Innkeep
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So you old timers will know me well. The rest of you probably won’t get any useful info from this thread. When Air became a significant presence in my totally non tourist town with about 15 listings for < $60 a night, I decided it was probably time to think about retiring. I have to take Social Security and make withdrawals from my IRA next year anyway.
I just paid paid my insurance for the year last week and have picked Sept 25, 2019 as the official retirement date. I have a bunch of repeat guests, so they are getting notified as time goes on. It will be 12 years. Opened just as the Great Recession started and just when print version directories were on their last gasp.
I considered myself fortunate because I had the bare bones Webervations software that fits my lifestyle just fine. Only about 20% of my guests book online, so it’s a very low volume operation. This week I got the dreaded email that Reso has been sold, and I should wait with baited breath for the wonderful improvements that I can expect from the new company.
I looked at the software that many of you migrated to a few years back, (John’s but I forget the name) but it was just too much trouble for me to learn. I don’t know how long I’ll be able to keep Webervations but suspect no longer than the first of the year. All I need is a simple minded program with no links to OTAs.
I have a webmaster who could probably work on something with Google calendars, which I think has been suggested by some of you in the distant past. Is there something a little more professional that I can use. This will probably be for no more than 9 months. I have 4 rooms and much of the winter is dead. I’m really lazy but not burned out. Also I hate to spend big bucks for less than a year.
For another thread I want to summarize all the little things I’ve learned about innkeeping...
I just paid paid my insurance for the year last week and have picked Sept 25, 2019 as the official retirement date. I have a bunch of repeat guests, so they are getting notified as time goes on. It will be 12 years. Opened just as the Great Recession started and just when print version directories were on their last gasp.
I considered myself fortunate because I had the bare bones Webervations software that fits my lifestyle just fine. Only about 20% of my guests book online, so it’s a very low volume operation. This week I got the dreaded email that Reso has been sold, and I should wait with baited breath for the wonderful improvements that I can expect from the new company.
I looked at the software that many of you migrated to a few years back, (John’s but I forget the name) but it was just too much trouble for me to learn. I don’t know how long I’ll be able to keep Webervations but suspect no longer than the first of the year. All I need is a simple minded program with no links to OTAs.
I have a webmaster who could probably work on something with Google calendars, which I think has been suggested by some of you in the distant past. Is there something a little more professional that I can use. This will probably be for no more than 9 months. I have 4 rooms and much of the winter is dead. I’m really lazy but not burned out. Also I hate to spend big bucks for less than a year.
For another thread I want to summarize all the little things I’ve learned about innkeeping...