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The following businesses provide services and products to the innkeeping industry. These businesses, often small business entrepreneurs like innkeepers, are committed to:
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Assist innkeepers to efficiently manage the B&B
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Foster the signature ambiance of the inn and its amenities
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Enhance the guests' experience.
We invite you to contact these businesses... they are at your service!
To find out how you can become a WBBA Business Associate, please scroll to the bottom of this page.
Categories:
Amenities for the Guest or for the Inn
B&B Insurance / Financial Services
Food & Beverage
Inn Management / Services: Taking Care of Business
Marketing
Amenities: for the Guest or for the Inn
Deneen Pottery/ Cloth & Clay, Inc - Custom Coffee Mugs and more
2325 Endicott Street, St. Paul, MN 55114
Phone: 888-646-0238, 651-646-0238 Contact: Peter Deneen
Cloth & Clay, Inc. produces the finest hand thrown customized stoneware Coffee Mugs, Tavernware, Gifts, Accent pieces, and Dinnerware available. We have the largest selection of glazes in a rainbow of colors, to match most any decor.
Cloth & Clay, Inc. also offers embroidered or silk screened apparel items including T-shirts, Polo-shirts, Sweat-shirts, Aprons, Robes, Tote Bags, and Caps.
Dream Ridge Creations, Inc. -
S 4588 County Highway S, LaValle, WI 53941
Phone: 800-889-9829, 608-986-2710
email: jeannie@dreamridgecreations.com
www.dreamridgecreations.com
Contact: Jeannie Gosdeck or Joseph M. Beyer
Dream Ridge Creations, creates unique items for gifts, weddings, home and business. Using kiln fired decals, sand etching or engraving, we can help you promote and enhance your bed and breakfast establishment. We have an exquisite selection of glassware (restaurant quality), stoneware, china and ceramic that can be personalized to your specifications, using your logo or our own designs. Whether it's for every day use or to send home as a memento or thank you gift, we can create it the way you want it. Minimum of 24 required on some items. VISA, Mastercard and Discover accepted.
Greenwich Bay Trading Company
5809 Triangle Drive, Raleigh, NC 27617
Phone: 800-323-1209, 919-781-5008 Contact: Denise Huntwork
Greenwich Bay manufactures fine signature amenities for your distinctive property.
Let us help you add that special touch that is uniquely yours, and adds value to your rooms. Contact us for information and free samples.
- Quality ingredients
- No art charges/ set up fees.
- Reasonable pricing
- Small case packs
- Minimum orders one case.
- Free shipping plans available.
PM Hanlon, Inc. ~ Pete's Engraving
Pete Hanlon
665 136th Lane N.E. Ham Lake, MN 55304
(763) 360-8057 ~ sales@petesengraving.com ~ www.petesengraving.com
PM Hanlon, Inc. (Pete's Engraving) specializes in high quality, personalized engraving on glassware, woods, plastics, and much more. Laser engrave your B&B glassware! The classic look of personalized keepsakes generate guest memories long after they leave your Inn. Increase sales by personalizing honeymoon or anniversary couples names on two flutes as part of a champagne package. Increase your revenue with your logo engraved on wine glasses or champagne flutes. These are perfect for gift shop sales, guest memory giveaways, or breakfast and evening hospitality.
Call or email for a free sample flute. One-time setup charge of $25 at first order. There is no minimum order requirement.
Some current B&B customers are: Lazy Cloud, Lake Geneva, WI ~ Candlelight Inn, Red Wing, MN ~ Cotton Mansion, Duluth, MN
B&B Insurance / Financial Services
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Betty Berres
Licensed Benefit Consultant / Individual Sales
Toll Free 866-216-3698 Local 414-459-6366
Email: betty.berres@anthem.com
Specializing in individual health and dental coverage for persons who are self-employed, between jobs, retiring early or small business owners who do not have access to group insurance, cannot afford group plans or are looking for affordable coverage.
