Azalea Inn and Gardens in historic Savannah Georgia is overjoyed to bring you” Wine Weekends”. Join us June 18, 2010 with Summer Whites “Do Blondes Have More Fun?” and every third Saturday through December’s Fireside Wines “Ports and Chocolate”. We promise to bring you an exciting blend of wines with paired hors d’oeuvres beginning at 5:30 pm and lasting until 7:30 pm. Each month will feature a new location, new theme, new foods, and new friends. Wines from all over the world, food that will make you weak in the knees, and people who live to share their love of wines. What are you waiting for? Book three nights and the tasting is free! Book two nights and the cost per couple is only $30 (single are $20). Offer is a valid only with new reservations and may not be combined with other offers.
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How can you make sure your marriage isn’t a casualty of the economic crisis? Carve out time for small indulgences - it doesn’t have to be about wild romance - a single flower, a small box of chocolates, and a good night’s sleep may be enough. Make it old fashioned, bring along some good music, maybe songs from your early years together. Share cookies and milk, bread and wine, or molten chocolate lava cake with one spoon. Two nights at our bed and breakfast inn is an affordable luxury in the month of February: choose any deluxe room for an unbelievable $159 nightly (save over $75). But it’s up to you to set the mood: let us help you create small inn-dulgences with these suggestions:
We need at least 5 days notice to put this together for you as well - so please book early! Offer good for new reservations only and must be completed no later than February 28, 2010. Rate is Non-refundable and non-cancelable. Offer not valid for Valentine’s weekend. Steaming hot coffee on the wrap around porch of Azalea Inn and Garde Time now to slip inside the inn for a picture-perfect breakfast and some easy conversation around the communal table with the guests. What will we enjoy today? Ah, Banana Pancakes with Banana Caramel syrup, chicken-apple sausage, and a refreshing fruit cup of strawberries, black grapes and melon balls topped with blackberries and raspberries drizzled with a ginger-mint syrup, oh my! A little hot tea now to compliment my Savannah Sunrise – an Azalea Inn and Gardens breakfast specialty juice. Continue reading A perfect day in Savannah Savannah’s Innkeepers at Azalea Inn and Gardens Named “Innkeeper of the Year” in “Best of BedandBreakfast.com Awards, 2009-2010. From over 7000 inns, Teresa and Jake Jacobson were selected among the top 12 “Innkeepers of the Year” in the “Best of BedandBreakfast.com Awards, 2009-2010.” Falling in love with and investing in Savannah since August 2005 — when their son and daughter-in-law were Savannah College of Art and Design students – the Jacobsons share what matters most to guests of Azalea Inn and Gardens in Savannah, Georgia USA. The prestigious award is a result of excellent guest reviews over the past year.
SAVANNAH Georgia (October 9, 2009) – “Never underestimate the viewpoint of the Savannah traveler,” shares Innkeeper Teresa Jacobson. Thanks to guest reviews, Teresa and husband Jake are among the top twelve 2009-2010 “Innkeeper of the Year” winners in the “Best of BedandBreakfast.com Awards.” This is the second consecutive year that Azalea Inn and Gardens was named on the prestigious listing.
With over 7000 inn listings, BedandBreakfast.com is the leading online bed and breakfast directory and reservation network worldwide. Since launching the BedandBreakfast.com reviews program almost three years ago, inngoers have submitted nearly 85,000 B&B reviews. The selection criteria for the Best of BedandBreakfast.com Awards included both quantitative and qualitative analysis of the independently posted reviews on BedandBreakfast.com.
WHY IS THE AWARD SO IMPORTANT? Mrs. Jacobson expresses why the award is especially gratifying. “This came from the inn’s guests sharing their inn reviews and experience with others. Then, critiquing those thousands of review are the breakfast inn professionals who understand the joys, tears and pain of running a B&B. These great folks confirm that what we do daily goes beyond a reservation service. The BedandBreakfast.com professionals understand the complexity of B&B operations and varied personalities that make every inn unique. When the breakfast inn professionals cull tens-of-thousands of guest reviews, then say, ‘You have impressed us as well!’ we are especially grateful.”
WHAT’S HAPPENING TO DIFFERIENTIATE THESE AWARD-WINNG INNKEEPERS? Jake Jacobson, an international drip-irrigation specialist, champions the inn’s year around beautiful gardens. Teresa Jacobson guides the marketing and entertains guests — from the first impression to bidding guests “Safe journey!”
It is obvious that Teresa’s focus is about fulfilling what the guest wants and then giving more. “I see myself as perhaps a big sister, best friend or favorite aunt to my guests. My staff and I must first create a trusting, relatable relationship before we can convince travelers that we will help them find here – with us — the Savannah experience that they are looking for,” comments Jacobson.
