Having just opened our Bed and Breakfast on Silva Bay July 5th we have had our first official paying customers. After six months of preparing it was exciting to open our doors. An interesting story is behind the first official stay…
It’s July 5th, 6 pm and hot. I’ve been landscaping and Melanie has been massaging clients. See pictures below. We decide to head down to the Fire Truck Grill, a food truck beside the water at Silva Bay. We arrive and find our friends who run another bed and breakfast having dinner. Because we’re finally ready to take reservations they mention their pretty full up. But would we want customers sent out way. Yes of course, send away!
So we’re home back when the phone starts ringing at 9pm. Kinda odd on small Gulf Island to have someone call you at that time of night. But we answer and it’s two lovely folks who have been directed our way by our friends. Their bed and breakfast location showed up on Google Maps. (Both our B and B’s are a 5 minute walk from the Silva Bay Marina). Ours didn’t because we are so new. They came in by boat and are stuck in Silva Bay for the night. Do we have a bed? Yes we do and it’s a king size bed . They walk over with their night bags. Love our BnB and stay an extra night. And so it began.
Google has now given us a “little bed” to mark our location 5 minutes from the marinas
Landscaping the path to our
Bed and Breakfast
The Gabriola Massage Cottage. Phone 250-802-6006 to book an appointment.
