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We won the prize

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Elizabeth and Roland Tita

Once in awhile, someone organizing a raffle or offering a promotion will find Inn on Main Street bed and breakfast online and fall in love with our Grandma’s House image.

That’s what happened when D’Jella Gray of WQMG radio station in Winston-Salem called last year to ask us to participate in the Kit-Kat contest, an on-air promotion that included a romantic trip to Asheville (and Weaverville, of course), and the Blue Ridge Mountains. We were honored that she chose us.

Turns out that the winner of the gift certificate, Tyisha Williams, had a friend who she said needed the trip more than she did. Because of Tyisha’s generosity, we got the sweetest folks staying with us, a couple who had sacrificed a lot for their family over the past year and indeed needed a romantic break.

Elizabeth and Roland Tita celebrated their fourth anniversary with us, enjoying a couples massage, an hour soak in a hot mineral bath, and a visit to the Biltmore Estate, all part of our Soaking Soulmates special. We wish them all the best, and thank D’Jella, WQMG and Tyisha for making it all happen.

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Christmas comes to Weaverville

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Asheville gets a lot of publicity when Christmas comes to town.  As bed and breakfast innkeepers, we do our part promoting the Biltmore Estate Christmas Candlelight Tours with special ticket prices and packages. Our version of the nearby big city has its own Christmas parade and sales and special events.

Here in Weaverville, Christmas is a quieter, family-oriented tradition. First of all, there’s the Christmas Parade at 1 p.m. this Saturday, Dec. 5. It’s a traditional affair with marching bands, dignitaries in convertibles and floats, as well as Santa. The route passes in front of Inn on Main Street, so our guests get a prime view. That evening, the Vance Birthplace celebrates with its own Christmas Candlelight Tour from 4-7 p.m. See what Christmas was like before the Civil War.

The next Friday, Dec. 11, is an event that is unique to Weaverville, and one that grows sweeter each year. The Weaverville Christmas Candlelight Stroll takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. Santa arrives on a horse-drawn wagon in time for the lighting of the town Christmas tree. His helpers give out hot chocolate and candy, as several musical groups entertain with bagpipe, choirs, string ensemble and a barbershop quartet. Guests can sign up for wagon rides through downtown to the light of hundreds of luminarias. Proceeds will benefit local charities. Weaverville’s cafes, gift shops and galleries will remain open late.

Come home to Weaverville for the holidays.

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Summer baseball is coming to Asheville

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

Baseball and Asheville are a good team. When the tourists come to Asheville, the Asheville Tourists begin another season of Minor League Baseball.

There is something innocent and essentially American about watching a minor league game. Boys barely out of school play for the love of the game and a shot at the Show, rather than for millions of dollars. Teddy the Tourist, a huge bear-suited mascot, hugs kids, dances on the dugout and flips token prizes into the bleachers. On Thirsty Thursdays, our favorite day, record crowds turn out for the double bill of a great game and a dollar draft beer.

At Inn on Main Street we’re helping to share that experience by offering a pair of Tourists tickets as an incentive to book a third night.  The offer is good any time the Tourists are playing at home, except Fourth of July, or with any extended-stay special. You can, however, combine it with our rafting or spa specials.

Come root for the home-away-from-home team and enjoy a fun stay at our bed and breakfast.

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Room at the Inn

Friday, December 19th, 2008

In the Asheville area, we tend to think we’re recession-proof. Our economy is nurtured by the Biltmore Estate, Asheville’s charms and our beautiful mountains, a legendary draw for tourists. But our Inn on Main Street B&B, like other Asheville inns, is feeling the effects of the recession. Visits are down, and those guests who come tend to scale back on their stay.

To give our guests more value and more R&R, we’re offering more B&B this winter. Those folks who stay two nights in a premium room in January and February get a third night free, or free two-day tickets to the Biltmore. Stay in a queen room or the Monroe, and get the third night free. This deal doesn’t include Valentine’s Day weekend, but we have a special for Valentine lovers as well. Stay three nights in any room and we’ll buy an arrangement of roses. We stay busy and you get more value in your stay. We hope these specials can help make your stay special.

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Women love bed and breakfasts

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

In our 10 years as innkeepers, we’ve seen one wonderful trend develop.  More than ever, women are having a girlfriends getaway with old friends, sisters and co-workers, as well as with moms and daughters. We’ve answered that call with a Girlfriend Getaway special that includes a massage, facial and sauna at Secret Garden Spa, along with two-day tickets to the Biltmore Estate. The response has been fantastic. It helps that we are one of the rare bed and breakfasts around Asheville with two rooms with twin beds.

Another phenomenon has been an increase in women business travelers. As hotel costs rise, B&Bs become an attractive alternative for businesspeople on a budget. But women, in particular, say they prefer the hominess, safety and peace they find at our B&B. We were quoted by U.S. News and World Report a few years back on women’s preference for B&Bs. What businesswomen were saying then still goes. In addition, we have wireless internet now.

One recent visitor was Mollie Silver, here to begin classes at the Center for Massage and Natural Health. Several seminar teachers at the school have stayed here as well. Like most other business travelers, Mollie says she plans to return sometime when she doesn’t have to eat and run.

-Dan

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Biltmore Candlelight Christmas got easier

Monday, November 17th, 2008

The folks at the Biltmore Estate have made it easier for us at Inn on Main Street to arrange Candlelight Christmas Tour tickets for our guests visiting the famous Biltmore House. We already offer two-day daytime tickets for less money than the cost for a one-day pass at the Biltmore gate. But if we wanted to get reserved Christmas Candlelight Evening tickets for our guests in the past, we would have to order them the same way you do over the phone, then pick them up and add on a surcharge to cover our costs.

This year, for the first time, we can bypass that cumbersome system and order our guests’ tickets through group sales. That saves us time and money, and we can pass the savings along.

Our two-day daytime tickets during the holiday season cost $53 each. Compare that to $55 to $59 at the gate for one-day tickets. To upgrade your two-day ticket to include a reserved Candlelight Christmas tour, add $20 per ticket, for a total cost of $73 per ticket. Compare that to $78 at the gate for a single daytime visit with candlelight tour.

If you aren’t sure you want to take the candlelight Christmas tour, you can upgrade your ticket yourself during one of your daytime visits if evening tour slots still exist. But be aware that most of the popular dates sell out early.

- Dan

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