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The
B & B Guest Etiquette Quiz
104 Ways to increase
your B & B savoir faire, charm your host and get preferential
service at a Bed & Breakfast
Booklet by Andrea Reynolds, Copyright 1996-2004 $8.00
(Mentioned in USA Today, 9/19/03)
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Introduction
Back when travelers rode horses
until nightfall, lodging was quite primitive. Men would pay for
a place to sleep, often sharing a bed with one or two strangers,
dusty breeches and all. At dawn they may have washed or shaved,
had a meal, and rode off in separate directions.
Today, more and more business
travelers and tourists are enjoying a modernized, more enjoyable
version of this form of accommodation, by staying in someone's
private city or country home for two or more nights.
Staying in a Bed & Breakfast
has advantages over staying in an impersonal hotel. You are accommodated
in a home-away-from-home with very nice people looking after
you. And for less than the cost of a comparable hotel stay, you
get a comfortable --often luxury quality -- room and bed, private
or shared bath, a wholesome breakfast (full or extended continental),
sparkling conversation, lots of activity ideas and cultural advice,
and often, free parking.
As more North Americans are
choosing Bed & Breakfast accommodation over hotel stays,
B & B hosts would like first-time guests to know -- but are
often too kind to tell them -- that there are some major differences
between the two types of lodging.
Staying in a Bed & Breakfast
is like staying at your future in-laws' home for the first time.
(You want to enjoy yourself, but you also want to make a good
impression.) The key is to remember that you are a guest in someone's
private home; you're not staying in a hotel. We hosts want you
to have a warm, relaxed and memorable stay; all we ask is that
you be a polite and thoughtful guest.
About the author
Andrea Reynolds is the former
owner of Author's Bed & Breakfast in downtown Toronto. It
started with an assignment from a business school to write a
profile about one of their home business instructors: a woman
who operated a five-bedroom B & B. Andrea was hooked. Five
years later she apprenticed herself to a Bed and Breakfast reservation
service, then filled in as host for several vacationing B &
B owners.
In 1995 she was able to open
her own small B & B in Cabbagetown, a trendy but colorful
area of Toronto. In 1997 she moved her B & B to a larger
home with 3 guest bedrooms, two guest baths and a guest kitchen.
Her theme home was created
to provide a home and office away from home for authors who were
on media and press tours to promote their books. In addition
to affordable accommodation, she provided promotion and office
services, kitchen facilities for author-chefs who needed to prepare
food in advance of television demonstrations.
Home invasions and death threats
from a stalker convinced her it was time to hang up her host
apron and return to giving how-to advice. She returned to the
US and is a writer and marketing coach who specializes in helping
experts, how-to authors and speakers build advice empires. She
is available to speak to B & B associations on marketing
your B & B services and handling tough B & B challenges.
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Be forewarned: Although kid-friendly, Andrea's humor
and writing style are similar to Ben Stein's (droll), and occasionally
borders on Lewis Black's style (cranky, exasperated). If you
can't appreciate anecdotes about unacceptable behavior to see
the contrast in kind/civil
behavior,
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But, if you're
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disrespect, rude behavior, mean-spiritedness, hostility, bullying,
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2. Read each
week's tip and reflect on it.
3. Incorporate and practice
the action step in your own life.
4. Demonstrate your own CLASS
and CONSIDERATION of others.
5. Be a role model for your
kids, parents, neighbors, co-workers, team-mates, class-mates,
room-mates, bosses, teachers, coaches, etc.
6. Encourage your kids, parents,
co-workers, teachers to subscribe.
7. Invite
Andrea to speak at your group's next event. She promises
a presentation that provokes and disturbs your audience.
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