeachHouse said:

happykeeper said:

TheBeachHouse said:

happykeeper said:

It's our secondary season and we aren't open all the time. We were closed 8 nights and August broke all it's revenue records..

Click to expand...

happykeeper said:

It's our secondary season and we aren't open all the time. We were closed 8 nights and August broke all it's revenue records.

Click to expand...

That is awesome!!!!!
We have already surpassed our annual projections and we have the fall and holidays to go. We're pretty pleased.
.

Click to expand...

Congratulations! Really, truly great to hear about success. Have you had a chance to analyze what is making the difference?
.

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happykeeper said:

Congratulations! Really, truly great to hear about success. Have you had a chance to analyze what is making the difference?

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One is b oo king dot com. PO wasn't on it. We get a lot of action there. She also wasn't in the chamber of commerce listing of accommadations. duh. Also, Trip A. We asked for reviews and the volume put us up to #1 (from #5 of 7 when we started.)
We somehow got into two articles in the City paper about places to visit close to the city.
.

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Have you had a chance to run any numbers on boo king? Do you feel the commission is worth the gain? Love that you popped up to #1- that has made a huge difference for us.
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happykeeper said:

Have you had a chance to run any numbers on boo king? Do you feel the commission is worth the gain? Love that you popped up to #1- that has made a huge difference for us.

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I love the commission because you only pay for what you get. So, yes, we feel it's worth it. We did recently pay for premium service from them so that our website is on their site. We advertise, book direct for 10% off. Less than the commission and direct is better.