How To Get More Bookings With Just a Little Effort

It may come as a surprise to you to know this but your best future customers are the customers that you actually have at the moment.  Assuming that they enjoyed their stay and we hope they did, you should use their satisfaction to help you get more bookings. People who stay in B&Bs usually have […]

Anyone for A Cuppa?

When I think B&Bs I think tea. When you arrive you are usually offered a cup of tea. Or for the fancy ones a coffee from the coffee machine. It is small things like this that are symbolic of why B&Bs are a success versus hotels. Get a cup of tea in a hotel and […]

Marketing and Raindrops

As the rain falls this January morning my mind drifted to raindrops and marketing.  Marketing is often seen as either a dirty word or we just don’t understand how it would work.  Having worked in Internet marketing for over 10 years I can appreciate it but it is quite like raindrops. Let’s take Facebook and […]

Brexit and Tourism

I trawled through the news in the past few days and here are some interesting articles about Brexit and its impact on tourism in Ireland. Brexit and the Irish Tourism Sector Tourism sector paying heavy price for Brexit – Independent.ie Brexit effect to cost tourism €100m this year – Irish Times Brexit and Irish Tourism a Call to Action […]