"TANKS" FOR STAYING!!!

Summer is almost here and the heat is on! I know with rising gas prices people are looking for vacation destinations that are close to home this year...the Camellia Rose Inn is just two hours from Orlando and Tampa and an even shorter distance from Jacksonville and Lake City! Enjoy kayaking or canoeing down the Sante Fe River or how about grabbing a tube and tubing down one of the many springs in Alachua County. Come cool off with us this year and we'll help pay for your gas! Stay three or more nights beginning June 1, 2008 through August 31, 2008, and we'll give you a $10 gas card for each night you stay! Can not be combined with any other discounts.

See you soon,
Tom & Pat

JUST IN:


Elton John will be in concert at the O'Connell Center in Gainesville on March 16, 2008. Tickets go on sale this Friday, February 15th at 10am. The Camellia Rose Inn still has a few rooms available for March 16th...call today!

Hi There!

A lot of exciting things are coming up in Gainesville! The Gatornationals Drag Race will take place March 13-16th (we opened the Inn during this event last year, so it's also our 1st anniversary)!! We still have a few rooms available for this event, three night minimum!http://www.gainesvilleraceway.com/

On March 29th we have the Kanapaha Garden Festival...what a treat! The Event features more than 100 booths offering plants, arts & crafts and food. Spring time in Gainesville is absolutely the most beautiful time of the year!! http://www.kanapaha.org/index.htm

The Spring Arts Festival in the Historic Downtown area (a short stroll from the Inn) will take place April 5-6th. If you've not attended this festival in the past, you won't want to miss it...it is one of the best in Florida; and if you've attended this festival in the past you KNOW you don't want to miss it! We have rooms available for the Arts Festival, two night minimum! http://www.sfcc.edu/springarts/

Give us a call and reserve your room today!!

Happy Spring!
Tom & Pat

Hi Everyone!

The Holiday Tour of Homes was a great success...I hope all of you that were here enjoyed your stay! My favorite was the barbershop quartet...weren't they great!! It was just a fabulous, festive weekend, you won't want to miss it next year!!!

Christmas is right around the corner...I hope everyone is ready!! If you find yourself needing a getaway, we are offering a holiday special starting December 26 -January 6, 2008. Stay three nights and get third night 1/2 off OR stay four nights and get the fourth night free! Please ask for this special when making your reservations!

Tom and I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year!!

Tom & Pat

I can't believe it, but next week is already Thanksgiving!!! I know all of you will be surrounded by family and friends and will be giving thanks for your many blessings...I know we will!!! Happy Thanksgiving to each and every one of you!!!

Tom and I would like to invite you to a fun-filled festive holiday spectacular!! On December 7th and 8th the Historic Matheson Museum will be sponsoring the Annual Holiday Tour of Homes; all four of the Bed and Breakfast Inns will be on the tour as well as four other Historic Homes. The streets of the Historic district will be lit up with Colonial style Cressets, Carolers will be caroling in the streets, and the Camellia Rose Inn will have a Barber Shop Quartet on our beautiful wrap around porches! The Camellia Rose Inn will be offering a special package that includes your choice of red, white wine or champagne and chocolates in your room; special holiday snacks in the evening and tickets to the Holiday Tour of Homes. Rates start at $200 per night. For more information, please go to www.visitgainesville.net. Happy Holidays from our family to yours!!! Tom & Pat

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Happy Labor Day! Summer is officially over now and the football season has begun!! We've just had our first football weekend and it was a huge success! The UF students are back (all 50,000+ of them)!!! Parents I know you'll want to come visit now and then, so make the Camellia Rose Inn your home away from home!

Coming up in October is Parent's weekend October 12th & 13th. Some of the sororities have different dates for their Parent's weekends so check with your students and book your rooms now.

The Bed and Breakfast district in Gainesville is working with the Alachua County Visitors and Convention Bureau to create a weekend vacation package for the weekend of December 7-9, 2007 that will include tickets to the Matheson Museum's Holiday Home Tour. The Holiday Home Tour will include tours of all four of Gainesville's B & B's along with four other beautifully decorated private homes. I'll keep you updated on the progress; you won't want to miss this fun filled festive weekend!

I know this sounds like it's way too soon to be discussing, BUT May 2008 graduation is just around the corner! If you haven't made your reservations for your rooms for graduation, don't delay. I'm getting calls everyday from people that want to reserve rooms, but unless you've stayed with us I won't take a reservation for that weekend until January...on the other hand if you've been guests of the Camellia Rose Inn you can call now and reserve those rooms! Some rooms are already taken, but I still have many left.

Tom and I look forward to a fun filled football season and look forward to your continued visits!

"GO GATORS"!

It's summertime in Gainesville! There are many fun things to do here to beat the summer heat. Canoeing, kayaking or just plain ole tubing down the many rivers and springs! The Museum of Natural History has just opened a new exhibit called Megalodon that is open until January 2008. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/. Also through August 5th the Hippodrome State Theater (just a 5 minute walk from the Inn) has a Mod Musical playing "Shout". http://thehipp.org/.

During the month of July we are offering a special rate. Stay for three nights and get 1/2 off the third night OR stay for four nights and get the fourth night FREE!! Mention the "blogger" special when making your reservations. Tom and I look forward to your visit!