Accent Inns Blog

Sure, we thought about coming up with a new and exciting name for our blog: Ol’ Bloggy Blog.
The Duck Stops Here. Kevin.

But at the end of the day, our Google experts said that if people are looking for our blog, they aren’t going to search “The Duck Stops Here”. Or sadly, “Kevin”.

So, welcome to the Accent Inns Blog, where we’ll post stories about what’s going on in our hotels, at our locations, and more.

(By the way, if you do come up with a great name for the blog, let us know—and then we’ll let our experts know, who will let Google and Bing and all the other search engines know. You know?)

Have you been to Abkhazi Gardens?

Victoria is well known for its Gardens. Most folks know about the world famous Butchart Gardens, one of the greatest places to visit anytime of the year. Accent Inns Victoria hotel, and our other 4 locations around the province, live up to our Victoria BC heritage by also covering our Inns with beautiful hanging baskets.  Read the rest of this entry »

August 9th, 2011 in Travel

NORTHERN VISITOR CENTRES TO LOAN FREE FISHING RODS

Accent Inn founder Terry Farmer enjoys fishing with his Grandchildren The Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC (FFSBC), the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation, Tourism BC and the Angler’s Atlas have joined forces to create the Go Fish BC! Rod Loan Program which will help promote sport fishing in Northwestern BC. “British Columbia has some of the Read the rest of this entry »

August 5th, 2011 in Travel

Machu Picchu appears out of the clouds

As the Trip comes to an end, Canuck Duck and Karen are treated to a wonderful site….. Day 4: We slept restlessly knowing that we will be getting up so early.  Breakfast and our final packing take place in the dark as does the first part of the morning’s walk.  We will soon be at Read the rest of this entry »

August 4th, 2011 in Travel

We have a Bike Love Contest Winner!

Thanks to everyone who sent in their photos and entered Accent Inns Bike Love Contest. We received many exciting, fun and scenic photos and the staff here all had different favorites.  We didn’t choose the winner though…you folks did. Keri Coles has been crowned the first ever Bike Love photo contest winner!  Congratulations Keri,  who received 98 likes Read the rest of this entry »

August 3rd, 2011 in Travel

What, NO BEER?

As we follow Canuck Duck and Karen through the third day of their Machu Picchu adventure, Canuck Duck reveals that he is indeed a true Canadian. He misses his beer but is polite enough to settle for something else. Day 3 Since only 200 people (and one duck) are allowed on the Inca Trail per day, the various Trekking Read the rest of this entry »

August 2nd, 2011 in Travel

stay different. stay real.