Chintzy owner of an attractive but minimally-maintained facility
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 05/09/08
We arrived for our honeymoon stay at a well-rated B&B to be told that the heat in the main house was not working. We were offered the "carriage house", without any discounted rate.
We spent the first night in the carriage house, which while acceptably clean was no "B&B" experience - more like staying in my aunt ...
I was very excited to stay here at this historic beautiful 1880's Victorian that was recommended by a local friend. After 2 nights here, however, my advice is - tour the house - but stay somewhere else. Sadly, the current owner is more interested in collecting priceless antiques as a personal investment than actually running a top-notch ...
On the week of our 14th anniversary in June '05, we stayed with the Black Swan for 4 nights. The overall experience was wonderful. The innkeeper, Sheryl Ollie, was vibrant and a very interesting lady. During the summer. she had two foreign exchange college students from Bulgaria working at the Inn, Sevarina and Pety. The girls were very ...