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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
Associate Editor: 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

     This edition of The INNside Scoop includes a delightful sampling of B&Bs, as well as historic and country inns, from New England to scenic southern Utah. From a B&B located on an 18th century rice plantation in the Lowcountry of South Carolina to an off-the-beaten path European-style country inn tucked away in north Georgia, the sampling of bed breakfast inns included in this edition reflects the never-ending variety available at B&B-type lodgings.
     The next edition of The INNside Scoop will be available in mid-January 2007. It will feature/review  inns located in Colorado, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Ontario. In addition, there will be recommended inns, personally visited by one of the editors, from the Southeast to the Southwest (see www.the-innside-scoop.com/forthcoming.htm). Delicious recipes, from inns where we have enjoyed extraordinarily good breakfasts, will be included as well. Don’t miss it!
     After visiting hundreds of B&Bs, in this country and abroad over the span of several decades, I still get excited about each forthcoming visit to a new inn. I enjoy an occasional visit to a ritzy hotel or resort; however, staying at B&Bs is always the highlight of my travels. If you have not yet experienced the bed and breakfast/country inn world, give it a try. Once you do, you will understand why B&Bs have become so popular and why the B&B industry is booming as it is.
     The INNside Scoop is read by readers throughout the U.S. and abroad. The current newsletter may always be accessed online at www.innsidescoop.com. Produced in full-color, it has links to all inns and sites noted in newsletter. E-mail subscriptions are available at no charge, and print copies of the newsletter are available by paid subscription (see page 8).
    Suggestions for inns to be considered  by The INNside Scoop are always welcomed. Send suggestions, along with the inn’s Website, to innscoop@cs.com.     

Happy travels!

The Mann Room
 at Mansfield Plantation in Georgetown, SC
(see review on page 1)

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). Congruency with marketing is considered, by The INNside Scoop, to be obligatory and something the consumer should be able to rely upon confidently. An inn is given a lower rating when this criterion does not apply.

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. No inn receiving a “sunflower” rating is ever  a “borderline” inn; however, it is often one found to be even more delightful that its advertising proclaims.

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