Full Service B&B, Wedding Venue and Overnight Lodging

We love getting reviews from our guests - we appreciate that you take the time to let us know how we did during your visit with us, it helps make us better. But did you know that...

1) Nothing is Free:  We have to pay a monthly fee to be listed on these review sites and it can be quite expensive for a small business.  Even if you pay a fee, some of these websites misrepresent that we don't have rooms available. Not true! Please call us or go to our website directly to check our availability and without reviews, these websites drop our ranking as a way to pressure us to spend more money on marketing campaigns. This is very costly for a small business just to "play the marketing game". Please call direct and keep small businesses in business. 

2) Review Websites:  We need reviews to survive but every one of these  review websites has their own "ranking calculation"...there's no such thing as apples to apples comparison across these websites, so please read what the guests actually write.  If you have a problem with your stay, let the innkeeper know directly. Just one negative post has more impact than 10 good ones...and it may have be an issue that the guest never mentioned to the owner owner.  Do you know that these review websites do not even physically see the property or experience the service? They have no idea what they are rating. 

3) OTA's - "other travel agencies" do not equally represent all properties...you may often see "last room available at this price" or "best price available"....This is usually not true, please call the property directly by going to the inn website directly. The telephone numbers on these booking  sites are not the inn telephone number - its a number they assign to track how many calls we get through their website...and they use these numbers to raise the listing fees every year. The big hotel brands are finally fighting back  now and are not longer offering reward points on these bookings. Little businesses are being pressured to lower prices to the point that any specials or extras will soon be eliminated and B&B's will become common motels...it'll be the death of more "mom & pop" shops.  Please call direct. Once you make a reservation through these booking agencies, we can no longer provide discounts or extras - we've already lost our profit. 

4) Rankings:  Did you know that if we don't have "fresh" or current reviews weekly - these review websites automatically start dropping our rankings....followed by marketing calls to spend more money on advertising campaigns which is money that could better be spent on new bedspreads, towels and room upgrades.  Read what the guests have said and call us direct please. 

5) Commissions: When you make a reservation with travel agencies,  they are only taking our published rates from our website. They are taking the rate that we are offering and on top of that, they are taking money from the business owner.  We cannot change or update your reservation, we cannot offer our military discount,  they cannot offer you free stuff from us and  you have to work through them to get your money back. We all lose.

We appreciate your reviews on these websites, but please call us or go to our websites to make your reservations. Keep the money in the pockets of the small business owner so we can maintain and improve our inns - please help keep our dream job alive!   

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