We offer a variety of individual health plans that give you security and peace of mind at a competitive price. Some plan features are:
National Network of hospitals & physicians to choose from
Prescription drug coverage option available under all plans
Plans offering co-pays and preventative care coverage at 100%
Let me put my 35 years of experience with Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield to work for you! Call me for a free no obligation consultation/quote or view options online @ www.bettyberres-insurance.com
Dottenwhy Financial Group
1488 Merrill Avenue, Wausau WI 54401
Phone 75-675-1900 or 800-809-5638
Email: dotwhykd@aol.com
Keven Dottenwhy - Registered Financial consultant, Randy Ullmer - Associate
Dottenwhy Financial Group, LLC is a professional firm focused on the design of strategies and implementation of proven concepts for Retirees in Wisconsin. We have put together an Exit Strategy for Innkeepers who want to enter full retirement utilizing their asset base. Networking with firms like Corporate Resources Consulting Group, a unique method of meeting the diverse objectives of successful families through a multi-disciplinary approach to wealth management has been developed. This plan allows the client to retain control with maximum flexibility, tax efficiency, and incorporating asset protection features.
Rural Mutual Insurance Company
1241 John Q. Hammons Drive Suite 200
Madison WI 53717
608-828-5491 or 800-362-7881 ewolf@ruralins.com www.undividedattention.com
Eric Wolf
Rural’s not a description of where you live; it’s what you value. At Rural Mutual Insurance Company, our rural Wisconsin heritage assures that you’ll find in us the strong values you expect and deserve – values like a warm welcome and undivided attention. That’s what we do. That’s who we are.
Rural Mutual provides coverage to Wisconsin Innkeepers in these critical areas:
· Business Property and Property Damage Liability
· Business Liability
· Business Auto
Our agents, underwriters, and claim adjusters are located in your area, to give you the “undivided attention” you deserve – just like that warm welcome you give your guests. To locate an agent in your area for a no-obligation consultation, visit our website at www.undividedattention.com.
TRICOR Insurance & Financial Services
Insurance/Financial/Mortgage
POB 1810; 500 Iowa Street, Dubuque, Iowa, 52004-1810 (Chuck Andracchio)
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5936 Seminole Centre Court #C (Madison -Tommy Farrell), Madison , WI 53711
Phone: 800-556-5441, ext 1444, 608-219-8516
Contact: Chuck Andracchio or (Madison - Tommy Farrell)
TRICOR Insurance & Financial Services success as a company over the past 50+ years has come in large measure from a relentless commitment to providing you with the finest insurance, financial and mortgage services, and safety consulting products available. And we've prepared this website with that same degree of commitment. More directly, TRICOR has partnered with several companies that specifically write insurance for bed & breakfast operations. Our hope is by using TRICOR, you will not only find adequate insurance coverage, but you will find it at a fair and reasonable price. Feel free to contact Chuck Andracchio at 800-556-5441 (ext 1444) with any questions you may have about your bed & breakfast operation. If you are in the Madison area and have previously worked with Tommy Farrell, contact him at 800-722-4119. Give us a call for all your insurance and financial/mortgage needs and you will see that at TRICOR, its "All About You".
Food & Beverage
Wisconsin Restaurant Association
2801 Fish Hatchery Road, Madison, WI 53713
Phone: 800-589-3211, 608-270-9950
The Wisconsin Restaurant Expo, hosted by the Wisconsin Restaurant Association, is March 8-10, 2010 at the Midwest Airlines Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin . Open to everyone in the foodservice and hospitality industry. Discover new products and suppliers, get expert training and timely advice, see what's next in foodservice trends, and find practical solutions at exciting events. Registration is just $20! Please visit our website at www.everythingfoodservice.org for complete details and online registration.
von Stiehl Winery
115 Navarino Street, Algoma, WI 54201
Phone: 800-955-5208, Fax 920-487-5108 Contact: vonstiehl@vonstiehl.com
www.vonstiehl.com.
