Inn at Riverbend,Select Registry, Distinguished Inns of North America since 2005
Leaving your "baby" in the hands of interim inn sitters is easy when they have returned many times to care for guests and run the business while we take a break. We walk out the door and they take over. We leave the inn knowing we will return refreshed, but most of all, know everything was run smoothly and professionally. Returning with baked goods stocked in the freezer, all reservation tasks up to the minute, they run our inn like the pros they are. Susan and Jim were referred to us by the previous owners of Inn at Riverbend, who hired them for several years.
They are very professional, guests loved them, and Susan's cooking is superb.
We give them the highest recommendation and now hire them to be our "VIRTUAL INNSITTERS". This has been a tremendous help during busy times and it is so easy to forward the phones knowing they will keep running the inn seamlessly.
Jeanne Jeffers and John Dush Innkeepers/Owners Inn at Riverbend Pearisburg, VA 125 River Ridge Drive, Pearisburg, VA 24134 Phone: (540) 921-5211
Beechwood Inn,Select Registry, Georgia’s Premier Wine Country Bed and Breakfast Inn,Southern Living MagazineReadersNamed Beechwood Inn “One of the South’s Best Inns 2018.”
The Beechwood Inn has earned a superior reputation and numerous awards for cleanliness, service and hospitality. To attain this level of recognition in a crowded inn-market has required significant attentiveness to detail and guest focus. Since purchasing the Inn we have tired a number of "innsitters" and by far and away, the best are the Bickelhaupts. They have been with us for 1 7 years and are the only Interim Innkeepers to whom we will trust the Beechwood Inn.
The Bickelhaupts offer a total package of guest service and business experience. They have level heads and can calmly handle any unexpected problem associated with inn maintenance, guest issues or surprise weather events. They have excellent judgement, which allows us to leave the inn and the reservation book for short or extended periods of time with total confidence that the inn's reputation will be maintained to the highest standards. We have total trust in their honesty and integrity.
David & Gayle Darugh, Owners/Innkeepers Beechwood Inn Clayton, GAP.O. Box 429, 220 Beechwood Drive, Clayton, GA 30525 Gayle & David Darugh, Owners/Innkeepers Phone: (706) 782-5485
A Storybook Inn - Select Registry, Rated "Excellent" by Trip Advisor
As an Innkeeper, like most all Innkeepers, I work long hours, 7 days a week.
Finding someone reliable that I can entrust my “baby” to so that I can have time away has been a very difficult thing. That is, until I found Jim and Susan Bickelhaupt, on “Interim Innsitters.”
Jim and Susan have inn-sat at A Storybook Inn since 2011 and I have already booked them twice for 2013 and will continue to use them for the foreseeable future.
When Jim and Susan were Inn-sitting last summer, I even got a letter in the form of an email from guests (3 sisters) while I was on vacation to tell me how wonderful they were being taken care of by Jim and Susan at the inn and to “not to worry and have a good time.” It was not the last time either that my guests have told me how “seamless” it was to have Jim and Susan care for the inn in my absence.
I talked to other Inn owners that had had Jim and Susan sit for them before hiring them and heard the same thing from the other owners of Jim and Susan’s reliability and professionalism. (They also smile a lot too. I think they really do enjoy what they do!)
With their varied skills, they make a great team together. I look forward to their return and my ability to get away with confidence that the inn will be well cared for.
Most sincerely, C. Elise Buckley A Storybook Inn, Versailles, KY 40383
Jim and Susan have Inn sat for us on multiple occasions and have always performed well for us. We have received great feedback from our guests and staff during their times at the 1898 Waverly.
In addition to providing great service and hospitality to our guests, the Bickelhaupt’s are very conscientious and professional. They take great notes and leave detailed accounts of any follow up required after their departure.
We highly recommend them both and are happy to field any questions other Innkeepers may have regarding our experience with them.
Mike and Tracey Burnette Owners/Innkeepers since 2017 1898 Waverly Inn Phone: (828) 693-9193
When you have literally built your business from the ground up, it is very difficult to leave it in someone else’s hands – even for a short vacation. We finally in total exhaustion… decided to try. We met Jim Bickelhaupt over the telephone one evening when he and Susan were inn sitting at a B&B nearby. A couple had arrived without a reservation, looking to stay with us. We called our trusted back-up B&B where Jim and Susan happened to be inn sitting, looking to see if they had an available room. They did not have a room, but Jim took the time to help us with other options nearby for this couple. When we were finished talking with him, we said that is the kind of customer service we want if we ever decided to have an inn sitter. A few months later, Jim and Susan reached out to us to see if we needed their services…of course we did, and we decided to give it a try. This was a great decision! Not only do our guests get the best in customer service, but they get great food (Susan is a fabulous chef) and genuine hospitality. We get conscientious inn sitters, good friends and total piece of mind that our baby is in good hands. We have since taken several vacations, thanks to Jim and Susan, our guests love them, as do we. And – our Inn stays open to guests and reservations seekers while we are away… priceless Glenda and Ken, Owners/Innkeepers135 Potato Branch Rd, Leicester, NC 28748 Glenda & Ken Cahill, Owners/Innkeepers Phone: 828-683-2525