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       Summer is Over And We are Gone
       By: Generic Date: October 24, 2025, 4:14 am
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       We are on vacation. Already on the other side of the pond. But I
       have to say that the mix of guests changed this year because
       of... well... politics. Normally we have it as 1/3rds, with
       Europeans being 1/3rd. This year, we got a lot of guests from
       the western side of the country... much more than usual. And the
       usual rush of Europeans didn't happen in August, but in late
       September and October. September and October saw some longer
       guests, even from the "south" and they seemed to have left much
       happier than the guests who rushed for 2 day visits.
       Longer guests push me to rotate more breakfasts into the system,
       because we try to not repeat the exact same breakfast.
       One of the last guests ended up staying in 3 different rooms for
       the week. Firstly because they reserved late and we didn't have
       a single room for the whole period. Secondly because we didn't
       have one night... and they went to a hotel for that. But also
       they had room envy. They had the big room for the one night and
       when they came back, they had the ensuite, but asked us if there
       was any way for them to get the big room again. We moved an OTA
       guest to the other big rooom (that's one of the advantages of
       OTA reservations, we give them a class of room, not a specific
       room) and they moved back to the big room.
       And then towards the end, we had a set of reviews on one of the
       OTAs where every review came in a 9 out of 10. I don't know if
       they realize that kills me everytime... when they think it's a
       great mark. But it does... it leaves me wondering what I did
       wrong.
       I did make one change for the winter, this year, I reduced the
       price of the big room for weekdays for the winter and I have
       vowed to not upgrade anyone from the small room to the big room.
       If you didn't want to spend the $10 in difference, then that was
       your choice. You can look at what your $10 a day would have
       bought. Maybe next time you will think about paying for the
       cheapest room :)
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       Re: Summer is Over And We are Gone
       By: JimBoone Date: October 25, 2025, 4:41 am
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       I enjoy your Facebook travel pictures; we don't travel much but
       nice to see the world when others travel.
       Some of us are creatures of habit you could serve the same
       bacon, eggs, grits, and black coffee each morning with no
       change, that would be an upgrade from my usual microwave
       biscuit.
       Your rooms are likely fancier than ours, but we have 3 sizes. I
       tell folks it's like fast food soda, small, medium and large
       with about $10 between each size.
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       Re: Summer is Over And We are Gone
       By: gillumhouse Date: October 25, 2025, 10:30 am
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       I am going to raise my rates in January. The king room is going
       up by $5 and the budget rooms by $10.
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