The Ellwanger Estate

I just got back from the National B&B con­ven­tion all reju­ve­nated and wanted to share the lat­est video on a “Bet­ter Way To Stay” cam­paign. Enjoy! We have one dol­lie and its framed!!

HOT NEWS! The phone call came in just min­utes ago, announc­ing:
Audubon Inter­na­tional GREEN LEAF™ RATING 0f 5 (out of 5-the high­est pos­si­ble rat­ing)! And it reads:

Ell­wanger Estate B & B in Rochester, N.Y.
has achieved a rat­ing of 5 Green Leafs
With an over­all Green Leaf™ Sur­vey score of 90.77%.

Con­grat­u­la­tions on becom­ing a Green Leaf™ Eco-Rated Mem­ber in the Audubon Green Leaf™ Eco-Rating Pro­gram for Hotels! Ter­ra­Choice Envi­ron­men­tal Ser­vices Inc. is pleased to pro­vide this assess­ment of your facility’s over­all envi­ron­men­tal performance.

Your score of 5 Green Leafs con­firms that Ell­wanger Estate B & B is a world indus­try leader in eco-efficiency. Ell­wanger Estate B & B is part of a select group that is con­tin­u­ally intro­duc­ing new envi­ron­men­tal poli­cies and best envi­ron­men­tal prac­tices that serve as goals and tar­gets for the rest of the accom­mo­da­tion industry.

Ell­wanger Estate B & B should be com­mended on tak­ing steps towards real­iz­ing the cost sav­ings and mar­ket poten­tial behind adopt­ing the accom­mo­da­tion industry’s Best Envi­ron­men­tal Practices.

“Thought you’d like to see our review on GoGirl­friend of our stay at your amaz­ing bed and break­fast this sum­mer. Thank you Rose­mary for your hospitality!

“When you travel a lot, hotel rooms blur into one another, the most remem­bered moments being, sadly, a break­fast deliv­ered hot or an ice machine that actu­ally works. When I’m able, a bed and break­fast that’s loved and attended to by the owner can make me feel like… click to con­tinue read­ing.

What do you get when you mix teens and pre-teens together with a kitty lit­ter cake, soap mak­ing demon­stra­tions, pizza party and an all night slum­ber party?  Not much slum­ber for sure!  It prob­a­bly had some­thing to do with the ghost sto­ries told by the guests.  Can’t wait for the next teen event– a sweet six­teen slum­ber party next week!

Speak­ing of ghost-we don’t have any.  Sorry.  If that dis­ap­points you there is always the Lizzie Bor­den B&B.  How excit­ing that would be for ghost lovers.

Ah and for excite­ment, life at the Ell­wanger has cer­tainly been that and more.  The month of May has been chock full of guests cel­e­brat­ing any­thing from a U of R or RIT grad­u­a­tion, to a Mother’s Day Tea, RPO events, and a cou­ture wed­ding dress photo shoot.

While May has proven to be more like April, the only thing that has been ham­pered is Lilac Fes­ti­val. The Lilacs them­selves have flour­ished. Please come see for yourselves!

Pres­i­dent Bill Clin­ton, Founder of the William J. Clin­ton Foun­da­tion and 42nd Pres­i­dent of the United States, will be the keynote speaker at Meliora Week­end 2011.

Pres­i­dent Clinton’s address is sched­uled for Sat­ur­day, Octo­ber 22, as part of the 11th annual Meliora Week­end. Cre­ated in 2001, Meliora Week­end is a University-wide event that com­bines home­com­ing, fam­ily week­end, and class reunions. The event attracts over 6,000 alumni, stu­dents, par­ents, fac­ulty, staff, and friends annually.

On this Meliora Week­end, Octo­ber 21–23, 2011, please add a 10% ser­vice fee to your room rate. Pack­ages or dis­count are not accepted on this weekend.