“This week, for example, we hosted a young professional couple from Germany, here for their intimate wedding. Attending the ceremony with the bride and groom there were only 5 guests, a minister and his wife, and photographer in the inn’s garden,” the innkeeper-storyteller begins. “Half a world away, I was willing to learn this couple’s wishes. Then, my job began: to assure them that I would take care of every detail – from lodging to a reception for 10. Their Savannah experience began the moment they made contact with us. I was willing to listen and talk with the perspective groom on a more personal and intimate level. After all, this handsome groom is devoted to pleasing his new bride! Azalea Inn and Gardens became their welcoming, comfortable home-away-from-home during their very special Savannah visit.”
Mrs. Jacobson shares more insights. “Other guests want to shake off the woes of the economy in the U.S. Who is not feeling anxious? Couples have told me in different ways that they are disconnecting from their spouse. They are so busy keeping body and soul intact — along with managing their children’s and sometimes parents’ or grandparents lives — that there just seems to be no time left for the couple. Our Cotton Exchange is the perfect place to retreat, reconnect and recommit. ”
Who would not look forward to a stress-free afternoon or evening by the pool, gourmet breakfast and imaginative hors d’oeuvres with wine in the afternoon (without kitchen duty), and an in-house, local expert sharing charming conversation and excellent recommendations? “Knowing when to be scarce and when to connect with our guests is also part of winning our guests over,” Jacobson continues.
A CHATTERBOX, A BEHIND-THE-SCENES HUSBAND, PETS AND FRIENDS. Perhaps Azalea Inn and Gardens simply feels like real friends, family and storytellers – those we love to visit for all the right reasons. “And, of course we have Joey, the inn’s little secret. He thinks it is HIS job to greet guests from morning until bedtime. The guests love him!” Joey is one of the couple’s three Yorkies. “I think we are going to add a web page for Joey. He’s earned it,” Jacobson assures.
This award-winning innkeeper is off to change from her wedding-guest attire, complete with her vintage Victorian tea hat. After all, it is 2:00 PM in Savannah and new guests are due any minute.
The Azalea Inn and Gardens in Savannah hosts nearly 6000 leisure and business guests annually. For more information contact Teresa Jacobson, Toll Free 800/582-3823 (within the USA and Canada) or international +1/912-236-2707 (email azalea.inn@comcast.net ; www.azaleainn.com).
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Note to Media: Hi Res Photos are available on request. It rained relentlessly yesterday, sometimes sputtering droplets on annoyed heads, and at times so heavy it washed the color completely out of the landscape. This kind of weather usually means a power outage, and it put me in mind of a day last summer and a funny innkeeping story.  It was a wild week at the inn in mid-July, 2008. It began on Monday at about 7 a.m. with a bang – literally – as the transformer behind our carriage house (where Jake and I lived) blew out. Jake quickly donned his pants and keys and unlocked the gate to the back lane to investigate. The culprit didn’t even try to escape. At the bottom of the pole lay a Kamikaze squirrel who single-handily took out several blocks of electricity. Continue reading Remembrance of Rainy Days Past
Last Monday, three innkeepers and a husband met at Alligator Soul to admire the new logo and sample the newly-ope Alligator Soul’s world class cuisine and ambiance is well-known in the bed and breakfast circles, and a favorite of these three innkeepers and one of our top choices for dinner recommendations. Could Maureen and Chris, the co-owners, meet our expectations and their own? Continue reading Alligator Soul debutes Lunch Menu - Wow! Well, let’s be specific and say, “Two of Azalea Inn and Gardens’ favorite rooms just got a chin lift.”
My sister, Sharon, surprised me with a mid-week visit to celebrate Mother’s Day. We don’t see each other often enough though she only lives a few hours away, so she and her partner, Dana, drove up from Jacksonville on Wednesday morning to share the day with me, in the absence of my own children, all living in California. They arrived about noon, and as I was still working, I sent them off to see Savannah by trolley with the promise to join up as soon as possible. I finally caught up with them close to 5 p.m. down on River Street at a local bar, sipping a brew. After helping Sharon finish hers off, our next venture of the evening was in search of a great bottle of wine and bit of food to go with. I chose a local wine bar, Bacchus, which was just round the corner from where we were. Continue reading Sisters and Mother’s Day Jake and I finally moved into the apartment in the house next door in early March. The entire back yard was a neglected child with tangled hair and dirty features - that is, overgrown bushes, patchy grass and dirt, and too-many-to-count small oak tree sprouts. Jake’s eye had that gleam again, the one I hadn’t seen since we finished the gardens surrounding the inn. My sons have jokingly stated that whenever Jake finishes a garden he starts to look around for a new home. Apparently that’s pretty close to the truth. Continue reading New Garden at Azalea Inn and Gardens |
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