Maximizing your Membership for 2005

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!

Advertising Auctions

Special Holiday Featured Property Promotion: BedandBreakfast.com will match your Featured Property deposit with an additional 50% in free advertising money now through December 31st 2004. If you deposit a minimum of $25, we’ll add $12.50 in Featured Property funds. If you deposit $250, we will add $125 to your account. Deposit $1,000 and we’ll add $500. Click here to take advantage of this limited one-time only holiday offer.   Read More...

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Our Members Speak Out

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!

Get three, six, nine, twelve months of BedandBreakfast.com FREE!

Save hundreds of dollars in membership costs with the BedandBreakfast.com Member Referral Program.  For every new member you recommend for BedandBreakfast.com membership, you get three months free!  Encourage four properties to join, and you get a full year absolutely free!  Log In here with your password & property ID for details.

Best of BedandBreakfast.com Awards Program

Publicity for the 2004 Best of BedandBreakfast.com awards netted over 8 million page impressions. For 2005 we want to double or triple the number of award-winning inns, but can do so only if you encourage guests to vote by adding the voting badge to your website, and by distributing voting forms. Voting for the 2005 awards is well underway, and over 8000 votes have already been tallied. Don't miss out on this great B&B marketing opportunity!

Promoting the Industry

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. If you have not yet finalized your conference agenda, let us know: we still have a few dates available when BedandBreakfast.com staff members are available to speak.

Time for a Smile

Prefer to travel with Oprah or Jay Leno? Talk business with Bill Gates or Martha Stewart? Read details about this holiday travel survey.  

Travel Trends

Online travel industry will reach $91 billion by 2009: New research by Jupiter Research finds that the U.S. online travel market has grown at a fast pace over the last year, totaling $54 billion in 2004, or 23% of travel purchased. The online market is projected to grow to $91 billion in 2009, or 33% of travel purchased. Read more

This Month's Sponsor

Online Trade Show

Click to visit our newest vendor members:

• Bath Plus Inc
• Clawfoot Supply
• Earthly Delight Soap
• Big Kahuna Hawaiian Coffee
• Northwest B&B Inn Consulting
• B&B Team Realtors
• Innkeeping Specialists
• New England Inn Brokers
• Association Management Services
• DVTour.com

More vendor info...

Gift Certificates

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 3500 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

Need more info? You’ll find lots of educational articles on our site for your convenience.

•  Resource Library
•  Member Checklist