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  1. greyswan

    Catching Up

    It's been a long time since I've posted... we're still innkeeping and love our guests and inn. Seeing familiar and new faces on this forum, too, let's me know that there are many others who are still doing what they love, too. Over the last year Jim and I have made a decision to take better...
  2. greyswan

    Business Idea: clearing house for locals who offer rooms to rent

    We live in a town with lots of older homes who have rooms to rent or potential for rentals. My idea is to be a clearing house for them, a matchmaker of sorts. I would be one of the resources for the homeowners - I would list a generic category on my website and refer people to them on calls...
  3. greyswan

    Looking for B&B in TN and Hawaii

    Next week our twin granddaughers will be born and then I'll be heading to AR to visit and help Mom and Dad around the house. I'll have to take the trip in 2 days out and back... and looking for inns to stay in TN Any suggestions between Knoxville and Nashville? Then in the fall we want to...
  4. greyswan

    Suggested needed for ways to promote Historical District

    I have a document from the National Register for our town's historical district with includes over 100 properties. I'd like you opinion on how to promote this... I have tho't about creating a walking tour with pics of each property, attach to google maps, include brief history of each...
  5. greyswan

    New travel forum?

    I got an invite to join Trip a tini - did anyone else get that, or anyone members... benefits?
  6. greyswan

    Is this Spam?

    Inn-Mates - we received this today.... it felt like spam to me and once I did a search, sure enough I found others have received this letter too. Anyone else get this one? "Dear Sir/Madam I'm sorry to disturb you so abrupt. We are a domain name registration service company in Asia, On 30th...
  7. greyswan

    Discovering more work to be done

    We had to buy another window air conditioner unit for our 3rd story suite... so we order it, picked it up and DH gets it up to the 3rd story and it's too heavy to install by himself, so he calls the company...bad news: they don't install higher than 2nd story. Good news: we're friends with a...
  8. greyswan

    Peach Pancakes

    Have any of you used thawed frozen peaches in pancakes with success?
  9. greyswan

    Keeping a Good Front

    Our precious dog of 15 years has been ailing over the past few days and died right before breakfast was served this morning.... that was a tough act to carry out serving and conversing, but we did it. Our guests were here for a 10th wedding anniversary... we just couldn't let them know our...
  10. greyswan

    Need a Vacuum Cleaner

    Well, our cannister vacuum cleaner finally bit the dust and we are considering getting a backpack styler vacuum - anyone here use one and how do you like it? We will need to get a vacuum that is lightweight as it will be carried up and down the stairs (no room to store on the guest room level)...
  11. greyswan

    Partnering with other businesses

    I have an opportunity to partner with another company for weekend retreats. The local company does motivation retreats as well as yoga & meditation instruction. Have any of you ever done a weekend retreat with another company - and what advice would you share -pros/cons, etc. What is being...
  12. greyswan

    Dishwashers

    We have a fairly new dishwasher - just over a year old but I'm already eyeing another one. Do you have 2 dishwashers in your inn to handle the large capacity of dishes or do you run 2-3 loads each day? The maximum number of guests we can serve is 12 and that's a lot of dishes and glassware...
  13. greyswan

    Directory listing

    I just received an email showing that I was listed with theinnkeeper.com directory...... for a free 4 month trial and after which I would then pay$XXX amount... Whaaaattttt? Has anyone else received this?
  14. greyswan

    What do these stats mean?

    we have cPanel X stats and I'm not sure what I'm looking at..... could someone explain them to me please! thanks! [/th] Monthly Statistics for September 2008[/th] [/th] Total Hits[/td] 19481[/td] Total Files[/td] 16774[/td] Total Pages[/td] 1854[/td] Total Visits[/td] 841[/td] Total...
  15. greyswan

    Newsletters - mailed and online

    Just checking to see what forum members are doing a monthly or quarterly guest newsletter, or are you now blogging instead? Is what you are doing helping you with developing relationships with your guests, repeat business, or referrals? Or do you think that they are all just busy work and not...
  16. greyswan

    Early/late check-ins

    We had a guest that wanted to check- in early so he could rest before night diving. Since we didn't have a guest in that room from the night before we let him check in at 9 am.. So if we were to offer something that that... early checkins to an individual or even a group should there be extra...
  17. greyswan

    Middle of the Night

    Well, we had a crazy evening - got a phone call at 2:30 am - I assumed it was a fax, so I just let it ring since the fax was disconnected. But no, the phone stopped ringing and then started up again. I dashed to answer the phone when the front door bell rings WHAT???? A couple wanted to...
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