Recently we received an email from Green Gigs, an online blog about green careers, asking us if we would like to be inteviewed for a future story. We were pleased to help.
You can view the interview and story at Green Gigs.
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Cedar House Inn & Yurts Featured on Green Gigs
Innkeeping & Right Livelihood
At Cedar House Inn we receive a number of guests living in the city who are questioning their current state of living. They commute great distances to jobs that do not provide fulfillment or security. We certainly came from a similar situation in the past. We tell some our of story at About the Hosts on our inn web site.
One thing that we learned early on in operating a five unit bed and breakfast in the country was that we needed to have multiple streams of income. The inn provides the majority of our living expenses most of the year. The one exception is during the winter months when the area is not appealing to tourists. Times can get lean and we have created other income streams to help us survive.
My wife has a part time tutoring position at nearby Brenau University in Gainesville. She tutors international students two days a week in writing. It is a great release for her to get away from me and the inn as well as making a little extra money. She also tutors children locally and receives leads through her tutoring web site Dahlonega Tutor.
I am the environmentalist in the family and sell eco friendly products on our web site Eco Store. I sell composting toilets and composters primarily but am always looking for additional products. Guests frequently ask about starting businesses using their skills or interests and I created another web site, web income that covers the topic.
Whatever income sources we have discovered fit into our right livelihood philosophy. Our inn is eco friendly because that fits our passion. Our side income opportunities also relate to who we are.
Yurt Video on Web Site
We have added our first video on our web site showing the yurts, features and distance to the inn. It is also posted on You Tube and MySpace.
We hope to add other videos of the inn in the future to give potential guests a better understanding of what we offer as well as area and eco friendly information.
New Photos on Inn Website
We are pleased to have new photos on our web site that do a much better job at depicting what Cedar House Inn & Yurts is all about. Gary and Cheryl Zahora are good friends that visit us from Florida. This is their second visit. They love to stay in a yurt.
Gary is a professional photographer and spent a great deal of time using his new digital camera to take some great pictures of the inn, yurts and grounds. They turned out so well that we added them to our web site.
Thanks Gary for the great pictures. We also enjoy Cheryl’s great sense of humor and dry wit.
