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We did well in 2022, income up about 50%, but also saw an even larger proportional increase in merchant processing fees from tee sis a subsidiary of glow ball .pay and are considering a switch to a different processor. My experience has been that they all seem to offer a lower fee structure, but...

Back in 2015 Tesla was promoting the destination charging location and several of us got chargers. Over the next few years, it attracted guests, but recently, mainly since beginning of pandemic and now this year, I'm getting 2 or 3 a week. Part of this is the big increase with Model 3, but I...

A five room inn, 12 years, and solo breakfast, I've cooked thousands and thousands of eggs. I always thought cracking eggs one-handed was sort of a showoff gimmick, but when I broke my arm last month it became a B&B owner life skill. I still have to serve breakfast and the crowds have been...

In the USA, we've been waiting for the vaccine for a year, but apparently, didn't think how it would change our social distancing and policy for dealing with public accommodations. Now US CDC finally said, vaccines help, and our state, Oregon (very blue) said, OK, if vaccinated, and you require...

A while back, forum members mentioned Tesla promoting destination charging by giving charging units to select B&B. Hmm, I sez, why not? And they sent me one and $200 to install (labor cheap in rural Oregon). There was one person on the forum, now departed (can't remember name, was something...

A few years back, Innspired by postings here, I asked Tesla for a destination charger: free plus $200 to install. Cool factor for sure. We routinely got 6 to 12 Teslas a year in the course of normal business. Now, 4 out of the last 10 guests -- all I've had in two months! -- have found me...

We are a licensed, inspected B&B. We learned a couple months ago that our fees for Food Service and Lodging were going to go up 3 and 5 times to almost $900 in all. The increase was to go for Board approval and yet there was no prior notification of the affected customers -- there are 8...

OK, I am not making this up. Just happened. 1. A few years ago we installed a Tesla charger and were listed as a "Tesla destination charger" on the Tesla web site, We get a generous handful of Teslas every year as they go charger-hopping up and down I-5. Cool. 2. A week ago, after a long phone...

The question has arisen in the executive suite here: almost 3 years ago we issued a check to refund a $150 deposit on a cancellation made within our full refund date window. It was never cashed. I got a call today saying they found the old check asking if it was okay to try to cash it now...

The past few years our revenues have held steady: holding our own despite a lot of high end hotel construction and the arrival of Airbnb in the area. This year Air hit hard, and our revenues are down 25% ;-( Personally, I don't mind a little slowdown, but this is a bit too much. For the most...

This came up in September as node/18993 but with 54 posts there, I wanted to start a new thread. Our BB.com renewal comes up in June (so we could ignore this issue then:-). What are people's experiences? We use Resnexus for booking. To keep bb.com and our reviews, we would need to sign up...

[OK, I know that's click bait] Just to show how much of a misery pit this B&B has become, I find only 1 in 4 Tesla owners care to properly re-coil the charging cable when they are done: coil it around the charging unit, coil it on the hook but in a figure 8 or leave the charge connector hanging...

Yet again today "Dear Sir/Ma Please i want to make a reservation in your facility for Six (6) newly ordained priest from Greece will be visiting your country for a seven(7)days religious program in the month June 2017" This same scam has been going around sooo long, I had to laugh.

... a handful of tampons, several "flushable" baby wipes, an estimated 7 pounds of toilet paper and a condom. All lower level guest bathrooms backed up into the shower pan. 100% blocked. Fortunately not occupied at the time. In the dark, in the rain, had to find the clean out (hereafter...

I'm not selling – or buying – but I've seen a number of posts recently that cause me concern about the extent to which taking over an existing B&B carries with it a liability for gift cards. Even though a "gift certificate" or a group on type voucher may have an expiration date, there are...

I feel that I haven't upheld my long time forum participation by not ranting enough. So.. The helpful guest who clears her plate to my kitchen where I am cooking or to the buffet where I am trying to present fresh food. Or, recently the helpful guest who put her dirty wine glasses in my bar...

We don't have a sit down, rather we do individual tables and table service for a few or a buffet when we are full. Current group, by consensus decided 8:00 to 8:30 worked. All 5 rooms showed up at 8:00 and were served and fed by 8:11! They hung around talking, but my work was done by quarter...

Sharing experience. Oregon made marijuana sales to recreational users legal starting October 1, 2015; we are private property 100 yards from the public road so it is legal and discreet. We don't personally identify with the culture, but if it is legal and folk are respectful, we figured "OK"...

We get a few guests paying cash (they need a CC to reserve the room, so we have one) and sometimes we get a tip in cash. In the past we used to put off a trip to town for banking and it made it hard to keep the books and the checking account in sync. Now, most banks have a cell phone app that...

To show you how slow it is, I am actually thinking about making a small box to hold sweetener packs. We offer the pink and yellow (usage about 30-70), but what about the blue and green? Any popularity there? Never had a request that I can remember. Actually we were full booked last weekend...