News and Updates from the Innkeepers
The Andon-Reid Blog
Andrea and I are thrilled to announce that the Andon-Reid Inn has reached a major milestone. We just received our 500th "Excellent" review on TripAdvisor. Coming on top of last year's election to the TripAdvisor Hall of Fame and Traveller… Read more
One of the things Andrea and I love about owning the Andon-Reid Inn is that it is smack bang in the middle of so many wonderful things to do in Western North Carolina. Within a relatively short drive you can be hiking scenic trails in the Smoki… Read more
Andrea and I are animal lovers. However, because we respect that some of our guests have allergies we have continued the policy of keeping the Andon-Reid Inn pet-free. Therefore, when we bought the Inn we were pleasantly surprised to find a "loophole… Read more
Today is Thanksgiving - my first one as a US resident - and all I can say is that Andrea and I are so thankful for the all wonderful guests who have stayed at the Andon-Reid Inn so far.
We have often been the lucky recipients of their unexpected and … Read more
Hand on heart we can honestly say that all our guests have been absolutely wonderful during our first few months as innkeepers at the Andon-Reid Inn. Every once in a while we get some guests who are particularly memorable and a few weeks ago this was… Read more
I must confess to being a big city boy. I have spent most of my life in cities with 2 to 8 million inhabitants including Sydney, London, Budapest and Shenzhen. I have loved all the excitement and variety and have willingly put up with the pollution, … Read more
Our first weekend running the Andon-Reid Inn was the 4th of July. The Inn was absolutely full and we had to get to grips with the B&B business very quickly. Nevertheless, we had lovely guests and Andrea and I, aided by our wonderful team of Ashle… Read more
We suppose we should start by introducing ourselves. I am George Jolesz, and together with my wonderful wife Andrea Tashik we have been the proud new owners of the Andon-Reid Inn since July 1, 2015.
From the very beginning, acquiring and running the … Read more