Travel Inn Journal » Washington travel http://blog.wbbg.com Events, News, Ideas and Tips for Bed & Breakfast Travel in Washington State Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:01:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Girlfriends Getaway is a Great Escape http://blog.wbbg.com/girlfriends-getaway-is-a-great-escape/ http://blog.wbbg.com/girlfriends-getaway-is-a-great-escape/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:24:23 +0000 Crystal Harrison http://blog.wbbg.com/?p=244 Continue reading →]]>

The kids are finally back in school. No more sandy sneakers, wet beach towels, sunscreen, bug repellant and campfire marshmallows stuck in your hair. It’s time for you to sit back and relax. Grab a few of your girlfriends and pick the perfect bed and breakfast to pamper you, while you catch up on sleep and girlfriend time. Head to the coast to walk on the beach or enjoy the splendor of a beautiful garden. Wine tasting in Wine Country is always a favorite. After all the running around this summer you may want to sit back and enjoy the view and maybe an old movie. Delicious food is always the highlight of any girlfriend getaway and a Washington Bed and Breakfast will always provide a high quality, multi-course breakfast–and they do the dishes! Your innkeeper will be delighted to tell you all the best restaurants in the area and of course the best places to shop. It’s time to enjoy some “me” time, so call your girlfriends and escape to a Washington Bed and Breakfast. Members of the Washington Bed and Breakfast Guild are independently inspected and approved to assure each guest receives the highest standard of hospitality and cleanliness.

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As natives of Washington we love summer but we don’t always enjoy the heat. Escape the heat and relax at a local bed and breakfast. Washington state has so much to offer with a weekend trip to the Islands, Coast, Mountains, City, Peninsula or east to wine country. Cool off with some air conditioning or cool ocean breezes. Enjoy a stroll in the garden and take in all the summer beauty. The best way for me to relax is with a cool drink, fresh baked cookie and a book curled up on the front porch. Eating well and relaxing are the perfect refresher after a long week. Plan your next weekend at a Washington Bed and Breakfast. All members of the Washington Bed and Breakfast Guild are independently inspected and approved to assure guests will receive the highest level of cleanliness and hospitality. Discover Washington…One Inn At A Time.

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Does your Dad like to fish, kayak, hike, bike? He can do all of this and more when he stays at any of Washington’s top-rated Bed and Breakfasts. Innkeepers from the Washington Bed and Breakfast Guild will help Dad find his little piece of heaven whether it’s on the water or in the woods. While Dad’s on his adventure you can be assured that he will also be well taken care of with a comfortable bed, clean room and delicious hearty  breakfast. You can also tell Dad–no limits on the cookie jar! Let Dad choose his adventure desitination with a WBBG Gift Certificate. All Washington Bed and Breakfast Guild member inns are independently inspected and approved to meet the highest levels of hospitality and cleanliness.

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Finding the perfect gift can be challenging for anyone. My favorite gift is a getaway that allows me to choose my own experience, creating memories along the way. Do I want to play outdoors, go shopping or snuggle by the fire? I want to do all of these things and I always want to eat well.   A Washington Bed and Breakfast Guild gift certificate can be used at any member inn across the state of Washington. All WBBG member inns are independently inspected and approved to guarantee quality lodging, service and hospitality.  Find your perfect gift at wbbg.com.

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The Washington Bed and Breakfast Guild, currently offers you thirteen of the best Bed and Breakfasts in Seattle. From grand old restored mansions on Millionaire’s Row, to cottages with the most spectacular views of the Puget Sound and Olympic mountains.

When it comes to quality all of our members are held to high standards, exceeding those of local and state authorities, as the WBBG runs a independent quality assurance program. You can rest assured that your bed and breakfast is Inspected and Approved.

