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Volume 1 Issue 6
2008
"Fall"
Inn-Love with Autumn's Colorado
B&Bs |
Imagine...tall Colorado aspen's touched with
 gold,
yellow, peach and orange. And, while Colorado is known for it's gold rush
era, you'll experience a rush of your own when you stroll through a dense
forest, take a leisurely horseback ride among mountain pines
or high plains grasses, don your hiking boots for a walk on the wild
side or take a jeep ride up a 4 wheeldrive trail.
Colorado will also tempt your
cultural side. Whether a theatre event, bluegrass festival or art and
history museum, you'll find a special place in your heart for our fall
season. The aspen leaf colors usually peak in mid-late September and
will continue into October with crisp mornings and evenings, and warm
sun-drenched afternoons to welcome a break for your Autumn getaway.
You'll truly Fall Inn-Love with our
state, but also our distinct B&Bs, ready to welcome
you with a friendly smile, personalized service, clean and
comfortable accommodations and a delicious homecooked
breakfast. Savor special recipes, prepared by loving innkeepers.
This month, try the Old Library Inn's
Vegetable Fritatta recipe for a taste of autumn harvest. It'll be so
tantalizing that you'll want to travel to one of our Bed
& Breakfast Innkeepers of Colorado member B&Bs just
to sample our breakfasts inn-style!
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Front Range Special Packages
(Denver, Estes Park,
Boulder) |
Estes
Park, Colorado The
Black Dog Inn (Carlos & Sheree Albuquerque) Email Website
Reservations: 866-786-0374 Local-970-586-0374
Sweetheart Package includes a bottle of chilled Champagne
in room on arrival, single long stem rose for your sweetheart, chocolates,
fruit, cheese & cracker
tray. Dates: Sept - October
2008
Cost: $120.00 (not including tax or room
cost) |
South
Central Special Packages
(Colorado
Springs, Breckenridge, Salida, South Fork, Alamosa)
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Cascade,
Colorado America's
Rocky Mountain Lodge & Cabins (Brian & Debbie
Reynolds)
Email
Website 
4680 Hagerman Ave, Cascade, CO 80809
Reservations: 888-298-0348 Local: 719-684-2521
PLAN A
COLORADO FAMILY REUNION IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS! It's not too late
to plan a Family Reunion for this summer, and not to early to start
planning a Family Reunion for next summer. We still have some dates left
for the summer of 2008. Rocky Mountain Lodge & Cabins can host up to 40
people for family reunions. With location IN the mountains at Pikes Peak,
there's a wealth to do in the area for all ages. And it's a great way to
rekindle those family ties. Visit our website to find out all the details
about hosting your next family reunion in the Colorado Rocky
Mountains! Dates:
Year Round
Cost: $700 or $850 per night, depending on
the
dates. Colorado
Springs, Colorado
Black Forest
B&B Lodge & Cabins (Susie Redden)
Email
Website
11170 Black Forest Road, Colorado Springs, CO 80908
Reservations: 800-809-9901
Local: 719-495-4208
End of
Summer Get-Away Special - Gas Discount "$50 off a two night stay"
Stay 4 nights and get a $100 gas card. Stay 3 nights and get a $50 gas
card. Or stay 2 nights and get a $25.00 gas card.
Tank you very
much! Dates: August
through December 1
Cost: $25 to $100 gas
card Holden House 1902 Bed &
Breakfast Inn (Sallie Clark)
Email
Website
1102 West Pikes Peak Avenue, Colorado Springs, CO 80904
Reservations: 888-565-3980 Local: 719-471-3980
Holden
House' Filler-Up Fall Special... No need to wait for gas prices to
drop! Stay three nights in any of our luxury suites and receive $25 off
your stay through October 2008! Valid any days of the week, except on
special event/holiday periods. Full amount of stay is required when
reserving and is non-refundable once confirmed. Includes our delicious
gourmet breakfast, all of our luxury business class amenities and afternoon
wine social. Dates: Through
October, 2008
Cost: $25 off three night stay (rates
$140-150/night +
tax) Old
Town GuestHouse (Shirley & Don Wick)
Email Website
 115 S
26th St., Colorado Springs, CO 80904
Reservations: 888 375-4210 Local:
719 632-9194
Fall's calming Wonders - Derive pleasure
from the glorious fall views of Pikes Peak and Garden of the Gods, enjoy
in-room massages (except Reef & Rose rooms), then relax on your balcony
or in your Private Outdoor Hot Tub while nibbling scrumptious truffles and
sipping Bubbly (alcoholic or
non). Dates:
Sept. 12 thru Oct. 30
Cost: $199 + tax (Room
additional)
Our
Hearts Inn Old Colorado City (Pat Fejedelem)
Email Website
2215 West Colorado Avenue, Colorado Springs, CO 80904
Reservations: 800-533-7095 Local: 719-473-8684
Colorado
Aspens Turn Mountains into a Blaze-
America's Mountain, Pikes
Peak, and the Colorado Front Range's Aspens' golden beauty is not to be
missed! Come stay long enough to experience the region with a cottage for 2
with full kitchen (may be able to accommodate more, inquire). Special rates
to enjoy the Fall Season when reserving a full week (weekly special only).
