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March 31st, 2016 by Eben Viens
In a recent blog entitled ‘15 Amazing B&B’s Worth a Plane Ticket’ by Paul Lee Cannon for BedandBreakfast.com, Lucille’s Mountain Top Inn & Spa and the Inn of the Turquoise Bear were among the ‘amazing’ B&B’s mentioned. Congratulations! All you innkeepers out there know how wonderful this is to be selected for articles like this. These […]
December 29th, 2015 by Eben Viens
The phone rings, and we answer… How may I help you? “Well…I would like some information on the So ‘n So Inn you have listed on The B&B Team website”. Thus the conversation starts and the journey begins. “For would-be entrepreneurs, sometimes the hardest part about starting a business is taking that first step.” […]
October 1st, 2014 by Eben Viens
Do you remember as a kid your parents would tell you to ‘Go outside and play’. Especially if you appeared antsy or bored or were driving them nuts! Well the same advice is true for Innkeepers. ‘Get out of the Inn, take a break, go play’. In our ‘Better Way to Learn Innkeeping’ seminars for […]
October 17th, 2013 by Eben Viens
The Shoreham Inn is a true Vermont Way to Stay. An Inn with a location and thriving business worth a visit. In our “Better Way to Learn Innkeeping” aspiring seminars, we ask our attendees what area of the country they would like their inn to be located in. The B&B Team believes aspiring innkeepers should focus on the […]
November 29th, 2012 by Eben Viens
The B&B Team loves to hear from our Better Way to Learn Innkeeping Seminar graduates. Especially when they have made the journey from aspiring to real time! We got an email from Yoshio and Diane Endo, new innkeepers of The Inn at Ormsby Hill in Manchester Vermont that tells a great story. One year from […]
July 16th, 2012 by Eben Viens
‘Don’t sweat the small stuff’, advice we hear frequently. But with new innkeepers starting off in the height of the season that small stuff can seem awfully BIG. Many of you may recall your first jittery days as innkeepers and can look back with a nostalgic chuckle or two. We received a very expressive email […]
May 7th, 2012 by Scott Bushnell
The Class of 2012, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, graduated from the “Better Way to Learn Innkeeping” aspiring innkeeping workshop yesterday. Held at The Inn at Turkey Hill, six attendees spent 3 days at this seminar designed to help those with the innkeeping dream to investigate the path to inn ownership which is often laden with speed bumps, roadblocks […]
February 28th, 2012 by Scott Bushnell
Marilyn and I had the good fortune this past weekend to work with 9 excited aspiring innkeepers at our A Better Way to Learn InnkeepingTM seminar held at the Wayside Inn B&B in Ellicott City, Maryland. What a great group! We laughed and networked with Bill and Charlotte Schmickle of the Flag House in Annapolis but […]
December 20th, 2011 by Eben Viens
In case you haven’t heard 2012 is just around the corner and the PAII Innkeeping Conference and Trade Show in Little Rock, AR. January 23-26. The B&B Team is really looking forward to attending in Little Rock, a town I for one have never been to. The Peabody Hotel looks like a fun place also, […]
May 19th, 2011 by Eben Viens
The B&B Team’s next stop for learning is in Newcastle Maine and the Newcastle Inn Bed & Breakfast. The mid coast of Maine in June is magical. It is that time of year when spring has definitely sprung and summer is peeking through with promise. What better time or place to visit, stay and […]
March 18th, 2011 by Eben Viens
In a recent blog post I talked about how important education was in the pursuit of starting a bed and breakfast. My analogy was that taking a seminar as the first step in exploring and learning about the world of hospitality is just like your first steps as a toddler where everything you explore is at a newer […]
February 28th, 2011 by Eben Viens
Education is a key component in any endeavor we choose to pursue in our lives. As toddlers we rise to a new level and explore new heights. We look, touch, feel and then store in our memory banks everything we learn. We also learn a few things not to touch, the ouchies? Hopefully as adults […]
