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How many of these food types do you recognize? I think I am at least one

This was posted to a Facebook group: BEWARE! Two unlawful men booking rooms at inns! REDACTED was recently the victim of two scam artists. The men reserved two rooms through Booking.com for a same-day check-in -- but used an invalid credit card and a disconnected phone number. The staff made...

Chicago Tribune: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-bed-breakfast-hate-vacations-perspec-0925-20140924-story.html James Honig blog response: http://jameskhonig.com/2014/10/03/as-for-me-ill-take-the-b-b/

Article posted in Facebook group today: 5 Signs You're Choosing a Sketchy B&B

A nice article from Jumping Rocks on photographing your small guest rooms or nooks for your website or blog: http://jumpingrocks.com/2011/10/making-the-most-of-those-small-rooms-at-your-inn/

If all goes as planned and scheduled, this will be my last post as an innkeeper. We are scheduled to close on selling our inn at 10:30 this morning and are about 75% moved out of our quarters and in the process of turning things over to the new owners. It's been a fun ride with both ups and...

In my email this morning, for those of you who are following the story. I can only say February 3, 2014 Greetings Select Registry Members: On behalf of your Board of Directors, the Leadership Transition Team is delighted to announce that our nationwide CEO search is now complete. We are...

This article is about the guy who was the opening keynote speaker at the PAII conference today - he was fabulous. There is a free marketing strategy book on his website for anyone who wants it. Yes he builds pools - trust me, what he had to say was relevant. Blog article...

All of you folks who have done this for new websites - I remember that there is a right way and a wrong way to redirect a page so that you don't lose its history and/or weight, but don't remember what it is. Can someone point me to a resource for that? (not for my inn website but for another...

An interesting and easy-to-understand article about the different types of service and support animals and which government regs belong to which groups. Service vs. Therapy Dogs Some things to note for our industry: in 2010, it was decided that emotional support animals are not service dogs (and...

So, I'm pretty sure someone mentioned this but I'll be darned if I can find the thread now. I just got one of those phone calls that started off with the recorded announcement 'this phone call is brought to you by Trip Advisor' (or something along those lines), and then a guest asking about...

Here's Why we Decided to stop Wasting our Time on Facebook Interesting decision...

The Northern Lights are expected to be visible tonight and tomorrow night in low-light areas - many of us in PA, OH, NY, NJ and northern WV are in the 'good' category for viewing. Set up your cameras! https://www.facebook.com/pages/AccuWeathercom-Astronomy/178186248887910

I hate to ask for this kind of stuff, but I think this might be big enough to make an exception. Our teensy little town is in the running for Coolest Small Town in America from Budget Travel, and if you are so inclined, your daily vote for Shepherdstown, WV would be most appreciated. We are up...

I got this notice yesterday - 3 days before my Bronze membership is due to expire/auto-renew. A Silver listing is $480 - that is the next level and includes a website link. "Starting today, all Bronze memberships with a bonus website link will revert back to a regular Bronze membership. We hope...

This information was sent to the PAII mailing list today - if you're not a PAII member, you may or may not receive it (depending on if you are in the mailing list). I don't know if the links will work but if they don't contact me via the forum and I will send the email directly to you. You...

PLEASE NOTE: THE ORIGINAL WEBERVATIONS PRODUCT WILL CONTINUE TO BE DEVELOPED AND SUPPORTED!! Received an email from Webervations/BedandBreakfast.com/Homeway today, including this: Over the past several years we’ve tried hard to develop the Webervations 2.0 product into a viable property...

Here is another great blog post from the guys who have Jumping Rocks Photography, about lighting and styling interior guest room photos. There are some technical details about lighting, but also some excellent styling tips for shooting a smallish room. I highly recommend following their blog...

Same stuff that's been written in other articles, on the front page of the New York Times. If you don't read it all the way to the end, here's an interesting bit. "The researchers found that fans of daily deals were on average hard to please. After they ate at the restaurant or visited the...

This isn't a life-or-death question, more one about your sense of when to step in and when to leave it lie. We have several rooms at breakfast, some of whom have been to the Inn and our town before and some who haven't. They are all discussing amongst themselves, not really asking for our...