Recent content by Garden_Pix_Inn

Get a plug in doorbell; you can hear it anywhere you have an electrical outlet and can move it when you go to your private space. Our migrates to the back patio and to our "residence" (3rd floor with blind spot).

We have a small deck off the party room which is there as a fire escape but we made it big enough to sit on 2 Adirondack chairs. Quite private but not 100%. We never use it. IF I want to sit in the sun I have a spot on my "former tennis court" (now a parking lot) under a low hanging tree (and my...

The BIG problem is "which city" can be expected to NOT have parking, and which would? Atlanta isn't on your list. Do you have an expectation that it is "small enough" to have some? What about LA where everybody" is thought to have a car (by tourists who know nothing). What about inns on...

Our inner city Atlanta inn had city-required parking in the back yard. IF you couldn't comply, you didn't get the license for the rooms. We rarely used all of them (because many arrived via plane/subway) but we had to have them. Also had two on the street and two at our house next door (when we...

Well, told the current pair "check out by 11" and we'll see if they are about on time or earlier (since they parked their kids for the weekend and have nothing much to do.) WE need to hit the road to go pick up some furniture in Nashville. I've had a few all-out by 9:40 a.m. on Sunday but it...

Probably "scraped" (copied). Ask them to take it down--be aggressive about it.

I changed to the flower. Are you seeing a mug shot somewhere I'm not? Thanks.

Actually, you need a walk through just prior to closing, just like with a house. AFTER you close it is too late! You bought it.

Right. In a perfect world no Realtor will be involved, only an attorney and the business consultant as "helper" in getting all the info on paper.

My thoughts: Marketing Renewals: They should be pro-rated at closing. Ask for a list with pricing and have the attorney figure it out Falsifying Revnue Reminds me of a for sale Rome GA B&B (1996) which tried to convince us all their wedding revenue was cash and they could support the huge...

Make darn sure you buy the web address and all access to it, especially the source of the web address, such as GoDaddy or Network Solutions. Make sure you buy the phone number. See my other note on doing so without interuption. Both are VERY valuable in the online world these days. Also, try...

The exception is things like the gas/propane bill. We had a duplex where the tenant was about to fly the coop. [I warned the natural gas co. and they ignored me.] When they did go, gas co. tried to shake past due bills out of the new owner when we sold shortly thereafter. Nothing doing! My...

I booked an August wedding last September. It took until YESTERDAY to get all 5 couples to book the individual rooms. But, I had the bride on the hook for it all that time. Always have a back up. Everyone handles weddings differently; whatever works for you. My sister uses the form method for...

Absolutely agree (we do weddings, too). But, long ago, I had a bride who kept canceling rooms and eventually asked for a discount on the party room/wedding, too. My whole point for doing weddings at that time was to rent rooms. So, when she decided to cancel the last of the rooms I told her I...

You just wrote the words you need to say: We are business and feel our prices are fair for the product we offer. Based on what my boss used to do with customers years and years ago, you can then add, quietly, and without confrontation: "Of course, there are probably cheaper places around if you...