Sunny days with great temperatures and cool nights; activities to fill you
days or nights. Come to Colorado's Pikes Peak Region in
September! Dates:
September 1 - September 30, 2008
Cost: $700-950 plus
tax Spooky
Old Stay - We don't promise ghosts; infact, we hope we don't have
any because we live here year round. But you are welcome to assume the
worse! Come Enjoy a Spooky Old Stay in our 1895 B&B and/or cottage!
Turn of the Century property means many events may have taken place
that we just can't imagine; nor do we want to! Stay awhile and do your
own investigation; we will provide a safe haven, good food, and even
companionship if you get scared! We have plenty of Scary Ghost Story Books
to curl up with at midnight just encase you aren't scared enough!!!! Spooky
Old Stay Rates are just the tip of the iceberg so get your chains rattling
and pick up the phone now! Who knows if you have
tommorrow! Dates: The
month of October 2008
Cost: $100 -
$165 Manitou
Springs Two
Sisters Inn-a bed and breakfast (Sharon Smith/Wendy
Goldstein)
Email Website
Ten Otoe Place, Manitou Springs, CO 80829
Reservations: 1-800-2-SIS-INN (274-7466) Local: 719-685-9684
APPETITES, ACTING AND ATHLETICISM at the Two Sisters Inn
in Manitou Springs this Halloween Weekend! AAA Time at the Two Sisters Inn
in Manitou Springs this Halloween Weekend--Appetites, Acting and
Athleticism (October 24 & 25, 2008). Enjoy a two-night stay at the Two
Sisters Inn. Sleep tight that night ...maybe... and awake to a seasonal
autumnal breakfast with a few tricks, but mostly treats. Cheer on the
entrants in the 14th Annual Emma Crawford Coffin Races Saturday afternoon
and in the evening if you dare...take a guided walk to "Emma's Favorite
Haunts", a Ghostly Walking Tour around Manitou Springs. Sleep well that
evening and arise to a Halloween breakfast
feast. Dates:
October 24 & 25, 2008
Cost: $280 -
$320 plus tax, based on double
occupancy Woodland
Park Pikes
Peak Resort (Jenn) Email Website 943
Painted Rocks Road, Woodland Park, CO 80863
Reservations: 888-687-9777
Local: 719-687-9777
Weekender-Mender! Stay Friday and
Saturday Night
starting September 1st, 2008 and continuing through May
14, 2009 and choose from one of the following free gifts:
1. Two Pikes
Peak Resort T-Shirts
2. Bottle of Champagne and Keepsake Flutes(cider
available upon request)
3. Chocolate Covered
Strawberries
4. Vase of fresh flowers
5. Spa soak
set Dates: September
1st, 2008 to May 14th, 2009
Cost: Must stay Friday
and Saturday night to redeem free gift. Must be redeemed at time of
reservation. Woodland
Inn (Susan Gray)
Email Website
159 Trull Road, Woodland Park, CO 80863
Reservations:
800-226-9565 Local: 719-687-8209
Fall Getaway-during the months of
September and October, stay two nights and get the third night free!
