Weekends Around celebrates all the beautiful, delicious, fun, and inspiring opportunities that Northeastern America has to offer. My first trip to this area was nearly 20 years ago and it was love at first farmers market. For years, I dreamed of leaving New York and establishing roots in New Hampshire and spending less time working and more time with my family, nature, and my bed. In 2017, we finally took the plunge, and bought a house in Keene, NH. It was the scariest, best thing we ever did.
While looking for a new home we spent many weekends in Airbnb's, some great, some truly awful. I started Weekends Arounds
to marry my passion for hospitality and interior design with my love of New England. Because lodging has the greatest impact on a travel experience, I only feature Airbnbs, home rentals, and hotels that I have personally visited (and on my own dime and time - always). What makes an Airbnb good enough for Weekends Around? It's a combination of style, cleanliness, thoughtfulness, and that quintessential delight that only a great host can provide. I’ll share all my detailed itineraries, photography, and recommendations so that you, too, can experience this beautiful part of the world.
In addition to lodging, I'll also feature the unique and brave entrepreneurs that make this area so special. From coffee, to pottery, to music, to maple syrup (obvs), to literature, and to filmmaking, New England hosts innumerable innovators and crafters. It's my joy to share their stories with you.
And naturally, like any self respecting blogger, I'm available for consulting opportunities, which you can learn more about here.
Here is how I make money:
1) Web design, writing, and photography jobs.
2) Affiliate links to Amazon. These are links that, when clicked by a reader, track if that reader makes a purchase on Amazon. If the reader makes a purchase, I receive a very small commission. There is absolutely no extra charge to the reader for their Amazon purchase, it's just Amazon's way of saying thank you for my referral.
Here's how I absolutely do not make money:
1) Payment from Airbnb hosts in any form. I don't accept or ever ask for free stays in exchange for being featured on my site. This would completely interfere with the integrity of the vetting process. This will never change (and yes, hosts have offered, and I have refused).
2) Referral fees for bookings at Airbnb's, although I wish I could. Their affiliate program requires that a site have 1,000,000 visits per month, and right now I'm averaging about 6000 visits per month. Not bad at all, but not enough to qualify for their program.
3) Sponsorships. Don't you hate when you have a blog you love and then all of the sudden they send you an email about how much they love a certain brand of lemon scented soap and that the end of the post it says. "I was paid to say this." Me too. So I don't do it and I won't don't it.
I'd love to hear from you with ideas and answer any questions you may have. Go ahead and email me at schoelzeljulie@gmail.com.
While looking for a new home we spent many weekends in Airbnb's, some great, some truly awful. I started Weekends Arounds
to marry my passion for hospitality and interior design with my love of New England. Because lodging has the greatest impact on a travel experience, I only feature Airbnbs, home rentals, and hotels that I have personally visited (and on my own dime and time - always). What makes an Airbnb good enough for Weekends Around? It's a combination of style, cleanliness, thoughtfulness, and that quintessential delight that only a great host can provide. I’ll share all my detailed itineraries, photography, and recommendations so that you, too, can experience this beautiful part of the world.
In addition to lodging, I'll also feature the unique and brave entrepreneurs that make this area so special. From coffee, to pottery, to music, to maple syrup (obvs), to literature, and to filmmaking, New England hosts innumerable innovators and crafters. It's my joy to share their stories with you.
And naturally, like any self respecting blogger, I'm available for consulting opportunities, which you can learn more about here.
Here is how I make money:
1) Web design, writing, and photography jobs.
2) Affiliate links to Amazon. These are links that, when clicked by a reader, track if that reader makes a purchase on Amazon. If the reader makes a purchase, I receive a very small commission. There is absolutely no extra charge to the reader for their Amazon purchase, it's just Amazon's way of saying thank you for my referral.
Here's how I absolutely do not make money:
1) Payment from Airbnb hosts in any form. I don't accept or ever ask for free stays in exchange for being featured on my site. This would completely interfere with the integrity of the vetting process. This will never change (and yes, hosts have offered, and I have refused).
2) Referral fees for bookings at Airbnb's, although I wish I could. Their affiliate program requires that a site have 1,000,000 visits per month, and right now I'm averaging about 6000 visits per month. Not bad at all, but not enough to qualify for their program.
3) Sponsorships. Don't you hate when you have a blog you love and then all of the sudden they send you an email about how much they love a certain brand of lemon scented soap and that the end of the post it says. "I was paid to say this." Me too. So I don't do it and I won't don't it.
I'd love to hear from you with ideas and answer any questions you may have. Go ahead and email me at schoelzeljulie@gmail.com.
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