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Normally, we don't take deposits and we have a one week cancellation policy but we don't charge if we can rebook the room. We're pretty flexible and in six years here, we've only had a handful of charges most of which were accepted amicably by the other parties. But for ten days in August, rooms...

We just use local suppliers and give them credit on the menu. We love to tell the folks who get the double yolkers that "Gemma" was the chicken who delivered the goods.

Just six years but we've had two Queen Victorias in that time. They're a dime a dozen over here.

Her Majesty's Ambassador to Kuwait said my breakfasts were the best of his trip. Queen Victoria and her lady in waiting doing a publicity shoot. A team of chefs preparing lunch for the Queen and Prince Phillip and 750 of their closest friends. They watched Gordon Ramsay's Hells Kitchen in the...

The only place that I could get orchids to bloom again and again was by a jacuzzi tub. Phalaenopsis or Cattleya were the easiest.

Nope. It is back to 96% again. It must have been a glitch when they posted the management response. Oh Well. Just 75 more glowing reviews and we'll be back up to 100%.

Well, I hate to have to relive the whole sordid ordeal but here goes.... Their main complaint was traffic noise. Like the rest of the accommodation providers in town, we're on the main street but we don't sell ourselves as a quiet country retreat. We're a destination choice, opposite the second...

Yuck! After 24 glowing reviews, we finally got our first stinker. It was a legit review. They had stayed here and it didn't rock their world. They opted for a standard double so it wasn't our best room granted but it still was a very lovely room which had received lots of accolades on...

We use call forwarding and it's always worked for us. Then we can give them the code for the door and as an added bonus, we don't miss any other calls. No stress. No mess.

No, you wouldn't feel hurried. It's the diners who are still eating that feel so. If it spoils the enjoyment of just one member of your party, is it worth it to have the plates whisked briskly out of sight? I always remember a lunch with my father who I hadn't seen in two years due to the vast...

Dining with friends or family is a pleasure to be enjoyed not just for the food but for the conversation. Removing plates as each person finishes destroys that atmosphere and reduces it to just eating. Why go to all the trouble of creating a beautiful dining room with gorgeous food, if you're...

Here in England, people tend to want the Full English breakfast so we have to offer that but we have a complete breakfast menu that includes pancakes, waffles, omelettes, porridge with fruit compote, home-made granola and probiotic yogurt (we call that one The Healthy Choice) We tried to serve...

"They come. They go. We take their dough."

I charge the same rate per night for a one night stay as for a four night stay so I would change the sheets every day if they asked me to do so. It's not green but I'm not in the business of enforcing recycling.

I bet that no one thinks that doctors and nurses are free. It's about whether health care is a necessity and not something you have if you can afford it.