This article was published Arrington’s Bed and Breakfast Journal on February 15, 2005.

How do you fill those rooms during the slow season or midweek lull? Create an irresistible theme that your guests just can’t pass up. Utilizing what your community and area has to offer, creating theme packages becomes a snap.

Sports
You can create special theme midweek or weekends throughout the year – be it for fishing, tennis, skiing or snowshoeing for the sports enthusiast. A good example would be a three-night package in late February. Kick it off with a lesson in snowshoeing, a fast-growing and relatively safe sport, followed by a morning of intense activity practicing what they learned in the lesson. Of course, a big, hot breakfast beforehand and cups of hot chocolate throughout are perfect additions. Get everybody in for a break at lunchtime over steaming bowls of soup and then head out on the easy trail to put their new skill of snowshoeing into practice. Round this one out with any discount you can arrange for lift tickets or the skating rink and keep that warm, comfort food coming. The combination of great exercise and great food during the midwinter slump is sure to get people interested.

Read the full article on Pamela Lanier’s site…