If you are sending your employees on a business trip to New England — say, to attend a conference or training or to meet with representatives from another company — you should seriously consider putting them up at a New England bed and breakfast, rather than doing the typical hotel or motel.

Motels and low-end hotels aren’t the way to go at all, because your employees need things such as Internet access.  Also, putting them up at the cheapest possible place isn’t a good idea, because it sends a message to your employees that you are a cheapskate — which is not what anyone wants in a boss.

Business-class hotels have great service and business necessities such as computers, printers, fax machines, and WiFi.  However, business-class hotels still pale in comparison to the luxuries of, say, a New Hampshire bed and breakfast.  B&Bs tend to have more privacy and better amenities than a large business-class hotel — which means your employees can get more work done, and still feel comfortable about it.

Vermont bed and breakfasts also offer excellent breakfasts, which saves your employees the trouble of deciding where to eat in the mornings — and saves you the trouble of paying for yet another meal.  Also, putting them up at a B&B tells them you care and that you’d like them to also be able to enjoy the trip — and happy employees make productive employees.

Besides, since you can always deduct the trip as business expenses, the more important question is, why shouldn’t you put your employees up at a B&B?

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