Spring Renewal

Understandably, many people get energized and excited at the top of the New Year to make changes and updates in their lives. For me, I always get a renewed sense of energy as I feel spring approaching. Perhaps it’s seeing the gardens awake, and feeling the warmth of the sun grow stronger as we inch closer to the spring equinox that sets me stirring, but I start to look for new ideas and new projects to take on. Now that I am watching the vestiges of what will (hopefully!) be the last snow disappear, the spring renewal has me itching to get to work!

As such, we are very excited to announce the launch of our updated online booking platform. I know a lot of you prefer just giving me a call to make your reservations, and we love that! For dedicated online bookers and for first time guests finding us, however, I really feel like this new system will be much easier and more intuitive to use. It’s also an opportunity to highlight some of the “extras” that we offer to enhance stays. For these additions, we work hard to collaborate with local vendors. That way, our guests get the best of everything that Berryville and the surrounding area has to offer.

Highlighting Local Vendors

As a prime example, we are now very proudly serving locally roasted Cordial Coffee at breakfast. Additionally, we offer a new Wake Up Package featuring a bag of their freshly roasted beans. It’s a great way to bring a taste of Berryville home with you after your stay. Just how local is this locally roasted coffee, you ask? Just two blocks away! That pretty much guarantees a fresh, tasty cup of coffee in the morning!

Cordial Coffee Wake Up Package at Waypoint House B+B

Veramar Vineyards has been our purveyor of choice for the wines we serve with our in-room packages for years. Now it’s even easier to add a wine package to your reservation with the new booking system.

Celebrating a birthday or anniversary during your stay with us? We can offer a unique floral arrangement designed exclusively for Waypoint House from our local florist. Just ask for the Blue Ridge Bouquet when booking your reservation over the phone. It can also be added to a reservation from the extras section while booking online. We’ve even created a package to bring you house made birthday cupcakes!

Birthday Celebration Package at Waypoint House B+B

And if you need something really special for a celebration, we are excited to be able to bring you a premium, local, Virginia sparkling wine. Greenhill Winery and Vineyards’ Blanc de Blancs is available as a package add on.

Greenhill Winery Blanc de Blancs

We invite you to take a look at our newly updated Promotions, Specials and Extras page to see all the details.

Welcome to Spring!

Spring Rejuvenations

April 3, 2017 • By JackAtk • Posted in Garden, Projects, Renovation, Updates • No Comments

Spring finally seems to be arriving and we’ve been working on some spring rejuvenations. The days are warmer and we get an extra bit of time each evening before the sun goes down to complete our outside chores (of which there are many this time of year). As you may know, we have a tendency to be involved in some sort of home improvement project on a nearly ongoing basis. Whether it’s outside or inside, we’re almost constantly working on something. We can’t help it. We’re compulsive. We just want to continually make things better. Early on, Jonathan and I had this instilled in us. For me, perhaps, my 4-H days are partially to blame. Any former 4-H kids out there remember the 4-H motto? *Raises hand with enthusiasm as only a nerd at heart would do.* “To make the best better.” Yep, that’s us.

Recently, it’s been outdoor updates keeping us busy. It is spring, after all. The lawn has needed some thatching and reseeding, and we’ve annexed a bit more garden space for our herbs and vegetables this year. I really enjoy being able to bring fresh things from our yard right to the breakfast table and I keep looking for new ways to be able to do that. I just have to figure out where to put those blueberry bushes I want…

Spring Rejuvenations: Our garden annex for 2017

The most exciting news, however, is that we have two very big projects planned for this summer. Big in scope and big presence. These changes will be zingers.

We’re going to need a little time off to accomplish it all though. We are planning to keep the work mostly to weekdays in the month of June, so if you are considering a weekend visit this summer, we still have you covered. Plan ahead though, folks. With three rooms, we tend to fill fast.

There will be lots of photos and updates through the blog, Facebook and Instagram. If you don’t follow us on either social media platform, now would be a good time to start. Links to our social media pages are in the sidebar of this page. Go have a gander.

“But what are these projects?” you are saying to yourself right now. “Aren’t you at least going to give us a hint?” Okay – one hint:

Getting ready for some changes at Waypoint House Bed and Breakfast