Design Musings

To work alongside the new website and identity we have created for Brookfields Bed and Breakfast, we were asked to design and source print for their stationery. Above you can see the finished business cards, with letterheads and compliment slips on their way. The front simply carries their strong branding, designed to invoke the sensations of the farmland that the accommodation is set in, and the reverse features a shot of the house itself. Ron and Robbie who run the bed and breakfast, are keen to let people know what to expect from their establishment. You can read a little more about the website we created for them in this post , or take a look at our portfolio .

Brookfields Bed and Breakfast contracted us recently to produce a website for them that would show off their accommodation to its full potential. We have created a site and logo that focus on the rural, farmland location of the house, not far from the sea, but still surrounded by the beautiful rolling hills outside of Wadebridge. Cornwall has a lot to offer in the way of accommodation, and bed and breakfasts will come into their own this season, capitalising on the increase in UK based holidays, and visitors from the continent. Sites like this one will take advantage of the growing number of online bookings as well.

The BBC Breakfast News this morning (20/2/09) included the story above - well worth clicking on and giving two minutes of your day - highlighting the good news that many Europeans are taking advantage of the weaker Pound and taking their holidays in the UK. What made me include it here on the Pickle News Blog is that the report mentions the importance of using the web as a means to reach these holiday makers. Bed and breakfast owners will be particularly interested in the news, as there will be a lot of people researching their holidays from across the sea, and B&Bs are often overlooked due to not having an online presence. The web is a vital means of advertising for those that run accommodation and increasingly becoming the primary means of contact when anyone plans a holiday. Make sure you have a look through our site (the link is on the right at the top) to see what options are available for web design. We have worked with a number of accommodation proprietors and are pleased to...