Thank you both for getting back to me.
Bree,
Good point about regular (non dog) clients. I hadn't thought about that. Definitely worth adding into my planning.
Hunter has done a lot regarding snow making. As I understand it they are up there with the best of them, weather permitting of course. If there is a warm winter, I know that area will be more effected than Northern N.E.
I've been to the Paw House and it's great. I found out about it after I decided to look into this more seriously and spent a weekend there. What they're doing is exactly what I have in mind.
Several years ago I had stayed at an Inn in another part of NY that was probably the first one, in this part of the country, to utilize this Bed & Biscuit concept and it just stuck in the back of my mind. Now I've finally decided to follow up on it.
Stephanie,
Believe it or not people really do like to take their dogs on vacation. The alternative is to either leave them at home, using a pet sitter, which is a good way to do it, or putting them in a kennel, which isn't a good way of doing it.
I'm a little surprised about your saying the summer is dead in that area. I'm just begining to research the different seasons and I just contacted the Greene County Tourism Office and they said that summer and fall foliage seasons are strong.
Now I'm confused, but that's the story of my life, mass confusion..
yv1berj2 said:
Stephanie,
Believe it or not people really do like to take their dogs on vacation. The alternative is to either leave them at home, using a pet sitter, which is a good way to do it, or putting them in a kennel, which isn't a good way of doing it.
I'm a little surprised about your saying the summer is dead in that area. I'm just begining to research the different seasons and I just contacted the Greene County Tourism Office and they said that summer and fall foliage seasons are strong.
Now I'm confused, but that's the story of my life, mass confusion.
Clearly I'm not a dog person! I've only had pets that can babysit themselves for a weekend. For a minute, I was just thinking "why would someone take a dog skiing?" Brain freeze. Now that I think about it, I have a friend who will not travel without her pug.
Well, it could have been the particular summer weekend I was there, but it was sloooow. I guess it was overcast and a little drizzly, so maybe everyone just stayed home? The majority of the restaurants in Tannersville were open, but not very full. Went to Hunter, and saw very few cars. Most looked like locals.
Have you spent much time there in the off-season? I personally don't trust the tourism offices unless they're giving you hard numbers. Of course they're going to
say they do great year round.
Woodstock does pretty well year round, BUT their zoning isn't very B&B friendly, from what I've heard. Mainly rumors, but you should make sure you check that out if you consider Woodstock.
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