Any changes to any reservation are only accepted if, in writing, nothing stated verbally, over-the-phone, nor in person, can be relied upon by our team.  We ALWAYS confirm and change, ONLY, via a typed letter.

Reservations: All rooms have a private bathroom. Cancellation and Early Departure Policies: From the date, your booking is confirmed a $75.00 cancellation fee will be charged per room if you cancel for any reason. Discounted coupons, promotions, and vouchers being used are not accepted for re-booking at any other date - we will just cancel out the entire coupon/voucher. Additionally, your 50% deposit is non-refundable if you cancel within 90 days prior to your reservation date. For cancellations within four (4) weeks of your arrival date you will be charged the total amount - or voucher you have will be redeemed in full.  We do not reschedule folks for another time to visit. We have significant special events requests, including wedding families and parties while being much too small to absorb cancellations (like large hotels can) - please understand the enormous impact cancellations can have on others. This includes Act of God catastrophes, civil unrest, burning of metropolis, deaths and sudden funerals, collisions and automotive destruction with life-flight evacuation of the family on interstate, cataclysmic or sudden injuries and operations, weather and snow including ice, floods, earthquakes, fire and Presidential Order of armed forces entry into your area. Early Departures out of your room, No Shows, and Can't Make It, and/or Inclement Weather Cancellations: We are very sorry, these are not refundable. Rates are subject to change and do not include taxes. For all reservations, we require a valid credit card. For massages, facials, and pedicures, there is a 50% cancellation fee if within 48 hours. NO SHOWS, NO CALL, YOUR ROOM WILL BE SOLD FOR THE NIGHT OR ENTIRE RESERVATION. Please do not call us after 9 pm. We also regret that we cannot stay up later if you left your house late, or were out enjoying a late dinner with friends drinking, etc... We go to sleep at 9 pm to ensure getting up early to cook for all of the other guests who showed up - and cannot make special exceptions. A credit card is required to be on file for all reservations including the culinary institute and an initial fee will be charged to it and then applied to your folio. 

Inn, B & B and Hotel Policies: The Inn is a non-smoking facility. Rates are based on double occupancy. Well-behaved children are welcomed with love. We provide a safe if needed and post notices about the safe being available in each room and throughout the Inn in common areas as well as on all of our websites, in our welcome emails, and our confirmation emails. We are not responsible for lost or stolen items and have a limited liability policy of $25.00 USD as the maximum recovery available in the event property is lost or stolen, subject to any investigation our insurer desires to complete. We will abide by all insurance regulations and investigations protected under insurance fraud policies and laws. In addition, we reserve the right to Polygraph under the Employee Polygraph Protection Act concerning incidents. Any vehicles parked on our premises are subject to the disclaimer notifying the guest that The Inn of the Patriots Bed and Breakfast will not be responsible in the event the vehicle is lost, damaged, or stolen. Uninsured motorists or any form of illegal conduct is not accepted or endorsed at the Inn. 

Cooking Gluten and Lactose-Free for Loving Guests at Breakfast only: Welcome to our loving home! We ask that our guests please bring their favorite gluten-free flour, lactose-free cheeses, and milks with them from their cupboards for breakfasts. We do not offer gluten-free in our general cooking classes as it is best to teach such to a whole class only. We cannot do a regular and gluten/lactose-free class at the same time. If we serve pancakes or waffles one day, then we would do your flour just for you. If it is an egg dish that day, then it's no problem.

Loving pets are not allowed by our insurance company: Pets are not allowed by our insurance company unless they are ADA compliant under American law and will conform to the law during their stay.

Trained ADA-compliant service animals are welcomed but not allowed to be abandoned in rooms during the day or left tied up to a pole/tree on our property, outside. Trained ADA-compliant service animals should not roam freely in rooms and jump up onto furniture or sleep inside of beds with owners. Trained ADA-compliant service animals cannot be up on chairs and in beds, under covers with an owner, or "just sitting on a bed."  We love pets and many of our families own cats and dogs, and we support and patronize all shelters. We have a loving cat of our own from a shelter on site who is not allowed to roam the inn and stays upstairs, as well as chickens that we love out back.

Owners of loving pets, that are arriving from a "long, grueling and punishing drive of 17 hours on the road," who did not read our letter, did not read our pet policy, or "we thought because he was four pounds we could just sneak him in," but, "are horrified to now find we cannot stay here - so will attack this place across the internet," or, "with our scathing review, and I will rip this place apart with my church and 200 members I will tell all over my church" or in the case of, "we actually don't read any emails and delete them all, and we don't read websites and pretty much do anything in society we feel like," will regrettably be asked to leave and not allowed to check-in.

We cannot commit a criminal act of insurance fraud and subject ourselves to a criminal record with the Police, and will not engage in criminal conduct. Please do not ask our staff to commit a criminal offense of fraud punishable under law or offer several one-hundred-dollar bills to commit fraud. You certify by your stay that your ADA-compliant Service Animals shots are up to date and all records current and agree to Hold Harmless our Inn and owners. Pets must be kept on a leash at all times on our property in common areas. ADA compliant Service Animals cannot be hidden inside of cars, tied up to trees, chained to a post, and left on the property. Any ADA-compliant Service Animals found hidden, or casually forgotten on our property, left inside of a room, closet, or locked in a cage in a room will be removed with the Sherriff's Department and law enforcement officers. ADA compliant Service Animals are welcomed after signing our pet addendum. We will assess a $400.00 cleaning fee for any biological waste or contamination of fecal and urine matter as well as additional biological trained cleanup teams licensed by the USDA and in compliance with OSHA. 

• Smoking is permitted outdoors only in our enjoyable, huge, nature living room out back. No smoking is permitted on our front porch.
• Guests must wear shoes/socks/sandals and shirts.
• Rates are subject to change and do not include local, state, and room taxes.
• Guests are asked to respect the comfort of others and put the furniture back where they got it, clean up wine bottles, glasses, and dishes used.  A minimum $75.00 cleaning fee will be charged for messes left behind.  An additional cleaning fee of $375.00+ will be charged for smoking in rooms with a police report filed.
• For a guaranteed reservation of rooms or classes, we require a valid Visa, Discover, JCB, AMEX, or Master Card on all classes, services, and rooms.  
• Gift Certificates are not refundable & some restrictions may apply. Gift certificates won in auctions or from benefits and non-profits cannot be stacked and added up. After a reservation is made for a gift certificate and the reservation is canceled or becomes a no-show, no arrangements can be made for the future or to reschedule.  Gift Certificates are non-refundable as they build our forecast with our accountant and cannot be turned in for cash, a credit for your credit card (when someone else has bought the gift for you). Requests to do so in secrecy or "hide it" from your original gift giver cannot be honored or engaged in. 

Thank you for visiting with us and for the opportunity to serve you.