Any changes to any reservation are accepted only in writing; nothing stated verbally, over the phone, or 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 per room will be charged if you cancel for any reason. Discounted coupons, promotions, and vouchers are not accepted for re-booking to any other date; we will cancel the entire coupon/voucher. Additionally, your 50% deposit is non-refundable if you cancel within 90 days before your reservation date. For cancellations within four (4) weeks of your arrival date, you will be charged the total amount, or the voucher you have will be redeemed in full.  We do not reschedule visits to another time. We have significant special-event 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 acts of God, catastrophes, civil unrest, burning of metropolises, 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 from your room, No Shows, 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 THE ENTIRE RESERVATION. Please do not call us after 9 pm. We also regret that we cannot stay up later if you leave your house late or are out enjoying a late dinner with friends drinking, etc... We go to sleep at 9 pm to ensure getting up early - and cannot make special exceptions. A credit card must be on file for all reservations, including the culinary institute. An initial fee will be charged to the card 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 its availability in each room and throughout the Inn in common areas, on all of our websites, in our welcome emails, and in 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 may conduct. We will abide by all insurance regulations and investigations protected under insurance fraud policies and laws. In addition, we reserve the right to conduct a Polygraph under the Employee Polygraph Protection Act in connection with incidents. Any vehicles parked on our premises are subject to a disclaimer notifying guests that The Inn of the Patriots Bed and Breakfast will not be responsible if 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 Cooking School only: Welcome to our loving home! We do not offer gluten-free options in our general cooking classes, as it is best to teach this to the whole class. We cannot do a regular and gluten/lactose-free class simultaneously. A cooking class (at $99.00 extra per person) is available, subject to scheduling, and includes lunch; no meals are served at this location, but a full kitchen and laundry facilities are available.

Our insurance company does not allow pets, unless they are ADA-compliant under American law and will conform to the law during their stay.

Trained ADA-compliant service animals are welcome but may not be left in rooms during the day or tied to a pole/tree on our property. 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." Trained ADA animals do not do that, do not eat at the table, and do not whine for food and bark while owners are eating. We love pets, and many of our families own cats and dogs, and we support and patronize all shelters. We have chickens that we love out back and two outside cats. They do not come inside. Please be mindful that intense allergic reactions to a cat can be smelled from one-thousand feet away.

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 only 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 800 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 insurance fraud or incur a criminal record with the Police, and we will not engage in criminal conduct. Please do not ask our staff to commit a criminal offense of fraud, or to offer several one-hundred-dollar bills to commit fraud. You certify, by your stay, that your ADA-compliant Service Animal shots are up to date and that all records are current, and agree to Hold Harmless our Inn and owners. Pets must be kept on a leash at all times in common areas on our property. ADA-compliant Service Animals cannot be hidden inside cars, tied up to trees, chained to a post, or left on the property. Any ADA-compliant Service Animals found hidden or casually forgotten on our property, left inside a room or closet, or locked in a cage in a room, will be removed by the Sheriff's Department and law enforcement officers. ADA-compliant Service Animals are welcomed after signing our pet addendum. We will assess a $700.00 cleaning fee for any biological waste or contamination from fecal or urine matter, as well as for additional biologically trained cleanup teams licensed by the USDA and in compliance with OSHA. 

• Smoking is permitted outdoors only in our spacious, natural 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 others' comfort, put the furniture back where they found it, and 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 guaranteed reservations of rooms or classes, we require a valid Visa, Discover, JCB, AMEX, or Mastercard for 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 or credit on 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.