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The Andon-Reid Blog
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Hello! We are Brenda and Peter, the new owners of the Andon-Reid Inn. We can't wait to introduce ourselves in person to all of our am… Read more
Three years ago, after a substantial snowfall that took me two backbreaking days to shovel off the Andon-Reid Inn's driveway and parking lot I decided to make my life easier and bought a small snow blower. Mild winters followed and the s… Read more
We are frequently asked by prospective guests what is the COVID situation in Waynesville at the moment? Haywood County and the surrounding counties remain some of the safest places in North Carolina and we are proud of the responsible approach … Read more
Innkeeping is a very full-time job - twelve hours a day seven days per week. As a result, despite having lived the last five years in the outdoor wonderland of Western North Carolina, Andrea and I have had little chance to really explore … Read more
The Andon-Reid Inn is fortunate to being only a half mile from downtown. We are sufficiently suburban to be out of the normal territory of black bears (so our guests are safe), coyote (so our pets are safe) and deer (so our hostas are safe).&nb… Read more
Andrea just celebrated a "big" birthday. To commemorate the event we decided to close the Inn for a few days and indulge her with some luxurious experiences. One of these was a night at a sister Select Registry Inn in the Waynesville regi… Read more
"It was a dark and stormy night...." (actually that bit comes a little later in the story). Let me start by (re)introducing Bibb before recounting her adventure.
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We are so familiar with wonderful Waynesville and the surrounding area that we sometimes forget that not everyone knows what an amazing place this is. In fact, we are often surprised when guests ask us "What is there to do in Waynesville?".&nbs… Read more
This morning's brief sweep of wintry weather across the east of the country gave us a short-lived foretaste of things to come in the approaching months. Like most of our winter weather in Waynesville, it made the area look pretty without any re… Read more
As owners of a professionally run B&B we don't often promote the services of Airbnb. The "book direct" rates on our own website www.andonreidinn.com are cheaper for one thing. However, we are impressed with Airbnb's latest new "Experi… Read more