We have one room with a French name that has been anglicized that everyone always tries to put the French spin back on. I tell guests, 'Around here it's 'Callas' not 'Cal-lay'.We have historic names, mostly French and difficult to pronounce for some. Maybe it's schadenfreude again. The most popular room comes back to us as deh-May-sun-new-vey, but it's popularity likely is more about the private bathroom than the name.
Maybe I should just have fun with them and name them all with names or words that no one but the French can pronounce. Hochelaga (an Indian place name), moustique (mosquito), plomb (lead, the b is silent), chouchounne (cabbage, but as in a pet name for someone), Fournier (furrier) ...
Of course if you want to have that kind of fun in English, try words like: Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia, crwth, cwm, and onomatopoeia (which should sound like it is written, shouldn't it?) Or some names like Paul Theroux, Seamus Heaney, Michel Houellebecq and Jack Kerouac.
(Yeah, it's my day to send people to the dictionary).
You can also use the room names for SEO. So, if you have local places (mountains, lakes, famous sites) you can use those for your room names. We used to stay at a place that named all their rooms after the grapes that grew nearby.We've been discussing name changes. We are new owners and the room names are from the PO. The Inn name is White Rose Inn and we have the Paris Suite, which seems to get booked the most often even though it's our smallest room, the English Rose, Irish Rose, and Deluxe Suite.
I get the English and Irish with the rose theme...I have no idea where Paris came from and I guess they ran out of ideas for the "deluxe"?
I hadn't thought about the name being a selling point...something I'll have to think over..
We have one room with a French name that has been anglicized that everyone always tries to put the French spin back on. I tell guests, 'Around here it's 'Callas' not 'Cal-lay'.We have historic names, mostly French and difficult to pronounce for some. Maybe it's schadenfreude again. The most popular room comes back to us as deh-May-sun-new-vey, but it's popularity likely is more about the private bathroom than the name.
Maybe I should just have fun with them and name them all with names or words that no one but the French can pronounce. Hochelaga (an Indian place name), moustique (mosquito), plomb (lead, the b is silent), chouchounne (cabbage, but as in a pet name for someone), Fournier (furrier) ...
Of course if you want to have that kind of fun in English, try words like: Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia, crwth, cwm, and onomatopoeia (which should sound like it is written, shouldn't it?) Or some names like Paul Theroux, Seamus Heaney, Michel Houellebecq and Jack Kerouac.
(Yeah, it's my day to send people to the dictionary).
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We owned a Holden Calais when we lived down under. Good car! http://www.holden.com.au/vehicles/calais/calaisAlibi Ike said:We have one room with a French name that has been anglicized that everyone always tries to put the French spin back on. I tell guests, 'Around here it's 'Callas' not 'Cal-lay'.
We've been discussing name changes. We are new owners and the room names are from the PO. The Inn name is White Rose Inn and we have the Paris Suite, which seems to get booked the most often even though it's our smallest room, the English Rose, Irish Rose, and Deluxe Suite.
I get the English and Irish with the rose theme...I have no idea where Paris came from and I guess they ran out of ideas for the "deluxe"?
I hadn't thought about the name being a selling point...something I'll have to think over..
Oh please make them your own!Miss O'Hara said:We've been discussing name changes. We are new owners and the room names are from the PO. The Inn name is White Rose Inn and we have the Paris Suite, which seems to get booked the most often even though it's our smallest room, the English Rose, Irish Rose, and Deluxe Suite.
I get the English and Irish with the rose theme...I have no idea where Paris came from and I guess they ran out of ideas for the "deluxe"?
I hadn't thought about the name being a selling point...something I'll have to think over.
My rooms have names associated with previous owners of the house (we are a start-up). IF I was going to "theme" the rooms, the one I have railroad stuff in (curently in honor of the inn's namesake who was the B & O Station Agent) would be the Orange Blossom Special. I do not have a clue what I would do with the others, but I do think names do matter. Why do you think we NEVER considered naming our B & B with OUR name? How many people would book into The Panek House?.
They might book in if they were in a hurry! hahagillumhouse said:How many people would book into The Panek House?
I would love to go completely different here and do a book theme. Break free from the history aspect but so many people like the idea of sleeping in a 'known' person's room. (I won't say 'famous' because not a lot of people have heard of him.)We've been discussing name changes. We are new owners and the room names are from the PO. The Inn name is White Rose Inn and we have the Paris Suite, which seems to get booked the most often even though it's our smallest room, the English Rose, Irish Rose, and Deluxe Suite.
I get the English and Irish with the rose theme...I have no idea where Paris came from and I guess they ran out of ideas for the "deluxe"?
I hadn't thought about the name being a selling point...something I'll have to think over..Oh please make them your own!Miss O'Hara said:We've been discussing name changes. We are new owners and the room names are from the PO. The Inn name is White Rose Inn and we have the Paris Suite, which seems to get booked the most often even though it's our smallest room, the English Rose, Irish Rose, and Deluxe Suite.
I get the English and Irish with the rose theme...I have no idea where Paris came from and I guess they ran out of ideas for the "deluxe"?
I hadn't thought about the name being a selling point...something I'll have to think over.
You will like them more with your own names on them. I had some old pix I dug up from some reno's here from the PO's and the names were so funny "Twin room" ie the room with two twin beds, "Queen Room" the room with a queen bed. I had to laugh reading those! THen the next owners changed the name of the "Queen Room" to "Canopy Room" since it had a canopy bed.
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I would love to go completely different here and do a book theme. Break free from the history aspect but so many people like the idea of sleeping in a 'known' person's room. (I won't say 'famous' because not a lot of people have heard of him.)We've been discussing name changes. We are new owners and the room names are from the PO. The Inn name is White Rose Inn and we have the Paris Suite, which seems to get booked the most often even though it's our smallest room, the English Rose, Irish Rose, and Deluxe Suite.
I get the English and Irish with the rose theme...I have no idea where Paris came from and I guess they ran out of ideas for the "deluxe"?
I hadn't thought about the name being a selling point...something I'll have to think over..Oh please make them your own!Miss O'Hara said:We've been discussing name changes. We are new owners and the room names are from the PO. The Inn name is White Rose Inn and we have the Paris Suite, which seems to get booked the most often even though it's our smallest room, the English Rose, Irish Rose, and Deluxe Suite.
I get the English and Irish with the rose theme...I have no idea where Paris came from and I guess they ran out of ideas for the "deluxe"?
I hadn't thought about the name being a selling point...something I'll have to think over.
You will like them more with your own names on them. I had some old pix I dug up from some reno's here from the PO's and the names were so funny "Twin room" ie the room with two twin beds, "Queen Room" the room with a queen bed. I had to laugh reading those! THen the next owners changed the name of the "Queen Room" to "Canopy Room" since it had a canopy bed.
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Or you could break the mold and change the rooms names every year...keep it fresh. That would be fun. Work, yes, but keepin' it fresh! hahaAlibi Ike said:I would love to go completely different here and do a book theme. Break free from the history aspect but so many people like the idea of sleeping in a 'known' person's room. (I won't say 'famous' because not a lot of people have heard of him.)
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