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I posted before that I would give an update on my Booking and Expedia experience. I started using booking.com around last October through the Reservationkey program. I was not set up on Expedia and Airbnb until about 4 months ago. That is part of the reason for the big difference in...

I thought I would post how my first 4 months using Booking.com have gone. I have never used them before because the commission structure seemed to high but now it is reasonable (15%). I use Reservation Key and the Booking.com reservations go through MyAllocator so they sync automatically...

Every now and then I find something that really improves a problem at our Inns. Most of my power outlets are behind furniture so guests have a hard time plugging in their phone chargers. I just bought 8 of these clocks from Wal Mart. The alarm clock has 2 power outlets and a usb charging port...

Because we own and operate several Inns, I have 3 different phone numbers that all forward to my cell phone. That means 3 times the credit card processors and others calling me every day. I take an average of 15 sales calls a day. My phone system will allow a quick screen that I would...

I got ANOTHER empty envelope from a guest with a hole in it today. My room key is now clogging some machine at the post office. Keys and TV remote controls seem to turn up missing the most. At least I have a big supply of guest’s phone chargers in a box in my office if I ever need one.

Someday the facebook link you have could be as valuable as your website url. You can now log into facebook, go to account, go to account settings and change username to something easy. Then your facebook address will be - www.facebook.com/yourname I tried a bunch of short bed and breakfast...

Using the business to business “like” feature on Face book has some good advantages. I now “like” a good restaurant that is walking distance to my Inn. I can make a post onto the wall of the restaurant that says something like “We just had a couple walk back here to the (name your Inn) and...

Tomorrow, I am trying a french toast recipe on this site that has pecans in it . I have never served nuts here before. It is a buffet so I might not talk to everyone as they get food. Is this an issue I should worry about?

I just placed my first Facebook ad advertising my B&B. I had a group of 6 rooms cancel for an event this weekend that we have been full for a long time. I decided to post a Facebook ad Just for the Las Vegas area which is about 170 miles from us. In the past 14 hours, I have had 94,000...

I am a little bit surprised that with all of the great information that is available on this site, and the generosity if the members to share their time and knowledge, that more of you do not post recipes. I posted an egg recipe 5 months ago and it is still the most current one in that...

I have gone back and read many posts in the past about the pros and cons of being bet friendly and understand what I could be getting myself into. More and more I get phone calls about taking pets and one of my twelve rooms has its own entrance and if a dog barked, it would be hard for another...

Does anyone know if there is a set bed height for a handicapped room? I just had a guest stay and say it needed to be 20” and she had a very hard time transferring from her wheelchair into our 24” high bed. It is our lowest bed and in the 11 years we have been open, we have only had 4 guests...

Has anybody found a good place to have customized key rings made for you rooms. We would like to get about 10 key rings for each room that has the name of that room engraved or printed on it. Most places I have found have huge minimums. Thanks.

I was in a store about a week ago and had forgotten to take my appointment printout sheet. A lady called and said she could see a room was available on my web site but wanted to book over the phone. I had nothing to write on so I wrote her info on a $20 bill and maid a mental note not to use...

Because the economy is so slow, this was the first year we converted 2 of our 3 buildings, 13 rooms, to female student housing during the college year. Our main 12 room inn stayed as an inn all year. Renting to students is something we swore we would never do but we are next door to a...

I stumbled on this Innspiring site a few months ago and have really enjoyed reading a lot of the postings. There have been a few about what several of you have found in the sheets that I could have done without but, nevertheless, I just wanted to say thanks to the creator of this site. As far...

Today I had three separate calls from groups wanting me to donate room nights to their causes. MS, Auction for University Girls basketball team and some auction for some cause I had never heard of solicited from a guest who I cannot even remember who they are. It is almost a daily struggle...

Over the years we have sold several items, customized with our logo, to our guests . Sweatshirts and T-shirts did not sell well and we needed multiple sizes. I have reordered baseball style caps several times but they do not sell real fast. Coffee mugs and an association cookbook we have...

I had another forum topic which brought me to this one. When should I advertise with my B&B association or go out on my own. Our association has about 13 inns and about 8 of them through money in for advertising. Those eight show up on the association website that we use for advertising...

Our local b&b association is purchasing on of the advertising paper ads that are mailed out in an envelope with about 40 other ads for anything from pizza to dry cleaning. In our area we have Valpack or Moneymailer. The papers are not very big (3" x 7") so not a lot of room for photos or text...