Dates:
September-October 2008
Cost:
$109/night |
North
West Specials Packages
(Steamboat Springs, Grand Junction, Vail)
|
Carbondale,
Colorado Gailyn's
Cross Country Bed & Breakfast (Glenn Nemhauser &
Wayne Horak)
Email Website
211 Euclid Ave., Carbondale CO 81623
Reservations:
970-963-0537
Autumn Special Weekly Rate - When you
pay for 6 nights at $90/night, the 7th night is
free. Dates: Sept. 2, 2008 -
Nov. 30, 2008
Cost: $540/per room assuming occupancy
by 2 adults Special Weekly rate discount. When you stay for 6 nights, the
7th night is
free. |
South West Special
Packages
(Gunnison, Ouray,
Durango, Pagosa Springs, Paonia) |
Leadville,
Colorado Ice
Palace Inn (Sherry Randall)
Email Website
813 Spruce St., Leadville, CO 80461
Reservations:
800-754-2840 Local: 719-486-8272
Train Ride and Stay Special -
Description: Looking for a fun reason to come to Leadville? How
about a scenic train ride and a romantic picnic lunch? The Ice Palace is
pleased to offer our guests a train ride and stay package. Package includes
two nights lodging in our best available room, gourmet served breakfast for
two each morning, two tickets for a scenic train ride on the Leadville,
Colorado & Southern Railroad and a fresh packed picnic lunch for two
made with your choice of sandwiches, fresh fruit salad or chips and
homemade salsa, homemade cookies and sparkling cider. This package is good
for weekdays only through September. Please see our Activities page for the
web link to the Leadville, Colorado and Southern railroad. Price is $335.00
plus tax. Based upon double occupancy. Local and state taxes apply. Subject
to availability. Some restrictions apply, not valid with any other special,
holidays, special events or on previously booked dates. Dates: Weekdays
only through September 2008
Cost: Price is $335.00
plus tax. Based upon double occupancy. Local and state taxes apply. Subject
to availability. Some restrictions apply, not valid with any other special,
holidays, special events or on previously booked dates. Be Green and Save some
Green - Here's a special just for our guests who live in Colorado!
We know its hot down there! Come up to Leadville and cool off. Bring your
bikes, hiking shoes, sense of adventure and don't forget the sunscreen!
Park your car at the Ice Palace Inn and use your bike or your feet to get
around town and save your gas! As a reward we will help pay for your gas to
get you home! Two night weekday
reservations in June, July, August and September will receive a $25 gas
card for one of our local gas stations. Each additional night will receive
a $10 card. To be eligible for this special you must mention it at time of
reservation. Local and state taxes apply. Subject to availability. Some
restrictions apply, not valid with any other special, discount, holidays,
special events or on previously booked dates. Dates: Through
September 2008
Cost: Gas Card
Discount Pagosa
Springs, Colorado Elkwood Manor Luxury Bed
& Breakfast (Darlene Gonzales)
Email Website
85 Easy Street, Pagosa Springs CO 81147
Reservations:
970-264-9166
Discounts on Mountain Biking Rentals -
So you want to do a little mountain biking this summer. Get $10.00 off all
mountain bike rentals through "Pagosa Outside Gravity Adventures." if you
stay at Elkwood Manor. Dates: through September
2008
Cost: $25.00 for the entire day (includes
discount). No minimum stay
required. |
Eastern Special Packages
(Limon, Burlington, Trinidad)
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Bennett,
Colorado Willow
Tree Country Inn (Deborah Toczek)
Email
Website
49990 E. 64th Avenue PO Box 160, Bennett, CO
80102-0160
Reservations: 800-257-1241 Local: 303-644-3801
Mystery Dinner Party - "A Taste For Wine And Mystery"
The annual wine tasting festival is being held at the Willow Tree Country
Inn and a local vineyard owner, is found hidden in the wine cellar.
Everyone is a suspect when murder is on the menu. Dress up and play the
roles of the devious suspects and you are ready for some drop dead fun!
Over night Bed & Breakfast guests will receive $20.00 of the regular
room
rate. Dates:
Sept. 13, Sept. 27, Oct. 18 and Oct. 31, 2008 at 6:00 P.M.
Cost: $39.95 per person, includes dinner show &
tax. Stratton,
Colorado The Claremont
Inn (Harry Jones) 
Email Website
800 Claremont Drive, Stratton, CO 80836
Reservations:
888-291-8910 Local: 719-348-5125
Cooking
Classes at the Claremont Inn- The Claremont Inn is known for
many things, relaxing atmosphere, luxurious guest rooms, numerous
ammenities, and of course the food. In October, we are putting on our
popular fall Cooking Classes. Make your reservations today for either the
11th or the 25th class. See our website for details
Dates: 10/11/2008 and 10/25/2008
Cost: $85 (single no stay over - Class and Dinner
Included) and up to $399 (2 people, 1 Night stay, Breakfast for 2, Dinner
For 2 and the Cooking Class), 2 day cooking weekends also available.
