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The Boardman House Inn, A Connecticut Retreat

The Boardman House Inn opened in 2010 in East Haddam, Connecticut, positioned two hours from New York City or Boston for easy getaways. The inn is a historic New England mansion, which was originally built in 1860 for the silversmith Norman S. Boardman as his family's home. The newly renovated rooms and suites are decorated with period antiques and artwork, oriental rugs and rich fabrics. Room have private porches and king-size beds with feather topped mattresses and luxurious linens. All accommodations have private en-suite baths with heated marble floors and modern conveniences like air conditioning, complimentary wireless Internet access and flat screen televisions. Breakfast is made to order from an extensive breakfast menu, and is served in the dining room. Rates are between $195 and $295.

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A Cowboy's Dream, A New Nevada Retreat

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A woman's memorial to her late husband is a new bed and breakfast in Alamo, Nevada. A Cowboy's Dream is a both a bed and breakfast as well as a corporate retreat destination. It was created by Phyllis Frias to honor her husband the late Charlie Frias. The resort has the simple motto: enter as strangers, leave as friends.

The hotel is located 90 miles north of Las Vegas in a small town that attracts visitors with an interest in wildlife because it is near the Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge. It is just the fourth hotel in town. The eight-suite B&B offers custom bedding, natural rain showerheads, custom-made bath products and private balconies. The great room serves as a central gathering area and the resort offers home-cooked meals and chartered excursions. The 18,997 square-foot house has vast views of surrounding mountains. Rooms are $499 a night.

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Vermont Bed and Breakfast Offers Free Getaways For The Uninsured

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We've seen an inn in Vermont offer getaways for the unemployed. Now a different inn is offering a free getaway for the uninsured. Tim and Amy Brady, the owners of Forty Putney Road Bed and Breakfast in Brattleboro, Vermont know firsthand the challenges of being without health insurance. In 2007, when they left their corporate jobs to start the bed and breakfast they struggled to find a healthcare coverage option that would be affordable and not exclude existing conditions. Now they hope to provide a healthy getaway to those who may be facing the same struggle with their own health care coverage by giving away one healthy getaway each month, complete with an apple a day , to an uninsured couple in need of some stress relief. Each month until a National Health Care Reform Bill is passed Forty Putney Road Bed and Breakfast will award one deserving couple with a two-night stay that includes a healthy breakfast. Visit the Forty Putney Road Bed and Breakfast website for more details.

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The Nines Hotel and The Question of Design Moxie

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Filed under: Decor, Luxury Travel & Hotels

The night before I stayed at the Nines, in Portland, Oregon, I spent the night at the White House in Yakima, a bed and breakfast. It's actually a couple of bedrooms that are available to let on the second floor of the White House Café, which serves an amazingly delicious breakfast. But the rooms themselves weren't to my personal taste -- an exuberant bride/doily/doll meets shabby chic theme. I know that many people, particularly those who, say, enjoy weddings (I don't) would be charmed, but that's the chance you take when you stay at a B&B -- you are really immersed in a particular taste.

I've also had the experience of staying in a smaller hotel that was more to my taste, but my travel companion was non-plussed by it -- I'm thinking of Le Quartier Français in Franschoek, South Africa, where the Four Quarters suite is a cream and brown palette punched up with accents of bright hot orange and pink. I loved it, although I could see why it wouldn't be for everyone. Human variability in taste is why most hotels resort to the kind of utter blandness that has you calling the front desk in the morning to find out what city you're in.

So when I walked into the Nines -- a 331 room Starwood-owned hotel occupying the top floors of the former Meier & Frank department store in downtown Portland -- and one that's known for its distinctive interiors, I was really thinking about décor and what a challenge it is for a large hotel, to create rooms with some consistency that have a distinct yet relatively universally appealing personality.

