What’s All this Stuff about Living Social and Groupon?
April 28th, 2011 by Scott Bushnell
Living Social and Groupon have offered an alternative avenue for filling off-season and mid-week rooms. But plan carefully. Here’s how…
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Living Social Tips from Innkeepers
April 6th, 2011 by Eben Viens
Attention shoppers…group buying marketing companies have hit the air waves. In radio days the airwaves were the frequency that transmitted the signals that carried information to the world. We all know what claims the airwaves today, social media. And the latest addition to the social media tool box is… If you haven’t heard, Living Social […]
Travel Packaging-Wrap Up What You Do Best
October 26th, 2010 by Eben Viens
Here in Kennebunkport we have a local family owned restaurant Alisson’s that runs a great business and has been doing it for about 30 years. When we have our Aspiring Innkeeper Seminars here in the Port we always treat our attendees to dinner on Friday to kick off our seminar. Alisson’s serves the locals and […]
Guest Room Staging, The Innkeeper’s Art
July 27th, 2010 by Eben Viens
by Janet Wolf of The B&B Team We were very fortunate in our innkeeping career to have had wonderful housekeepers who always went above and beyond their job description. One in particular stands out. She once told me that she would stand at the doorway of a room after she was finished cleaning and ‘critique’ […]
Mystery of Mattresses Uncovered
June 28th, 2010 by Eben Viens
As an innkeeper and homemaker I have always been baffled by the mattress industry. Did you ever have a mattress salesperson give you a straight answer? The more you shopped, the more confused you got. Recently Rick and I ventured out to buy a new mattress. Just by chance we stopped in at America’s Mattress […]
A Good Table
June 17th, 2010 by Rick Wolf
After Peter’s recent posting about the simple joys of sitting on the porch and the numerous comments it elicited, I thought I would share a brief ‘reading’ with you…one I wished I had written, but will be pleased to share with you instead. A couple of weeks ago, Jan and I went to the wedding […]
Moonlight in Vermont and New Innkeepers at The Brass Lantern Inn
December 17th, 2009 by Eben Viens
One of the best songs ever written about Vermont is by John Blackburn. Mr. Blackburn spent only two years in Vermont, teaching Drama at Bennington College. He lived the rest of his years in Southern California, as far away as one can get from Vermont, in more ways than just weather! But he must have loved […]
Lake Lure… Carolina On My Mind
October 9th, 2009 by Eben Viens
Ken Burns most recent documentary series, National Parks-America’s Best Idea, is a brilliant assemblage of stories full of mystery, suspense and adventure, definitely not a tired travel log. In the last episode of the twelve part series that covers the years from 1945-1980, the focus is on the American tourist that is keen on getting […]
