Re: innkeeping: top 5 online guides

[Jim & Susan Hildebrand <jhildebr@cswnet.com>]

> 
> 1)  In your experience, what are the top one, two or three online
> guides?

Two guides, Bed and Breakfast Online  at http://www.bbonline.com  -
Randy Fought and 
Bed & Breakfast Inns of North America  http://cimarron.net -- Daniel
Blackburn

Both promote their sites.  Randy is far more agressive than Daniel and
he promotes the individual sites also.  Both keep counters for number of
hits to the individual pages and the total site.  Both are willing to
work with Innkeepers to keep things current and their rates are
reasonable.

We are on 6 other guides and they are not worth the costs.  All have
some advantages but not enough for us to renew when they expire.  None
of them keep statistics or provide any help with marketing.

> 
> 2)  What is the basis for your experience / opinion?
> 
> 3)  Are there any online guides you would recommend NOT to use?  

None on the top of my head, all do what they say they will do, we have
not been ripped off by anyone.
> 

-- 
Jim & Susan Hildebrand
Innkeepers, Anderson House Inn
201 E. Main Street, Heber Springs, Arkansas  72543
(501) 362-5266  (800) 264-5279 FAX (501) 362-2326
Web Site at:  http://www.bbonline.com/ar/anderson