Check out the photo gallery and let me know what you think, but I think the Nines manages to strike the right balance. The décor is described as "nostalgic modern", and the rooms are done out in rich brown, charcoal gray, creamy white and a Tiffany turquoise. There are a few fun frou-frou touches -- a beaded light fixture, for instance -- but nothing that should make a buttoned up business man feel uncomfortable (I assume, not being a business man or a man for that matter.) It also felt very Portland-elegant to me, if I were going to an affair in PDX, I'd hit a vintage shop over a department store. Beyond that, there's also a good sense of the local community, as the hotel commissioned some 400 original art pieces to display throughout the hotel, a library on the hotel's main level is stocked with a selection of books from Powell's, Portland's incredibly amazing book store, and Urban Farmer, the hotel's restaurant, works with local purveyors.

Gallery: The Nines in Portland

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Nora Roberts Opens Boutique Hotel

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Nora Roberts isn't the first author with her own hotel but she may be one of the most prolific. The popular romance novelist is, with her husband Bruce Wilder, the proud owner of the Inn BoonsBoro in Maryland. The couple bought the old in in 2007 and began fixing it up. But they ran into a snag when the hotel burst in flames in 2008 after a propane tank explosion. Like one of her indomitable heroines, Roberts was not so easily dissuaded from her dream. The hotel has opened this year offering rooms named after fictional couples and decorated in varying styles.

A Jane and Rochester room offers a canopy bed, the Nick and Nora suite is a nod to Art Deco. The rooms are not elaborately tricked out in themes, the decor is more of a subtle acknowledgment of the time period being evoked and you still get a flatscreen television in each room. Each room includes a copy of the book that inspired it and even the bathroom amenities are matched to the couple (for example, Miss Bennett and Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice are represented with the scent of English lavender). As you might expect there is also an ample library. The inn has six rooms and two suites and rates start at $220 including breakfast for two.

Gallery: Famous Lover Rooms At The Inn Boonsboro

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Ch�teau du Sureau For Sale

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels, Real Estate Developments

Many people might not be thinking of buying a restaurant or hotel right now but Château du Sureau is a pretty tempting package. The hotel, also known as the Estate by the Elderberries is located in Oakhurst, California at the Sierra Mountain foothills just miles from the southern gate of Yosemite National Park, 4 hours from LA, 3.5 hours from San Francisco. The manor-style 10-room hotel has a grand staircase, leaded glass windows and rooms with antiques, canopy beds, fireplaces, tapestries, and large soaking tubs. The grounds include a pool, pond, bocce court, gazebo, and a giant chessboard. A two-bedroom, French-style villa is at the far end of the estate. The property includes the Elderberry House restaurant which has hand-stenciled beamed cathedral ceilings and a fireplace and the Spa du Sureau which is an art-deco style retreat. The luxury retreat is known for being an expensive (rates start around $400 a night) yet charming place to stay. You can continue the legacy for $12 million.

Gallery: The Estate by the Elderberries

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The Kimber Modern, A New Type of Bed and Breakfast in Austin

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The soon-to-open Kimber Modern in Austin, Texas eschews the typically quaint look of the standard bed and breakfast. Kimber Cavendish and Vicki Faust shared a dream of launching a unique hotel in the hip Soco area of Austin. Architect Burton Baldridge has created an angular retreat that offers six rooms, a tranquil courtyard and a light-filled common area that includes a multi-level deck. Breakfast is self-serve and available from 7 to 11 a.m. The Kimber Modern opens to guests on October 10 and is now taking reservations. Standard rooms are $295-$320 a night, suites, which include a seating area with a custom couch designed by Burton Baldrige are $350 to $395 per night.

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Land's End Inn, Estate of the Day

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One of the most unique inns in Provincetown, Massachusetts (a town known for, among other things, really eclectic bed and breakfasts) is on the market. Land's End Inn occupies a coveted spot on Commercial Street on Gulf Hill. The inn has views of the harbor and was originally built in 1904 as a private residence. It has 17 guest bedrooms and 18 bathrooms. Each of the rooms has its own unique theme such as the library room, the English garden room and the Moroccan tower room. Tthe whole place is touched with a charming eccentricity.. The home also has three different kitchens.There is also a manager's apartment and the listing includes an adjacent lot at 20A Commercial St. of approximately 8060 square feet. More pictures can be seen at the inn's website. It is listed at $5,250,000.

