Silverspoon
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Even though I was pretty sure that in 2014 we would not spend our meager advertising dollars on a TA business listing, I am now 110% sure! Just checked out the B+Bs in our area by plugging in the "town B+B" to see what came up. So now all of the motels/hotels come up first (this change is not new and is the reason I originally dropped our TA business listing). But now, at the bottom of the worst of the motels there is a strip that says "Still looking for a place to stay?" where only the top 3 out of 9 B+Bs are listed. Then, under the 3 that are listed, there is a small strip that says "See all 9 B+Bs in town" to click on, taking the viewer to a second page. Under the 3 that are listed on the first page there is a big map showing locations for only the motels...no B+Bs. Under the map there are more motels in the adjacent towns.
Wow if we were paying for a listing I would be SERIOUSLY PO. Imagine spending your $$$ to be put after the worst of the motels, on the second page of listings. Fortunately, we are among the top 3 in our town so we at least made the first page. This just seems incredible to me....that someone actually looking for a B+B would have to wade through all the motels first. Perhaps that is why some of the B+Bs in the area are having a tough time. It's a short season and when B+Bs are seen as lower than the worst motels, that does not bode well for occupancy.
Wow if we were paying for a listing I would be SERIOUSLY PO. Imagine spending your $$$ to be put after the worst of the motels, on the second page of listings. Fortunately, we are among the top 3 in our town so we at least made the first page. This just seems incredible to me....that someone actually looking for a B+B would have to wade through all the motels first. Perhaps that is why some of the B+Bs in the area are having a tough time. It's a short season and when B+Bs are seen as lower than the worst motels, that does not bode well for occupancy.