In just a few days we will celebrate our sixth month as Inn Keepers of Inn Victoria, the Romantic Bed and Breakfast of Chester Vermont and the Okemo Valley! For many years Penny and I talked about fulfilling a dream to develop our own business. We finally did it after recognizing that working for someone else was cramping our creativity and lifestyle. It was July of 2009 when we got serious about looking for the right B & B. It took five months to find just the right place, to negotiate the right financial package with the right lending partner, and so on.
After six months of owning Inn Victoria Chester Vermont under our Corporate name of “Exceptional Experience”, we are thrilled we took the step forward and we consider ourselves blessed to have had quests who support us with exceptional Tripadviosr ratings!
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g57213-d82544-Reviews-Inn_Victoria-Chester_Vermont.html
As you can see, we are now over 200 exceptional Tripadvisor ratings for Inn Victoria Chester Vermont!
We truly are Blessed! Thank you to all who guided, mentored and prayed for us….Thank you to our guests who have been so gracious as we learned and grew!
Five days after we opened the door, I said the following:
We Followed our Dreams
In August, Penny and I celebrated 30 years of marriage on an island in Casco Bay, Portland Maine. Fifty close friends & family were invited to the lobster feed and wedding renewal. Penny even got a new wedding dress in the process!….the event was a BIG surprise for Penny.
After 30 years of marriage, 25 of which was spent working the corporate life with little time for each other, we figured it was time to follow our dream. Penny is now the proud President, and I am the CFO…(I always wanted to be a CFO), of Exceptional Experience, a corporation developed to support our new venture; Inn Victoria, Vermont’s #1 rated Romantic B&B.
Check out the links below and come visit….! We promise you an “Exceptional Experience”!!!
Inn Victoria was named by TripAdvisor as one of the “Best B&B’s in the United States” and Yankee Magazine named Inn Victoria as “Editors Choice, Best Romantic B&B in Vermont”.
Dan & Penny Cote