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I'm into dish towels (tea towels). They were much easier to pack and actually useful once I got home. We have some great ones from all over England. When I use them to wipe dishes, I remember where we were in our trip when the towel was bought. Lynda, Inn Caring

Congratulations Rob, may you have many happy years as innkeepers. I'd have to concur with the comments about the shared baths. The only way that usually will work is if there are two rooms that the same group or family are occupying. Also, I agree with the comment about having your bed and...

Hi there, As a former innkeeper myself, I would be hesitant to hire someone who had not had direct B&B experience in running a bed and breakfast. Travel/hospitality and property management experience is good, but it is still a lot different than running a bed and breakfast day in and day out...

I know that this response is a bit late but one way you all can handle the no pet issue is to say the following in your policies. "We do not allow guest pets anywhere on our property including our parking lot." This would mean the guest couldn't bring them in the house or have them in their car...

Believe it or not, there actually are classes given to learn about the Inn Sitting profession (we really like to call it Interim Innkeeping). If you go to our national website you can get more information. http://interiminnkeepers.net/info/training

Very nicely done. I love the pictures. Your content on the surrounding area will enhance your other posts you do about your inn once you are open. One suggestion, don't forget to use links in your posts. That helps with your SEO. Also, once you have your actual website built, you will want...

IF YOU ARE UNABLE to attend this year's PAII Innkeeping Show in Charleston, SC, in January, you can still virtually sign up to attend the Acorn Sponsored Webinars for all of the seminars they will be teaching. The webinars are FREE of charge and you don't even have to be a member of PAII or an...

Reviews on BandB.com and Trip Advisor are usually for the B&B and not for you as the innkeeper (even though you are the one who may be running the inn full time). Personally, I wouldn't put those links on my website. You would be better off having a page on your website where you have guest...

You did an excellent job for a first try. Good topic. I liked it.

1. Yes, if you want to be a professional interim innkeeper/innsitter, then you should have your own website. You can then give a complete description of your background, post references, show your avability, rates, etc. Go to the interim innkeepers network, and take a look at the great...

As a former B&B owner, Interim Innkeeper and National Trainer, I am going to try and answer a couple of questions that have been brought up in this lively discussion board. And, yes, I did hire Interims before I actually met them. Some were good and some could have been better. However, my...

When we owned our inn, I was in charge of the cookbook project for the Innkeepers of our local Bed and Breakfast Association. We used Morris Press to publish the cookbook. They have both soft sided and hard bound books you can choose from. You choose the recipes and they put it all together...

Here is a link to some education on this subject from Acorn Internet Services Blog. They have some of the best education information for free on their blogs. http://blog.acorn-is.com/2010/08/bedandbreakfastcom-and-webervations.html Lynda Inn Caring

Sometimes that is the best thing to do when you reach that point. For those of you with small inns, just a reminder if you do close and are thinking of selling your place. You need to be a residence for at least two years before you sell your house. Otherwise you will need to deal with the...

When I am confronted with Vegans I usually ask them what they normally would eat for breakfast if they were home. Sometimes they have some really good ideas and I ask them for the recipes. Makes them feel good and helps me expand my Vegan recipe collection. By the way, Tumeric and tofu...

Burnout is something that needs to be dealt with from day one. It is important to plan activities outside of the B&B that you enjoy. For me it was doing yoga or getting a massage. For my husband, it was working out with a trainer who had been a guest but turned into a personal friend. For...

Ditto that. I played around with it and was confused. Lynda

At least we are not getting snail mail - trees are being saved. It is easy to hit the delete button even though it may be annoying. As a suggestion to those of you who can not attend, maybe you can work with someone in your area who is going. I know when we owned our own B&B and went to...

Interim Innkeepers also experience these same type of situations at the B&B's they take care of. Over the years as interim innkeepers we have had boilers go out the day before New Years in minus 15 degree weather, a main breaker blow to the point it was getting ready to start an electrical...

I'm not sure if your covers would work or not. Unless the vinyl goes totally around the entire mattress it doesn't work. Also, it has to do not only with the cover material, but the zipper needs to have bug lock - a three sided zipper system to keep bugs from getting through. The bugs are...