RE: innkeeping: Starting a B&B Association . . . Any Advice?

["Joyce Schulte" <ChamberedNautilus@classic.msn.com>]

How do you make sure your member inns maintain the standards they had to 
meet 
for acceptance into the association.  After meeting the standards one 
time a 
few years later they may not still meet them.  Do you reinspect on a 
regular 
schedule?   thanks, Joyce

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From: 	owner-innkeeping@innsite.com on behalf of Doug Landwehr
Sent: 	Wednesday, October 01, 1997 9:58 AM
To: 	innkeeping@innsite.com
Subject: 	Re: innkeeping: Starting a B&B Association . . . Any Advice?

Ede,

If I were not comfortable sending a guest to another inn, I would not
send them. I don't think I would make a big fuss, just don't recommend
them.

I do think standards are an important part of an association. There
needs to be a minimum that all members can meet. As president of your
new association, you are in a good position to keep standards on the
agenda for meetings. If people don't want to meet them, then they can
choose not to be in the association. Wisconsin is fortunate to have an
excellent standards protocol put together many years ago by volunteer
members. It is easy to be able to refer people to association members
and say, "Everyone has to meet a certain standard of quality."
-- 
Doug Landwehr, Innkeeper
The Astor House B&B
Green Bay, Wisconsin
(920) 432-3585; Toll Free: 888-303-6370
mailto:astor@execpc.com
http://www.astorhouse.com