They include, in alphabetical order;

  • Bacon Mansion
  • Chambered Nautilus Bed and Breakfast Inn
  • Chelsea Station Inn
  • Chittenden House Bed and Breakfast
  • Eagle’s View Bed and Breakfast
  • Greenlake Guest House
  • Guest House Bed & Breakfast
  • Inn of Twin Gables
  • Olympic View Cottage Bed & Breakfast
  • Shafer Baillie Mansion Bed & Breakfast
  • Soundview Cottage Bed & Breakfast
  • Three Tree Point Bed & Breakfast
  • Villa Heidelberg

For more details, reservations and pictures see WBBG’s Seattle Bed and Breakfasts.

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From PBS station KTCS9 is a great documentary that shows the beauty of the North Cascades region.

The Washington Bed and Breakfast Guild has many members in this region including;

  • Autumn Pond Bed & Breakfast
  • Gaylord House Bed & Breakfast
  • Cashmere Mountain Bed & Breakfast
  • Enchanted River Inn
  • Beecher Hill House
  • Pine River Ranch
  • Arlington’s River Rock Inn
  • Cottonwood Shores B&B
  • The Country Cedar Inn
  • Bosch Garten Bed & Breakfast
  • The Wild Iris Inn
  • Deer Path Bed and Breakfast

To see more details on each of these North Cascades Bed and Breakfasts go to the directory listings.

]]> http://blog.wbbg.com/north-cascades-documentary/feed/ 0 Traveling the Mountain to Sound Greenway to the “Other” Washington http://blog.wbbg.com/traveling-the-mountain-to-sound-greenway-to-the-%e2%80%9cother%e2%80%9d-washington/ http://blog.wbbg.com/traveling-the-mountain-to-sound-greenway-to-the-%e2%80%9cother%e2%80%9d-washington/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:49:27 +0000 Jill Britt http://blog.wbbg.com/traveling-the-mountain-to-sound-greenway-to-the-%e2%80%9cother%e2%80%9d-washington/ Continue reading →]]>
Today I am leaving Seattle and traveling to Washington wine country via the Mountain to Sound Greenway.  My travels will take me across  Interstate 90, over Snoqualmie  Pass to the ” other” Washington.  The drive is simply wonderful.   As you speed out of Seattle, the water of the sound firmly behind you see the Cascade Mountains looming in the distance.  Interstate 90 travels up through the dense evergreens.  Suddenly you are at the top, traveling over the pass.  This is actually a place for the outdoor enthusiast (someone I am NOT).  Here, high in the Cascades you can ski or hike…depending on the season.  Usually I stop at the summit for a quick bowl of steaming hot soup and just enjoy the crisp, clean air.  As you travel over the summit, you pass a large mountain top lake.  The lake, like the summit changes with the seasons, sometimes dark and shrouded in mist, other times frozen and snow covered, but often clear and clean, reflecting the bright blue sky.  It feels lonely up here, but there is incredible beauty in that loneliness…no matter what the time of year.   I could write about the beauty of the snowcapped Cascades endlessly, but now we are on to the Eastern slope of the Cascades.
Here we enter the “other” Washington.  Travel writers and tv shows project the endless beauty of Western Washington, the evergreen part of the Evergreen State.  If you stay west of the Cascades you will miss the diverse beauty this unique state offers.  From Interstate 90 I turn south and east on Interstate 82, traveling through a different Washington.  Here the evergreens give way to rolling golden foothills and scrub brush.  This area is as golden as the mountains are green!  A trip down this road reminds me of traveling on Interstate 17 from Phoenix to Flagstaff.  Although this is not high desert, it sure looks like it!   This is big sky country, blue and beautiful, seldom troubled by rain clouds.   As you wind down into the Yakima Valley, you are surprised by a large snow covered peak in the distance directly in front of you, and another, imposing snow covered mountain to your right.  WSDOT has posted helpful signs so you can appreciate the view.  Before you is Mount Adams and to the right is Mt. Rainier (much more about this peak in later blogs).  Tomorrow we will explore the Yakima Valley.  Join me as I travel Inn  Washington.

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