After Amy Jordan offered us a one year contract to run her bed and breakfast we prepared to complete our tour of duty with the Vacation Inn in Utah. On October 30, 2010 we finished up closing and winterizing the 21 units for the winter, said our goodbyes to the Lyngles and drove to Salt Lake City Utah. We had to catch a plane the next morning to fly to Stowe, Vermont to begin 10 days of training with the current innkeepers at the Stone Hill Inn.
We arrived late that afternoon and settled in after meeting with Debbie and Dana and got some clothes unpacked, had dinner with them and hit the bed. We were up at 5:30 each morning preparing for the day. Dana and I were in the kitchen preparing food for the guests and Sharon and Debbie worked in the office.
Dana and Debbie did a great job of preparing us for running the Inn. We worked some long, tough hours for 10 days and then flew back to Salt Lake City, picked up our car and headed back to Birmingham for 2 weeks while the Inn closed down for maintenance.
We arrived in Birmingham 2 1/2 days later and spent a week getting the house ready for us to leave it again, visited the dentist and doctors for checkups and then headed down to Dothan, Alabama to visit with family during the Thanksgiving Holidays. On the Saturday after Thanksgiving we headed to Stowe, Vt to begin our one year contract to run the Stone Hill Inn.
We arrived late on Sunday night, unpacked a few items for the next morning and hit the bed. Amy was ready for us by 8:00 am to begin training with her on how she wanted things to run, took us over all the expectations, vendor contacts, concierge services, romantic packages, etc. We also spent several days prior to opening getting the Inn decorated for Christmas. Once we finished up all the decorations, Amy said her goodbyes and we took over. We opened the Inn on December 4th of 2010 in preparation for our new job as Innkeepers.
In the next post, I will take you through a typical day of running a luxury bed and breakfast.
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