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Live in a Castle Like Royalty, with Royalty

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So what if you didn't just go visit a castle somewhere, or even just stayed in a castle-turned-hotel somewhere, but actually stayed in a castle with the royalty who owned it? Now that would be an experience. It's basically a different spin on the "bed and breakfast" idea, where you get to stay in a real castle with servants and butlers, walk in the gardens, eat in the main hall, admire the ancient portraits of royals gone before, and then on top you get to have tea and visit with the lord, knight, or princess that happens to live there too.

The only part that bothers me about all this is the idea that most of these people are opening their homes not because they want to share their history, or because they enjoy mingling with "commoners," (although maybe they do) but mostly because it just costs so much to keep those massive castles running. Maybe that makes the experience that much more genuine though -- amidst the luxury and royal treatment an underlying air of haughtiness from the nobles would definitely fit in with history!

(Ahem, I'm sure they're all very nice, really).

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Missouri River Breaks Lodge

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We don't cover a lot of hotels in North Dakota, the last one I mentioned was back in early 2005, but this quiet state does have a couple of luxury spots to stay. The newest is the Missouri River Breaks Lodge, an executive bed and breakfast near Lake Sakakawea. The lodge has a rustic log cabin feel but also features modern architectural amenities and all important details such as deep tubs and flat screen televisions. The poshest room is the Missouri River Executive Suite, it has a king-size bed, whirlpool tub and a private bath with views of the Missouri River valley. It has a 50" television atop a gas fireplace, a sitting area with a 32" television and sofa sleeper, private bath with heated towel racks and jetted shower, walkout patio and outside private entrance. The suite costs $350 per night. The area offers fishing, hunting, bird watching and golf if you need to venture out of your room.

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Brooke Mansion, Estate of the Day

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Love the Victorian era? Then this estate of the day, located in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania will make your heart beat faster. The Brooke Mansion is a 13,000 square foot home which has recently been used as a bed and breakfast. The home was built in 1888 by Edward Brooke II as a wedding present for his bride. It was designed by architect Frank Furness and the cast iron work in the doors and fireplaces was created at the E. and G. Brooke iron foundry. Victorian details abound including custom fireplaces, window seats, clawfoot tubs and most of the original tile and woodwork. It is listed at $3.75 million. Much quaintness after the jump.

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Another List of Romantic Inns

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Another list of romantic inns has been released in time for all your Valentine's day planning needs. This time the list is from the website ILoveInns.com and it includes inns which have gone the extra mile for for helping their guests propose. The Sea Crest Inn by the Sea in Spring Lake, New Jersey has a “Get Serious” proposal package with one night in the most romantic room, champagne, chocolate-covered strawberries, a one-carat diamond ring and breakfast in bed and the Inn at Bowman's Hill in New Hope, Pennsylvania as a "Driving Miss Daisy" package that includes two nights in a suite, gourmet breakfast for two, “Driving Miss Daisy” formal al fresco picnic, a one-hour in-room couple massage , adozen red roses, chocolate strawberries and two-day passes to the Solebury Club, all for $1,600. All the inns on the list promise to do their best to help make proposals and other romantic events truly memorable.

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List of Bed and Breakfast Inns for Valentine's Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

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It's still a month away but not to early to make plans for Valentine's Day. BedandBreakfast.com, a website that lists Bed and Breakfast Inns, has come up with a list of undiscovered inns to check out for planning a romantic getaway. The choices vary from the quirky such as the Red Caboose Inn which features rooms made of train cabooses and the traditional such as the Madewood Plantation in Louisiana.

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Inn at 97 Winder

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The Detroit News features an elegant little bed and breakfast in Detroit. The Inn at 97 Winder is a 11,000 square-foot Victorian mansion which has been lovingly restored to its former glory. The home was originally built in 1876 but had been stripped of most of its chandeliers and fireplaces and was in a not-so-hot area of town when Ghassan Yazbeck and wife Marilyn Nash-Yazbeck bought 97 Winder in 1986. Now the home's location, near to Comerica Park, Ford Field, GM, Compuware, Cobo Center, Detroit Opera House, Orchestra Hall, casinos, museums make it an ideal place to have an inn. The home is furnished with antiques and each of the eight bedrooms has a different theme. Current rates are $275 to $350 per night and some rooms feature a spiral staircase leading to a turret with views of downtown Detroit.

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