Five Foto Fallacies

Sandy Soule

Inviting color photos of your inn are probably the single most effective way to get heads in your beds. All the Internet and print advertising in the world won't translate to increased bookings if your pictures are unattractive. Details here...

Best of BedandBreakfast.com Awards Program

Don't miss out on this great B&B marketing opportunity. Posting a badge on your home page is the easiest way to encourage guests to vote! The voting deadline is April 30, 2004! In addition to the chance to win a free Platinum membership, all winning properties will enjoy significant opportunities for some great publicity. More Info

New! Membership Referral Program

The Lighthouse B&B, McGregor TX

Jerry and Jan Walters of The Lighthouse B&B, McGregor TX, won our March contest, and now have a free Platinum membership for as long as they own their inn! Jerry and Jan told us: "Participating was a pleasure. Please express our appreciation to your entire staff. We think BedandBreakfast.com is a great asset to the B&B industry."

Although the contest is over, it's not too late to save hundreds of dollars in membership costs with the BedandBreakfast.com Member Referral Program. Log In here with your password & property ID for details.

BedandBreakfast.com Message Boards

If you haven't signed up for the BedandBreakfast.com Message Boards, log in to your home base and do so! It will only take a minute. Over 575 innkeepers have done so, and are sharing invaluable information. If you haven't yet posted a comment or question, please do so today!

Calendar of Events

Click here for a list of upcoming state B&B association meetings. We've noted when a member of the BedandBreakfast.com team will be attending, and look forward to meeting you! Be sure to email us if your state meeting is not on the list.

About our Sponsor

Every innkeeper has different needs when it comes to property management software. RezOvation's suite of products provides flexibility, increases profitability, and frees up your time to focus on innkeeping, not paperwork. RezOvation has over 5,000 unique customers. We have been an industry leader for over ten years; you can count us to be there for you.

Promoting the Industry

In recent weeks, BedandBreakfast.com stories reached over 5.7 million readers. If this coverage were purchased as advertising, it would cost almost $10,000. One of our favorite quotes appeared in Frommers.com: "Best of all is the BedandBreakfast.com Hot Deals newsletter, delivered by e-mail every Wednesday, which may alert you to some marvelous bargain in a spot you'd like to visit. Or even to remind you of some place you haven't thought about lately, but realize you really, really need to visit." Read more

Our Members Speak Out

Tucker Hill Inn, Waitsfield, VT

We asked: : David Letterman is not the only one who can write "top ten" lists! Give us your top ten reasons why you love (or hate) being an innkeeper. Read more. Question for our March issue:  What's your outlook on summer reservations? Do you anticipate any increase in international or Canadian visitors given the weak state of the dollar?

Email your responses to InnkeeperNews@BedandBreakfast.com. If we publish your comments, we'll thank you with a $25 credit in our Featured Properties Auction program!

Time for a Smile

Book review: The Traveling Curmudgeon is Jon Winokur's humorous compilation of "irreverent notes, quotes, and anecdotes on dismal destinations, excess baggage, the full upright position, and other reasons not to go there." Read more

Travel Trends

"In 2003, 45% of online travel buyers purchased all of their travel online, according to The PhoCusWright Consumer Travel Trends Survey Sixth Edition, a recently released tracking report that annually documents online shopping and purchasing behavior. In total, 35 million Americans bought travel online in 2003, up 17% from 2002." Read more

Advertising Auctions

BedandBreakfast.com Featured Property Auctions are an affordable, and effective way to drive traffic to your website. To make it even easier, we've introduced Auto Billing, designed to help you maintain a positive balance in your auction account at all times. The Inn of the Month averages double the click-through rates of the other B&Bs on the same city page, because of these significant benefits: Top placement on your city page Larger photo Custom marketing message Highlighted frame Try it and see for yourself! Read more...

Martha's Vineyard, South Haven MI

This Month's Sponsor

Online Trade Show

Click to visit our newest vendor members:

• VintageTubs.com
• DNJ Specialties
• Cloth & Clay
• InnVisibility
• Rare Brick Design
• Flavia Coffee Beverage Systems
• RezOvation

More vendor info...

Gift Certificates

Woolverton Inn, Stockton, NJ

Could anything be a more perfect gift than BedandBreakfast.com Gift Certificates? Don't miss out! To join the almost 3400 participating inns, just log in to your home base with your property ID and password, or click here for more information.

Traffic statistics

Log in with your property ID and password for details on the number of page impressions and click-throughs your B&B has received as a result of all BedandBreakfast.com online marketing, including property listings, Featured Property, and Inn of the Month advertising. More information

Member Information

To update your entry, post specials, and renew your membership, please log in with your property ID and password. Can't remember your password? Click here, then enter your property ID and we'll email it to you. Don't like your password? Once you're logged in to Home Base, just click "Membership," select "change password" (#7 in dropdown menu), and choose another that's easier to remember. More information

Inns for Sale

"We advertised our B&B in your Inns for Sale section in January, and started getting inquires a week later. In February, a couple came from Florida to visit us in Cat Spring, Texas. We made a deal, and they begin officially on April the 5th as the new owners. What you are doing really works." Sunny and John Snyder. Email us today and we'll put you on our special offer mailing list. Read more

Online Bookings

Taking real-time, online reservations is the most effective way to transform your Internet presence from an informational resource into a 24/7 sales engine.  Read more

Innkeepers Information Center

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