Contacts: Wine Tasting information and initial order - Brad Schmiling
Re-orders: Shirley Fort
This Wisconsin winery has matured greatly over the past 40 years. It is co-owned by brothers Aric and Brad Schmiling, who grew up in the business. Great care has been taken to combine high quality wine with a first class visitor experience in Algoma. The most popular wines are grape varieties including Cabernet Sauvignon, Seyval (Fume), Riesling, Satin Red and Oktoberfest.
von Stiehl offers a special wine list to Wisconsin B&B members with discounts of over 50% off of retail (we built lost revenue into our marketing plan). This wine is specifically for use with B&B customers. This helps you to offer a high quality product with great financial savings.
Brad with his wife Shaun also own and operate The Havenly Inn, a new Bed and Breakfast in 2007. We would love to share our wine tasting knowledge with you, if you would in turn share your Bed and Breakfast knowledge with us!
Inn Management / Services: Taking Care of Business
American Dreams Inc.
Online Availability & Reservations
23546 St. Rt. 180, Rockbridge, OH 43149
Phone: 740-385-4444 Contact: David Swain/owner and Willie Louthen-Brown/support
American Dreams has been serving the Bed and Breakfast industry since 1996. We are dedicated to improving the online experience for B&Bs nationwide. We provide online availability displays and secure reservation requests with Webervations, the leading online availability/reservation system.
We are also have two new directories designed to bring quality traffic to your website. www.DistinguishedInns.com and www.BBUSA.com will change the way people look for places to stay.
In addition to these fine products, we are developing the next generation of property management systems called NightClerk, which will allow you to manage your guest information from any computer in the world.
Velocity Payment Systems
Phone: 877-252-2944 218-727-2203 Fax: 218-727-2612
Email: dave@govps.net
www.govps.net
Contact: Dave Allen and Ross Judnick
In today's marketplace, cutting expenses is important to the bottom line. Velocity Payment Systems offers the most cost effective pricing model for credit card acceptance in today's market. Lower you cost of card acceptance with the Velocity Payment System Association Program offered to you through the Wisconsin Bed Breakfast Association. Also, Visa, Mastercard and Discover offer an enhanced processing program to help you fight chargebacks due to "No Shows", find out how to fight chargebacks and increase you chances of winning those disputes. Processing credit cards correctly will add to your bottom line.
Marketing
Eck Designs
POB 3, 200 Harriet Street
Marble MN 55764
218-247-0319 sales@eckdesigns.com www.eckdesigns.com
Jennifer Eck
We provide affordable dimensional signage for the bed and breakfast clientele. We offer signs that range from the basic flat sign with name and logo to signs that are sandblasted or carved with 23K gold or 12K white gold leaf. Along with gold we can incorporate glass smalts and other artistic characteristics for a truly beautiful sign. So call us for more information and get started on a one of a kind sign for the inn of your dreams!
InsideOut Solutions Inc
436 South Sequim Ave
Sequim WA 98382
360-683-5774 x 302 800-500-8401
Patricia McCauley, Jeff Logan
pat@insideout.com www.insideout.com
InsideOut Solutions is a destination marketing company offering web and print marketing services. Our ability to provide customized solutions to companies of virtually any size or sector has made us a leader in the destination marketing industry. Our goal is always to exceed the expectations of our clients.
Paramount Pixels
Barb & Don Trueman
511 Hemlock Street South
Stillwater, MN 55082
651-430-1068
barb@paramountpixels.net www.paramountpixels.net
AFFORDABLE WEBSITES ~ FRESH PHOTOGRAPHY
RACK CARDS ~ BROCHURES
Specializing in creating a large marketing impact for Bed & Breakfast Inns at affordable prices! Make sure your First Impression Counts!
Photography: $700 for first ten shots selected. $35/shot each add'l shot. Work guaranteed. Includes post-production digital design enhancements. Staging Included.
Websites: $1,598 including design of six pages, SEO, ability to change your own copy/photos. FAST Delivery.
Rack Cards: 2,500 = $395 (16 cents ea) 5,000 = $525 (11 cents ea) Includes: design, copywriting, four-color high gloss printing
WBBA clients include: WBBA, Rittenhouse Inn, Stewart Inn, Eagle Harbor Inn, Brayton B&B, Red Forest B&B, Phipps Inn, Wissahickon B&B, Kinnicreek Lodge.
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