Recent content by sunburst2

Hello to everyone; I believe I've been a member of this forum for over six and a half years, and have only posted a couple of times at least five years ago. How time flies, but now I feel I have a bit of experience in the field of innkeeping, enough to occasionally toss my opinion into the mix...

Last sunset of 2012 - lovely. This is the first sunset of 2013 - taken 1-1-2013 from Sunburst Lodge B&B in Casper, Wyoming. Happy New Year to Everyone

Sunburst2 - February 26 - Over 65

You can refuse someone you know or think is a PITA if they aren't otherwise in a protected class. You could refuse anyone with blue eyes if you wanted to, or someone covered with tattoos or body piercings if you thought they looked like trouble. They aren't part of a protected class. Service...

Well, nobody asked, but my wedding and reception went wonderfully, everyone was delighted with everything, cleaned up after themselves (including things that actually should have been my job) and departed by 11:00 am this morning. I now have a new full house. Your friend ought to stop having...

Yes, I'll have two other ladies to help with food prep. and serving and cleaning up. And, my son is coming from 5 hours away to tend bar for them (their liquor, not mine). He'll help with parking before the wedding and clean up on Sunday. The next issue is that I'm totally full Sunday night...

I've had six good sized weddings here in the two years I've been open, and a couple other small, immediate family only, weddings. Have never had problems of any consequence, although I worry a bit about things I imagine could happen. I spend a fair amount of time talking to the bridal couple...

J.B. Maybe you don't like to eat much at 4 or 5am, and neither do I; but you are presuming quite a bit to assume that nobody does! I was prepared to give my fishermen a quick "take it with you" bag of fruit, cereal, donuts, etc. They told me that they would take time to have a good hot...

I usually serve breakfast family style, that way everyone gets to eat as much as they want - or as little of anything in particular they want. I don't stay in B&B's too often, but the majority of time that I have stayed in a B&B I have not had enough to eat for breakfast. Maybe I'm a pig, but...

I did breakfast at 10:00 this morning, loved it! I hate to get up early, and 10:00 suites me fine if I don't also have to do earlier for anyone else. My other guests last night informed me after arriving at 10:00 pm that they had to leave at 4:00am to catch a flight. I was thinking, you must...

No hurricanes here, but lots of snow. Last winter I had a couple coming from different directions to meet for a romantic week-end. She got here in a blizzard, but the road was closed before he could arrive. He was stuck down in town and had to spend the night alone in a motel. I made dinner...

I agree with P.T. What's life worth without friends and family? I wouldn't charge either to stay with me, my B&B is after all my home. I like to have friends and family visit, and I'm not going to charge my friends or family to stay in my home. So far I haven't lost much paying business I...

Right, and in the scenario you suggest you also aren't stuck in a contract to pay more than appraised value if you made your offer to buy contingent on the appraisal being equal to the offered price. So, you and the bank can both be happy; maybe not the seller, but they could back out of...

I wasn't going to jump into this thread again, but have to say the information from the B&B Team is great - B&B valuation 101 in a nutshell. And, the information that the bank probably won't take an appraisal you contract for before going for your loan also very likely. So, I suggest again to...

While everything already said is probably correct, the fact that there are likely no or few comparables make an appraisal difficult; and if you don't like the appraisal once you have it you are stuck with it. Just make an offer, that's how a price is agreed upon between seller and buyer. Offer...