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We have not seen any cancellations or change in reservation patterns, but I'm so sorry to hear about those of you who are being affected by this nonsense! Hope our lawmakers get their acts together soon.

We received the exact same email this morning. Must be making the rounds. Delete!

August was insane as expected, but September has been nuts! We are booked the first three weekends in October as well, and are above overall the last two years for October as well. Seems like things are looking good.

What is the weirdest thing a guest has brought with them to your breakfast table? We are a communal table that seats 12. I thought pill boxes and Ipads were a little strange at a common table, but a guest earlier this summer brought three cans of beer. Lined them up and polished them off...

We are in the Midwest and have 7 rooms, plus our common areas. We pay our high school workers $8 per hour, and college students start at $10 per hour. They can turn all the rooms in about 3 hours. They also do the laundry, although I sometimes keep it moving or finish it so it doesn't sit...

We were on FK for one year. We received lots of inquiries, but no bookings actually occurred as a result. In most cases the number of people exceeded our capacity, or we were already booked for the dates. I would say that it really is for vacation rental property, rather than B & B's. Most...

Welcome Yves! We've never noticed anything in our 155 year old house, but if a guest asks I always reply "Do you want there to be or not?" They usually laugh and we move on to a new subject.

Thank you so much everyone, obviously I need to master replying, copying and such on this forum, but I truly appreciate your feedback and great suggestions. I know it's all going to be fine, I'm not a total moron, but some days I question that...I can't wait to be within spittin' distance with...

Brilliant idea, thanks for sharing!

Thanks for the info and pep talk!

Hello, long time lurker and Innkeeper coming up on 8 months into a year long "try before we buy" arrangement. It has been a great year, very busy, and much more work than I expected, (well duh, you're all thinking) but tons of fun too. We are in the middle of a badly needed re-design of our...

Arkie, burlap used as a textile is actually kind of trendy right now..

I bought a donut maker last Christmas at Macy's for $9.99 during a sale. It works great. I'm not sure how durable it will turn out to be, but it's been pretty hard for the guests to turn down fresh, hot mini-treats. I haven't tried any of the recipes that came with the device, I just look...

I love the idea of having a pad over the mattress pad. They carry the old-fashioned thin pads with elastic straps on the corners at IKEA--those would work great I think. I appreciate all the replies. I was tallking about thicker rug type bath mats, not the towel-type-those always get washed...

I have been keeping pretty busy innkeeping for several B & B's that have owners that range from very hands on and high standards to those who hire out most of the work and are very uninterested in their properties, to those somewhere in the middle. Despite the differing levels of involvement...

Very sad news from a B & B in Minnesota. You can read the full article here:www.startribune.com/local/124917584.html Do any of you have local fire requirements for sprinklers? They are not currently required in MN, but I wonder if that will change as a result of this tragedy?

Guilty! When I innsit, I travel with a suitcase, a cooler, and one tub that has indispensible (in my mind) equipment. My own skillets, silicone spatulas, specialty pans, oven thermometer and most important--my own knives. Some B & B's I sit for have incredibly dull knives, grotty old frypans...

I'm sorry to hear that, it sounds pretty inappropriate. Narrow minds like to gossip. I'd like to hear what TA has to say about that.