Area Covered:

USA

Listing Type/Number:

About 250 detailed listings with picture, general description, attractions, and directions. Has about 7000 basic listings with a few duplicates; some of the basic contact listings may have links to inn's home page (allows 25 click-thrus per year).

Description:

From home page, search options are by state, by highway and by city.

Select state from list, get city list, indicating which have detailed listings. State page also lists highways in state.

Highway: Enter highway number and get list of states with that highway. Click on state for list of inns by city on that highway.

City: enter city name and get list of cities with similar name.

City page also has list of nearby highways and cities with listings.

Quality Assurance:

Inns enter "inspected by" and affiliations.

Other:

Has inquiry form. State page has links to road conditions, weather and maps. Guide cooperated in facilitating review and verifying data.

Innkeeper Info:

Promotion: Promotes site and inn pages with keywords. Says "We advertise on other web sites and are listed on search engines"

Rates: Free basic contact allowing 25 clicks-thrus per year, detailed listing is $80 (may have specials) with 100 click guarantee.

Contact: Use form on site.

Comments: Has Google® ads on most pages, but not on paid detailed listings.

Web Presence Evaluation:

No. 11 of 78 guides evaluated by Inntelligent.com (4 star).

Composite of INNSTAR/Inntelligent ratings: 7/10.

Google® page rank of home page: 5/10.

My B&B Results:

• Listing provided about 3.4% (176) of my B&B's website's guide-sourced unique visitors Jan-Dec 2005 (mostly Mar-Sep).
• Listing provided no proven guest-night at my 1-unit B&B.

Hosting by

http://www.innstar.com/na/books/roadlodging.html