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The INNside Scoop

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SSD, Inc.
d/b/a
The INNside Scoop©
22 W. Bryan St.
PMB 202
Savannah GA  31401

Publisher/Editor: Maxine Pinson
Editorial Assistant: Malyssa Pinson
Online Editor: Anna Treece (anna@treece.org)
FAX: 912-232-8550
E-mail: innscoop@cs.com
www.innsidescoop.com
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   Each issue of The INNside Scoop, a bi-annual newsletter, features five personally visited B&Bs in various parts of the U.S. It also recommends twelve B&Bs recently experienced by the editor. Previous newsletters may be viewed online at www.innsidescoop.com. No inn (or recommended restaurant) pays to be reviewed or recommended by The INNside Scoop.

     The newsletter, published in January and July, is circulated in hardcopy and via e-mail. Since 1995, The INNside Scoop has been enjoyed by readers and subscribers nationwide and abroad. A complimentary e-mail subscription, offering a full-color edition of the newsletter with links to each inn and restaurant, is available by sending an e-mail request to nlsub@cs.com.  To purchase a print subscription see page 8.

Scoop From
The Editor

   It’s hard for me to believe this edition marks ten years of publishing The INNside Scoop B&B newsletter. The newsletter was launched in 1995 as a quarterly 4-page newsletter featuring three inns—one in Georgia and one in each of the Carolinas. 
   In 2000, the fifth anniversary edition of The INNside Scoop expanded to an 8-page newsletter and began featuring B&Bs beyond Georgia and the Carolinas bi-annually. Still a bi-annual, 8-page publication, each newsletter now features 5 B&Bs (throughout the U.S. and, occasionally, Canada) with the recommendation of 12 inns. Three additional B&Bs, also personally experienced, contribute favorite recipes to each edition of The INNside Scoop.
   This anniversary edition of The INNside Scoop includes an expansive range of B&Bs and country inns. They range from a modest B&B on a barrier island in Georgia to a top-notch inn and winery situated in a magnificent setting in the Pacific Northwest. I do include one caveat for planning trips to the Pacific Northwest if, as in my itinerary, island-hopping is planned: allow plenty of time for traveling via ferry! As always, the sampling of bed and breakfast inns included in this edition reflects the tremendous variety  found at B&Bs–ones  available to suit all tastes.
   The next edition of The INNside Scoop will be available in mid-July 2005. It will feature and recommend   outstanding inns located in Colorado, Florida, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming (see www.the-innside-scoop.com/forthcoming.htm). Delicious recipes, from inns where I enjoy extraordinarily good breakfasts, will be included as well. Don’t miss it!
   The INNside Scoop is read by readers throughout the U.S. and abroad. E-mail subscriptions are available at no charge, and print copies of the newsletter may be received by purchasing a 3-year subscription (for details, see page 8). To access the newsletter's online version, produced in full-color with links to all inns and sites noted in newsletter, click “Current Issue” at the top of www.innsidescoop.com.
   As always, suggestions for inns to be considered  by The INNside Scoop, to be reviewed or recommended in the newsletter, are welcomed. However, selections are limited to 17 inns per newsletter and determined by my current itinerary. Send suggestions to innscoop@cs.com.                                                                        

Happy travels!

 
CRITERIA FOR RATINGS

Inns:  hospitality, cleanliness/maintenance of property’s interior and exterior (does not appear worn or neglected), comfort, aesthetic qualities (furnishings, color coordination, décor), amenities, location/setting (surroundings), uniqueness, attention-to-detail, creativity, good lighting (inside and outside), historical significance, breakfast—taste and presentation, complimentary refreshments and/or beverages offered, quotient value of room and services received, accessibility/helpfulness of innkeeper or staff member, respect of guests’ privacy, private baths, special features, congruency with marketing (inn looks as good when visited as it is described and shown to be in brochures and on Web site). An inn is automatically given a lower rating when the congruency factor does not apply, thereby causing the consumer to be misled.

Restaurants:  Menu selection, food quality, presentation of food, service, location, atmosphere, uniqueness, special features, quotient value for food and service received.

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Notes:  The above listings are not, necessarily, listed in order of importance.  Whenever there is uncertainty between 2 rating categories, the higher rating is given in order to give the inn/restaurant the benefit of the doubt.  Each property is rated according to others of similar size and attributes (i.e., small, owner-run B&Bs are not compared to large, historic inns with a full staff).

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