12-28-2008, 04:20 AM
Spend the extra money on king size beds, many of us who are a little taller, or bigger, or older, or lighter sleepers than we used to be just won't stay someplace with a queen or the double bed (my husband's feet hang off a double by about 6 inches), and put the bed size in your advertising. Go ahead and install grab bars in the bathroom even if you aren't fully ADA accessible. Flexibility on dietary needs for the breakfast is a big plus too.
We stayed in a lot of vacation rentals in Puna when we first moved here. Our hosts in places like Orchidland, Hawaiian Acres, and not ocean front HPP, that are farther from tourist activities and amenities like restaurants, said they got almost no repeat tourist business. Most of their guests were people like us who were in the process of moving here or looking for a place to buy. We didn't encounter a single other guest who were vacationers, except when we were in Kapoho, then all the other guests were vacationers.
I would hesitate to invest heavily in a B&B in this uncertain economic time.
Carol
We stayed in a lot of vacation rentals in Puna when we first moved here. Our hosts in places like Orchidland, Hawaiian Acres, and not ocean front HPP, that are farther from tourist activities and amenities like restaurants, said they got almost no repeat tourist business. Most of their guests were people like us who were in the process of moving here or looking for a place to buy. We didn't encounter a single other guest who were vacationers, except when we were in Kapoho, then all the other guests were vacationers.
I would hesitate to invest heavily in a B&B in this uncertain economic time.
Carol
Carol
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
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Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb