Visit the websites of a few other B&B's to get a feel for how they navigate.

I particularly like seeing specifics like breakfast menus and photos of the various rooms.

If your place is in a nice setting, show that -- sometimes places that look nice in the exterior closeups are right on the highway or next door to something that's not very charming!

Too often both the website designer and the client lose their perspective on how to make a site user-friendly to a variety of people and their hardware/software! After your website is "up," ask your friends and relations to check it out and give you honest feedback about how it looks on their computers, whether they found it easy to navigate, how the photos look, whether they might have questions that weren't easily answered, any suggestions at all.

Be sure that the text of your site is friendly towards the way search engines work. For instance, if the name of your place appears in a graphic (like a fancy logo or a photo of a sign), it doesn't get found because the search engines are of course text-based. Also search engines don't go many layers deep, so have key info on your front page.

What's in Crossville?

Crossville is a medium size town between Nashville and Knoxville. I consider it the "beginnings" of the App. Mtns whne I head east.

It also has lots of cool little craft stores and mountain art.

Also Fall Creek Falls is the highest waterfall east of the Mississippi. It is southwest of Crossville

We had our family reunion at the lodge at Fall Creek Falls. Everyone in the country should visit this state park! I have been to Niagra and thought there was too much commercialization and that it was too "built up". At Fall Creek, a little path takes you to an observation point or you can take a short trail to the base of the falls. There are also about 3 other falls there. I can't remember what the names are

Back to the original post/topic...

The best medium for doing something for a travel related business is the Internet. The website with an easy domain name is a must.

But just because you build it does not mean they will come. Search engines (the good ones anyway) are very hard to get on and get a high listing. I would use the Word-of-Mouth suggestion and pamphlets (even though you don't like them) to drive people to the website.

I am creative design manger for www.all-las-vegas-tours.com. I'm not sure how you advertise but many people actually book on the internet or gather information from the net. If you have a website you have to make it prominent on the web, not just have it there and it does nothing for you. Make sure your keywords and description are accurate for the crowd your trying to reach and have content that will make them want to visit. Check out our website and notice its a tour website but we designed it to catch your eye with specials, top 10's and more. Make it appealing and they will come. But you have to be in the search engines. Submit your site anywhere you can, I have a list if you would like and submit it over and over until your there, optimize your site to be relevant to the name of your site so the content and name match each other. This will allow you better placement in the search engines. Keep trying because once your in the search engines, you will get a response, people out there are just looking for places to go, places to stay and things to do.

GOOD LUCK

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