Many Bed and Breakfasts are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Up to 90% of Bed and Breakfasts occupy historic buildings that have been lovingly restored. Some of them have received rewards from a Preservation Society. If you own a historic bed and breakfast, do you emphasize its history to your guests?
You can give tours of your historic home and talk about the people who formerly lived there. If you know their names, talk about them. Feel free to share any stories you know to be true. If they are rumors, then let your guests know that the information can not be confirmed. Your guests will feel as though you are giving them a window into the life of those who once lived in your home.
If you have antique pictures of family members, hang them on your walls. Bed and breakfast owners, you can display precious momentos from your historic home. If they are valuable and/or fragile, consider putting them in a locked glass display case for your guests to view.
You could even put together a scrapbook of old photos of your bed and breakfast and the people who formerly lived in your home. If you put that scrapbook in a common area of the house, guests will be able to enjoy looking at the pages to get a sense of the history of the place they are staying in.
Guests love staying in places that have a fascinating history. Perhaps someone famous owned (or stayed at) your bed and breakfast. You can mention that on your website and you can refer to that in a blog post. Highlight the things that make your bed and breakfast unique and you will attract more visitors!
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