Miscellaneous Vendors

Photography

Peter Finger is a location photographer specializing in lodging properties.  Visit his website to view some samples.

Important points to consider:

• You own all of the work shot.

• He "piggybacks" assignments to keep expenses down. 

• Peter Finger Photography shoots both digital and color slide format in 35mm and medium format sizes. 

• The digital images are of the highest quality and are web- and print- ready.  We at Blizzard can attest to the quality.

• Prices range from $600 – $900 per day plus related travel expenses.

• Blizzard Internet Marketing clients not only receive a 10% discount, they also receive a fine art print (artist’s choice) of your property.

• Peter Finger Photography can be reached by telephone at 518-432-9913 or via email at images@peterfinger.com. 

Logowear / Private Label Amenities

Bookwear.net offers a great item for your gift shop: a custom printed t-shirt compressed into a book - or at least a box that looks like a small book.  This is a totally unique item that goes over well!

Fullers' Soaps  Private Label Amenities.  "The Innkeepers' Choice For Guest Toiletries."  This is a great way to advertise your business. They accept only commercial accounts.

Cloth & Clay produces hand-thrown, customized stoneware coffee mugs, tavernware, gifts, accent pieces and dinnerware in a rainbow of colors.  Embroidered or silk screened apparel items include tee, polo, sweatshirts, aprons, bags and caps.

Inn Miniature offers miniature framed prints.   They custom paint a miniature watercolor and put it in a lovely frame.  These make great gift shop items.

CaféPress is an online logo printing service that will print your logo onto t-shirts, sweatshirts, coffee mugs and mouse pads.  Even better, they let you build an online store, collect the full payment online, print and ship the product -- even in quantities as small as one!

E-mail Stationery

Stationery Central designs customized e-mail stationary for a one-time fee of $150.  Using stationary can really help make your e-mail look more appealing and add to your inn's name recognition.  Stationery Central has developed their product so that people using any major e-mail program (Outlook, Eudora, Hotmail, Netscape, etc.) will be able to see the graphics perfectly - something that can be quite a challenge.  Click here to see samples of innkeeper stationary.  Mention Blizzard and receive a $15 discount from Stationery Central. 

Videos

Are you interested in learning more about innkeeping by watching a video?
Check out Innkeeping: The Innside Story, a 60-minute video on the secrets of
innkeeping. We have seen it and are really impressed.  Pat Hardy, Co-Founder
of PAII, said it is "The Industry's Best Video on Becoming an Innkeeper." 
The video is available for $39.95 plus shipping and handling.  To order,
call Molly Locklin at (800) 586-1638 or (510) 524-2274.  You can also email
her at mollylocklin@earthlink.net  

Coffee

Coffee... yum, yum.  We drink two kinds of coffee here in the Blizzard offices.

Bwana Bob's 100% Kona makes a perfect cup of coffee.  Trent guarantees that you will love it!

Cafe Cartago offers Costa Rican coffee -- organic and shade grown.  It is delicious coffee, as is their decaf.  Cafe Cartago specializes in offering their Costa Rican coffee to innkeepers, and we recommend you give them a try if you like good java.  It is the everyday coffee around the Blizzard office -- and many inns, too!

Shade Grown Coffee Saint Barnabas Episcopal Church, in Glenwood Springs, sells delicious shade grown coffee in many varieties.  Proceeds go to outreach.

Linens

Innstyle  The source for innkeeper supplies and linens since 1952, offering a complete line of quality products and services to add to the hospitality of your bed and breakfast, inn or establishment.

Telegraph Hill  offers robes that will last a lifetime because they are produced exclusively for the resort and spa industry.

Mountain Weavers is a manufacturer of fine, 100% cotton tablecloths, napkins, placemats & table runners.  All items are available in 25 different color patterns.  Mountain Weavers' distinctive homespun pattern provides a distinctive look that is bright and cheerful.

Insurance

James Wolf Insurance  The nation's largest provider of insurance for the innkeeping industry.  They offer innovative insurance programs with complete coverage for the inn, owner and guest, and have provided unsurpassed service, competitive premiums and peerless claims service for over a decade.

Do you know of other resources that you would suggest to other innkeepers?  E-mail us and tell us about them.

Special Services

A benefits club especially designed for Bed and Breakfast owners and Innkeepers with discounted rates on services such as credit card processing, long distance, property insurance, health insurance, printing services, website design, website promotion, and much much more!

 

Mystery Shopper

Guest Check Offers a mystery shopping service.  They send a "consumer" to your hotel, inn or restaurant to inspect your property from a guest's point of view.  They provide structured and detailed feedback that will help management  make necessary improvements.  Be honest with yourself, this is an important function that should be outsourced to professionals, not done internally.

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Consultants / Seminars  |  Photography | Logowear / Private Label Amenities
  Videos | Special Services | Coffee | Linens | Insurance | E-mail Stationery
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