Happy 13th Anniversary to Carolina Mornings!!!

Cheers to us!
February marks our 13th business anniversary!
Carolina Mornings has grown from the first days back in a home office attic in Chapel Hill, NC as a Bed and Breakfast Reservation Service. Believe it or not, we were one of the first Asheville area companies who specialized in travel accommodations, to have a website!!! Amazing but true. Back in 1997 individual Bed and Breakfasts of Asheville, NC or even second home owners did not have websites.  Odd to recall those days gone by. Obviously, Carolina Mornings morphed into a niche market representing only vacation rentals. Now upon our 13th year of wonderful growth, a reputation of integrity and experts in the field of vacation rentals in the Asheville area, we are expanding our services. We know our properties inside and out, we know what makes a vacation rental successful and we want to extend our services to buyers and sellers! In 2010, we will be expanding our services to include Asheville real estate, specializing in vacation home investments. We will list vacation rental homes as well as help buyers determine which home will be best suited for their needs. We are thoroughly excited to move forward and use our expertise to assist second home investors and sellers in the Asheville area. 3 Cheers to Carolina Mornings!

List your unusual or unique amentiy in a vacation home

Unusual and Unique

Last week, Larry posted the blog about Wilderness Haven, our one and only vacation rental with the private putting green in the back yard. Since the inception of that project, I began to wonder: What other features have owners of vacation rentals have included to lure guests to their properties?

Of course there are the fancy, ultra luxurious vacation homes of the rich and famous which boast trillions of square footage, lavish furnishings and other exquisite touches. I am not referring to this cohort of vacation homes . I am interested in mainstream, main street vacation rental properties that cater to the rest of us making less than 7 figure incomes.

So I am calling on all second home owners with vacation rentals, property managers or to the traveling public, please let me know what unusual, different or unique items or amenities are found in vacation properties. At Carolina Mornings, the putting green tops my list so far.

We also have a cabin called Elkhorn, located in Asheville that boasts a sauna! Not the ubiquitous hot tub, but just a sauna. I would classify these two as unique!

Please send me your discoveries!