JunieBJones (JBJ) said:
A local radio statoin called to argue that if we only bought air time we would be booked solid! I told her "the town drives past this place every single day, they know we are here, thank you" This is NOT the time to waste money. She thinks ALL of our guests come from within the town.
I'd want stats on that one! How, exactly, does she know that? Did another B&B sign up and they are booked solid? (I know you don't want to engage them, but sometimes it's interesting to find out why they think what they do.)
As for spending money...we just joined 2 chambers and bought an ad in a tourist pub. Still less than what it would cost me to join my own town chamber (and I still have about $500 left to spend). And we still can't get them to give us a printout of where the money goes and how much money comes in.
I just had a call for this week. 3 nights. No breakfast. I offered them $20 off the total stay, but nothing doing. I think they figured breakfast is $10/person at least (given what hotels charge for the buffet) and for 3 nights I should have given them $60 off.
At this time of year they can hit the hotels...$99/night and no breakfast included.