BedandBreakfast.com Gift Certificates - Better than ever!

On July 15, 2004, the BedandBreakfast.com Gift Certificate program was re-launched with several major improvements, designed to enhance new customer acquisition and increase reservations for participating properties. Read More New instant purchase means more reservations New wider distribution means more reservations New direct deposit puts your money in the bank in four days As always, free participation (you pay only when we put heads in your beds).

About our Sponsor

Looking for a sure-fire way for more customers to find you? Inns.com is a pay-per-click (PPC) lodging directory for all independent properties, brought to you by the creators of BedandBreakfast.com. Bids start at only ten cents, with no set-up costs or annual fees. Visit www.inns.com today!

Best of BedandBreakfast.com Awards Program

This winner's badge could be on your website for 2005! If this is your busy season, encourage guests to vote for you now by adding the voting badge to your website , and distributing voting forms. Voting for the 2005 awards is well underway, and over 4000 votes have already been tallied. Don't miss out on this great B&B marketing opportunity! In addition to the chance to win a free Platinum membership, winning properties enjoy significant opportunities for some great publicity. More Info

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! Over 700 innkeepers have already logged in, and are sharing invaluable information. Be sure to use the mailing list function, under "Options" so new postings will automatically arrive in your email inbox; don't forget to whitelist the address, so it won't end up in your "junk" folder.

Calendar of Events

Promoting the Industry

In recent weeks, BedandBreakfast.com stories reached over over 16.2 million readers. If this coverage were purchased as advertising, it would cost almost $15,000. Current publicity efforts have focused on the BedandBreakfast.com Awards, affordable summer getaways, and a special "Tanks a Lot" free gas promotion. Read more

Our Members Speak Out

Casa Escondida B&B, Chimayo NM

We asked: : How do you deal with kids at your inn? Your own and/or those of your guests? Do you welcome children without restrictions? On a limited basis? Not at all? Read responses. Question for our September issue:  Tell us what highlights your day. Watching guests' faces light up when they see their room or the breakfast table? Helping guests plan a memorable excursion? Retreating to your quarters for a well-deserved break?

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: Entertaining and courageous stories of the rescue of a derelict urban historic home, restored as a B&B, complete with ghosts and a hidden dungeon, plus advice for aspiring innkeepers comprise Breakfast with Tom: The Stories. Read more

Travel Trends

According to a just published PhocusWright report, "Online travel will comprise 33% of all travel bookings by 2006. Online travel revenues will increase by 34% to reach 52.8 billion in 2004, compared to $39.4 billion in 2003. This represents a large increase from 1998, when early online travel sites accounted for just $3 billion in revenues, but still a far cry from the $120 billion worth of online travel revenues that come in through the phone." 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...

Candlelight Inn, Napa CA

This Month's Sponsor

Online Trade Show

Click to visit our newest vendor members:

• Big Kahuna Hawaiian Coffee Co.
• Northwest B&B Inn Consulting
• Yellow Brick Road Newsletter
• B&B Team Realtors
• Innkeeping Specialists
• Innstyle Supplies & Linens
• New England Inn Brokers
• North Carolina Inn Brokers
• RusticDecorating.com Signs

More vendor info...

Gift Certificates

Woolverton Inn, Stockton, NJ

BedandBreakfast.com Gift Certificates have changed to an electronic format. Funds for redeemed certificates will be transferred directly into your bank account within four business days! No more certificates to mail! Don't miss out! To join the over 3000 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

Referral Program

Save hundreds of dollars in membership costs with the BedandBreakfast.com Member Referral Program. Log In here with your password & property ID for details.

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

Innkeepers Information Center

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