Can
You Guess "Who-dunnit"? The Claremont Inn will be staging their
famous Halloweeen Murder Mystery at the Mansion. You will never have so
much fun as you will with this entertaining event. Where else than at the
Claremont Inn Murder Mystery Party, do you get to dress up, act up, and get
away with murder! Everyone gets into the act in these fun filled evenings.
Each guest is a character in the evenings drama and a good time is sure to
be had by all. We take care of everything, you only need to review your
dossier and create your character which is sent to you weeks prior to the
event. Can You Guess "who-Dunnit"? Make your reservation early!
Date: 11/1/2008
Cost: $395 per
couple - Includes Dinner, Bed & Breakfast, Cocktail Party, Character
Dossier
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Inn
the News 
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Congratulations to Wendy Goldstein and
Sharon Smith! Two Sisters Inn
Received the 2008 Best of Manitou Springs. Two Sisters Inn - a bed and
breakfast has been selected for the 2008 Best of Manitou Springs Award in
the Bed & Breakfasts category by the U.S. Local Business Association
(USLBA).
The USLBA "Best of Local Business" Award
Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country.
Each year, the USLBA identifies companies that they believe have achieved
exceptional marketing success in their local community and business
category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of
small business through service to their customers and community.
Various sources of information were gathered and
analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2008 USLBA Award
Program focused on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on
the information gathered both internally by the USLBA and data provided by
third parties. *If you're a BBIC member and have recently been
featured in the news, send us an email and let us
know. Your inn will be mentioned in the next issue of Colorado
Inn-Spirations enewsletter. |
Vegetable Frittata
Compliments of the Old Library
Inn, Sterling, Colorado  This is an adaptation from many
recipes- Layer
in 14 oz. individual baking dishes sprayed well with olive oil.
Sprinkle grated cheese on the bottom of dish-any kind is good, even
grated
Parmesan. Layer:
3/4 cup frozen hash browns
1/2 cup sautéed vegetables-any
variety, but I like spinach with onions -fresh zucchini, peppers,
mushrooms
2 eggs-beat with 1/4 cup half and half
Add 1 tsp.
Garlic/dill spice or dash of sherry and cayenne pepper
Top with grated
cheese Directions: Can make
the night before and bake for 35 minutes at 350 degrees-let set for 5
minutes.
Garnish with sour cream and fresh sprig of
cilantro. Salsa: Fresh chopped
cilantro mixed in one can of Ro-Tel tomatoes
w/chili. BBIC Member Inns -Send us your recipes and you can be featured
here! |
Meet The Inn
Inspectors BBIC's independent inspectors Carol and Rod
Faino, are thorough in scope, covering safety and security, as
well as appearance, comfort, and cleanliness. Food preparation, amenities,
and administrative items are also evaluated as part of the on-site
inspection process. Carol and Rod are long-time bed and breakfast
enthusiasts dating back to their first B&B experience about 25 years
ago in Victoria, BC, which happened quite by accident. According to Rod,
with no rooms available in local hotels, the Chamber of Commerce suggested
they stay in a bed & breakfast. Always up for an adventure, they
decided to give it a try. The Faino's had such a delightful experience at
the Henderson House B&B, they've have been hooked ever since. During
Rod's thirty-year career as a Navy officer/pilot, he and Carol visited
B&B's around the world. Twelve years ago, inspired by these experiences
and a excellent cook herself, Carol (a former elementary teacher) published
the first of four bed and breakfast cookbooks, the Colorado Bed &
Breakfast Cookbook (now out of print) which features many of
our BBIC member inn recipes. Our BBIC members frequently tell us that
they've had many guest referrals through the cookbook
publication. It was
during the Faino's attendance at an annual BBIC conference as vendors
selling the cookbooks, that they became aware of the association's need for
new inn inspectors. Rod and Carol applied for the position and have
thoroughly enjoyed a delightful five year relationship with BBIC.
"Touring the state,
visiting your unique B&B properties, making new friends and working
with such a wonderful group of professionals has been very rewarding for
us", says Rod. "It is our pleasure to be a part of the team." Editors
note: BBIC Inspectors, Carol and Rod Faino,
became involved with Bed & Breakfast Innkeepers of Colorado by
attending the annual Colorado innkeepers conference. You too can
attend the BBIC Conference (as a member, non-member, vendor/supplier,
aspiring innkeeper, or just a B&B enthusiast) to be held in Estes Park,
Colorado, on November 9-10, 2008. Click here
for more
information. |
