Unique Accomodations
 

Hi gang, <BR><BR>I'm taking 8 people from my staff on a creative retreat for a few days in late April. I'd love to find a small hotel or B&amp;B that is &quot;different.&quot; It could be urban or rural -- just looking for a little inspiration, the theme of our time together is &quot;In Search of the Remarkable.&quot; Let's limit the geography to east of the Mississippi and West/South of New York.<BR><BR>Thanks for you help!

I was intrigued by your question &amp; have been trying to come up with suggestions. My first would be to repost your question with a better title like &quot;unique B&amp;B/hotel for creative meeting&quot;. I have no personal experience within your geographic parameters. I attended one of these in Niagra on the Lake near Buffalo, NY-can't remember the name of the place but it had an indoor pool &amp; was well-priced because it was &quot;out of season&quot; in winter.<BR>I recently read about The Inn at Easton (theinnateaston.com) in Maryland owned by a young couple who redid a historic building in &quot;untraditional&quot; style. They only have 7 rooms though (4 suites &amp; 3 rooms) so it might not work unless people share. In the article I read (Renovation Style Magazine) the owners gave their decorator a book called &quot;Hip Hotels&quot; as a guide. Might be worth looking into.<BR>While flying on Delta yesterday, I saw a property featured in their inflight magazine called the Barnsley resort in Adairsville, GA-an hour northwest of Atlanta (www.barnsleyresort.com) billed as &quot;old world style meets suburbia&quot;. It's on 1300 acres with 70 suites.<BR>Finally, if you know the Rogers &amp; Hart song &quot;There's a small hotel&quot; (with a wishing well) it's the Stocton Inn in Stocton, NJ(?) near the Delaware River &amp; New Hope Pa. The Inn itself is NOT terribly charming, at least now. I've always marvelled how the song made it sound sooo romantic-a good piece of creativity! Anyway, the area is lovely. Hope this helps.

This should be a good start for you.<BR><BR>Monmouth Plantation (Natchez, Mississippi www.monmouthplantation.com)<BR><BR>Litchfield Plantation (Pawleys Island, SC www.litchfieldplantation.com)<BR><BR>Little Palm Island (Florida Keys www.littlepalmisland.com)<BR><BR>Sanderling Inn Resort (Outerbanks of North Carolina www.thesanderling.com)<BR><BR>Woodlands Resort (outside Charleston, South Carolina www.woodlandsinn.com)<BR><BR>Richmond Hill Inn (Asheville, North Carolina www.richmondhillinn.com)<BR><BR>The Inn at Little Washington (Virginia www.bnbinns.com)

I'm not sure when The Swag opens but it would be my first choice (in NC).

The Swag in Waynesville, NC opens for their &quot;season&quot; April 27- mid Novemeber. Looks lovely.

I believe that the inn that the above poster refers to in Niagara-on-the-Lake is the Pillar and Post (as I think it's the only one with a pool). They actually have both indoor and outdoor pools, as late April will be too early to swim outside.