How are the reservations going?

[Jcam]

About usual. Getting one or two every few days now..

Last year, we had planned a vacation for April. We learned that it's a bad time to be away. Lots of phone calls.
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Do you get lots of phone bookings or more online? We used to take vacation in June but lost too much money, so we switched it to April when it's quieter. I just put a message on the machine that we are closed and that someone is here taking care of the B&B but to make reservations to secure their room they should go online. More than 90% of our reservations are online and I find that those calling typically want a discount. Therefore, I'd rather not answer, enjoy my vacation and have them book online. It's also wonderful to be on vacation and check each night to see all the reservations coming in, knowing that even while I'm at the beach I'm making money.
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normally mostly online but a flurry of phone bookings this week

 

[Lee2014]

About usual. Getting one or two every few days now..

Last year, we had planned a vacation for April. We learned that it's a bad time to be away. Lots of phone calls.
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Do you get lots of phone bookings or more online? We used to take vacation in June but lost too much money, so we switched it to April when it's quieter. I just put a message on the machine that we are closed and that someone is here taking care of the B&B but to make reservations to secure their room they should go online. More than 90% of our reservations are online and I find that those calling typically want a discount. Therefore, I'd rather not answer, enjoy my vacation and have them book online. It's also wonderful to be on vacation and check each night to see all the reservations coming in, knowing that even while I'm at the beach I'm making money.
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We get phone, email, and online reservations. Email and online is the most often around here.

 

[ChrisandShelley]

We have been gangbusters. February is normally a slow month in this town. We put together a crafting weekend (full), a Valentine's day weekend (almost full) and then a group of ladies on their annual trip filled us up on the third weekend. February was great!!
All our festival weekends are fully booked with healthy waiting lists. Got a call last week from a lady who is putting together a family reunion and booked all the available rooms for a weekend in May. The week before Memorial day into the holiday weekend is fully booked by a group that come annually.
We are very blessed. This season is going to be a great one.

 

[ChrisandShelley]

About usual. Getting one or two every few days now..

Last year, we had planned a vacation for April. We learned that it's a bad time to be away. Lots of phone calls.
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Do you get lots of phone bookings or more online? We used to take vacation in June but lost too much money, so we switched it to April when it's quieter. I just put a message on the machine that we are closed and that someone is here taking care of the B&B but to make reservations to secure their room they should go online. More than 90% of our reservations are online and I find that those calling typically want a discount. Therefore, I'd rather not answer, enjoy my vacation and have them book online. It's also wonderful to be on vacation and check each night to see all the reservations coming in, knowing that even while I'm at the beach I'm making money.
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We get a mix of both, but we are starting to see an upswing in mobile and online bookings.

 

[Kay Nein]

Our January was 3x more than Jan 2015. February was 2x more than 2015. We've already surpassed last year's March.
This is supposed to be our slow season, when we sleep in every day and do projects because we are bored. A new casino opened up 30 minutes north of us and people have to drive through our town to get to it. Lucky us
(hi y'all. I've been busy as you can see and haven't been on in a long while. Stopped by last week and read a few posts before I had to leave again. Hope all of you are doing well!)