YellowSocks
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Good thing you told me it's a new name or I'd probably be telling you "welcome!"Ice said:First of all I am not new here, (just got a new name) to protect the inocent! When you first started your B&B did you contact other B&Bs in the area? Is this a smart move?
When we moved here and were under construction I called the other two "regular" B&B's in town and said who I was and what I was doing so they wouldn't hear about it through the grapevine. (The third one knew about us because they are friends with my sister...) The B&B "south of town" referred our very first guests to us when they were full and there was no where left to stay in town. In gratitude I took her some flowers, and completely hit it off with her. She and I decided to arrange getting together for dinner with our spouses.
To make it short, we had four dinners with all four couples from all four B&B's, taking turns hosting. The other two B&B's have become very close, as have I and my friend. This year we've expanded slightly and have had our first "area" innkeepers gathering with innkeepers from 8-9 B&B's.
An innkeeper from the neighboring county seat brought an article to that meeting which they had gotten published in their paper about how the B&B's in town worked together, referring to each other. So, one of my colleagues in town called her contact at the paper and he agreed to do an article about the four of us here! We hope to get him the info in March and having something like "It's All About Hospitality" published in the spring.
So yeah, absolutely contact the other innkeepers. If nothing else, it shows you to be friendly and cooperative. In my case, it's led to friendship and cooperation with colleagues who know what it's like and who can refer back and forth. It's an amazing blessing for me!
=)
Kk.