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Our association, Bed & Breakfasts of the Mystic Coast, Inc. (BBMC), has twenty six members currently. Our properties are located throughout New London County (Southeastern Connecticut) and four properties are in Westerly, Rhode Island. We have experienced the same problem; local Chambers will not allow us to join as an association. However most of our members belong to the Mystic Chamber of Commerce. My personal opinion is that some of our members, especially those farthest from Mystic would indeed choose not to maintain individual memberships at the chamber if we had an association membership. The Mystic Chamber is an important source of referrals for B&Bs both directly and through the publication of the Mystic Four Season Discovery Guide, in which all of our members who are chamber members advertise. (This accounted for nearly 30% of Stonecroft's bookings in 1996). A reality of this area, however, is that the closer a property is to Mystic, the quicker they fill their rooms. So even though Stonecroft is ten minutes from Mystic, our rooms generally fill after the seven Mystic properties. This becomes less true as Stonecroft is becoming better known (this is our third year). Although the amount of business Stonecroft directly traces to Chamber membership is declining, we will remain members of the Chamber and continue to advertise in their Discovery Guide. I've probably given you a great deal of information that you weren't looking for, but I hope some of this is useful. If BBMC can be of help to your group in organizing we'll be happy to do so. My wife and I are both Board members of BBMC and I chair our committee on Government and external Relations. Our email address is: stoncrft@concentric.net Our URL: http://www.localnews.com/buspages/stoncrft/ Good Luck with your association! Lynn & Joan Egy, Stonecroft, Ledyard, CT
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