Member Checklist
Make sure you are taking full advantage of your BedandBreakfast.com/Inns.com
membership!!
To update your listing, use your Property ID number & password and
log in to your home base.
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Change your Password:
If you have not already done so, change your computer-generated password to one
that's easy to remember.
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Update your Listing:
Make sure your rates, contact information, and descriptions are up-to-date.. Changes made to your BedandBreakfast.com listing will automatically be updated on Inns.com. You don’t have to do a thing!
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Photos:
Display the maximum number of photos allowed at your membership level: Bronze,
one; Silver, ten; Gold, 15; Platinum 25. Check to see if your photos need
updating with ones that are brighter, clearer, and/or more current.
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Photo Descriptions:
Add detailed descriptions to your photographs.*
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Room-by-room Descriptions:
Add detailed descriptions of your guest rooms. **
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Innkeeper Message Boards:
Our state-of-the-art message boards are the place to meet and greet your fellow
innkeepers and industry gurus. *
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Member Referral Program:
For every new member you refer to BedandBreakfast.com, extend your membership
by three months. *
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Reviews:
To increase traffic to your listing on BedandBreakfast.com, encourage your guests to post reviews. Click the review link from your home base for suggestions on how to do this, and ask us to mail you business card reminders and postpaid business reply cards.
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Best of BedandBreakfast.com Awards:
Increase your chances of being an award-winning B&B by posting a review badge on your own website and distributing printed reminders to your guests.
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Publicity Leads:
Log in to your home base every week to check for newly posted publicity leads,
and watch your email for more story ideas that can help you get media coverage.
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Recipes:
Post your favorite recipes on BedandBreakfast.com to drive more traffic to your
listing/site.
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Display BedandBreakfast.com Hot Deals & Specials: Get the
word out to consumers via the weekly Hot Deals email. Post special packages to
drive traffic to your listing. *
Optional Products and Services to achieve better exposure:
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Gift Card Program: Join our risk-free gift certificate
program. You get 85% of the dollar value of each certificate redeemed;
participation is free. Because the cost of an inngoer's stay generally exceeds
the value of the redeemed certificate, the effective commission rate is
usually 8% or less!
If you wish, you can sell gift cards at your inn and make 15% on each sale.
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90-Day Risk-free Upgrade Guarantee:
Get higher placement on your city page, add more photos, and link to your
website. Upgrade to Silver, Gold or Platinum.
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Availability Calendar Linking Program:
If you have an electronic availability calendar displayed on your website, you
can display it on BedandBreakfast.com. For only $99 per year (free for RezOvation Booking Engine customers),
BedandBreakfast.com will provide two calendar links: one from your brief
listing on your city page, and one from your full listing; an additional link will appear on your Inns.com listing.
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Secondary Listings:
To gain even broader exposure, add a second listing for your property in a
nearby city. Log in to your home base, then click Add Second Listing. All Secondary Listings appear on Inns.com at no additional cost.
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Feature Your Property:
Make your B&B or inn the Featured Property on your city, region and/or
state page(s) to direct more potential guests to your website. Featured
Property Auction bids start at only one penny per page view.
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Inn of the Month:
Give your B&B or inn maximum exposure by making it the top-listed property
on your city page. Many cities are available for the $25 minimum bid.
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Sell Rooms while you sleep:
Participate in our online real-time booking solution and encourage travelers to
book your property 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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Inns for Sale: Thousands of interested buyers look here for
properties to acquire.
*Silver level members and above.
**Gold level members and above.
