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Speaking for myself... I *have* made a decision between "Inn A" and "Inn B" that were similar in most every way-- except for the one that had impressive thread count sheets, designer brand products in the bath and more inviting descriptions like "super-plush-ultra-soft bathrobes". When people...

I think it is very important to include "certain" details. For example, stating thread count may lure certain folks. Or, the desire for 100% cotton certainly. But, I am equally un-nerved Morticia by the idea of a description so precise that one recognizes the exact sheet set from the description.

Well, that's always the possible peril with open source software, but since I have my own programmers, it's not really a worry. :-) Ideally, once we get our own system running, we'll offer it to other B&Bs at hosting cost only.

Understood. We're just thinking into the future since we have more rooms--we just don't want to offer them yet. Thanks for the clarification!

Why wouldn't we need them? I assume guests expect to be able to lock their suite--or am I wrong?

"Cheaper"? It's free software and I already own plenty of servers. :-) I'm only concerned with functionality, i.e., how much do people who book rooms like it and how good is it for the innkeepers to keep their lives simple.

I have been looking at a number of the open source online booking software packages and have narrowed my search down to "Solunas Hotel Booking Engine" and in my tests, it looks pretty good-- but testing is nothing compared to real world usage. Does anyone have real world experience using this...

I have been designing and hosting web sites since 1994 (the second year the web even existed) and at this stage in technology, I recommend using Joomla for managing the content for most any web site. It offers a simple interface which allows easy editing and updating, without the fuss and muss...

According to our county business license, we are a "Hotel/Motel" and according to Virginia's tax folks, we are classified as "Inns, Bed & Breakfast". According to our zoning, we "could" have more rooms, but we choose not to -- until we get a good bit more experience -- we want to focus on total...

We are thinking of replacing the lock on the front door to our B&B with an electronic lock which we can easily set to a per-guest code (something like the last 4 digits of their phone number) in order to not have to give out keys (and replace them as much). What has everyone else's experience...

This is the ad program they're tryig to push: http://www.google.com/support/places/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=171905&rd=1 When someone searches for Richmond VA Bed & Breakfast, and goes to the map showing the possible results...

I was surprised to learn just now that having a "tag" (pointer) on Google maps when "local businesses" show up on their search results costs a flat fee of $25 per month. All we get is a nondescript little circle on the map. I looked for other's opinions on this tagging fee of Google's...but...

Our families are incredibly supportive of us. If anything, my mom (I'm 39) is uber-excited about offering her suggestions on decorating, etc. :-) For our startup, it was reasonably easy since we already have the house--which we had bought for ourselves, and it was simply large enough to give...

Wow. That's a new fixture to me. Sitz Bath. My German hubby certainly was amused that it was a German-derived name.

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Has anyone assembled a list of reputable directories which allow at least a basic inn listing for free?

Dominion Virginia Power offers plumbing, electrical, water line, sewer line, gas line, and hot water heater repair coverage for a modest fee. I learned the hard way that our home warranty does not cover water line breakage once it passes outside the foundation--we saw water bubbling up in our...

We pay something like $14 a month for the repair coverage we have--so it is very, very reasonable. It's too early to predict what we'll do in the future, but the way zoning works in our County, we can have "up to 4 unrelated adults" in our home on any given night without needing to amend the...

Considering some of the horror stories we heard from various Innkeepers while we were looking into whether we wanted to do this or not, I'll just keep my fingers crossed that we "like everyone". ;-)

Good point.