Gillum House Bed and Breakfast in Shinnston, West Virginia

Bed and Breakfast Specials in Shinnston WV

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Specials and Packages

Covered Bridges and Winery - Cross Over the Covered Bridges of West Virginia!

9 of the 17 remaining covered bridges in the State are within 60 miles or less (mostly less) of Gillum House and you can drive across most of them! Gillum House has a routing prepared to take you to at least 4 of the covered bridges, 2 WV craft shops, and a winery (can be customized). Package includes: 2-nights lodging, routing, packed lunches for 2, famous Gillum House dinner for 2, and of course, a full breakfast each morning. Is the aroma of fresh-ground coffee and homemade muffins tantalizing you yet? Package price is $375 plus 6% WV tax.

 Fresh-Roasted Coffee AND Jimmy's Diner Dollars

January 2, 2010 thru April 10, 2010:  Reserve 2 consecutive nights at Gillum House Bed & Breakfast in Shinnston, WV and get a bonus of $20 in Jimmy’s Diner Dollars. We consider Jimmy’s to be the restaurant version of CHEERS!

Going To Kentucky Horse Park Events?

Shinnston is 5 hours from Kentucky Horse Park.  The Gillum House Bed & Breakfast is a bit over 6 miles west of I-79 and just 2.5 miles from a first class stable. We provide escort from I-79 to the stable and breakfast will be served at the time you request – as early as 4 AM with fresh-ground coffee roasted the night before, and you choose country of origin of the coffee. Arrive at Kentucky Horse Park with both you and your horse(s) rested and ready to go.  Rate is $145 + 6% tax. A separate check or cash of $25 per horse is required at the stable.. Per the insurance company, Gillum House cannot take stable payments.

MountainFest 2010 - A Great Motorcycle Event

Great rates for MountainFest!. July 22 - 25, 2010! Breakfast will be served between 6 AM  and 8 AM each morning so nothing will be missed during this event. We can give you a different routing for each day of this motorcycle funfest. Stop in at the Vintage Motorcycle Show to see John’s paintings! There is a 2-night minimum. Full reservation payment is required on or before July 1, 2010 (personal check or credit card charge). Cancellations after July 10 will incur a $50 cancellation fee..

Deployment Welcome Home

Couples need time together after a deployment. Come to the Gillum House for a "getting to know you again". Military ID required on check-in. Come for 2-nights with full breakfasts served at the time YOU request. Walk or bike the rail-trail or visit covered bridges - we customize a routing for what you want to do and see. Return for a quiet dinner for 2, interrupted only when you are ready for the next course. The 2-nights with breakfasts and dinner is $250 plus tax and includes the military rate. Military ID required.

2 States - 2 Inns - and Twists

Do you like talking motorcycle? Are you interested in the motorcycle racing of the late 1950s and early 60s? Does gear ratio and compression excite you? Then this is the place for you! John was owner tuner of a BSA Gold Star racer (he was riding it when the tree refused to move over) and was at the track with many of the legends of that era - Carrol Resweber, Gary Nixon, Dick Mann, Dick Klamfoth, Jim Koplinski, and bought many of his parts from the legendary Bob Hansen when he was in Racine, Wisconsin. John knew many of the "legends" of motorcycle racing back in the old days. (Psst, ladies, we have a lot for you too.)

After the most restful night of sleep in a long time, the aromas wafting up the stairs have brought you awake with anticipation of a most delicious breakfast. Freshroasted, fresh-ground perked coffee and muffins are waiting for you as a before breakfast appetizer.

You know a great sport ride in two states awaits and the lunch with Kathleen's homemade bread will be just the thing to take care of the "hungries" this afternoon. The hills and turns bring breath-taking scenery into view as you top hills and round curves making this a very special get-away. The conversations with John about BSA, Triumph, and flat-track racing have whetted your appetite for the routing Kathleen has for you. Choose from several different routings for the length of ride YOU prefer - 3 hours? More? The ride culminates at aptly named, Hilltop Haven Bed & Breakfast near Toronto, Ohio where you are welcomed by Charles and Diana. (They may not be the Prince & Princess, but they treat you like royalty!) Relax in the gazebo in the evening as wildlife comes into the meadow and the sound of the waterfall soothes the soul.

After another night of peaceful sleep, you are greeted with the scrumptious breakfast Dani has prepared. Another sumptuous lunch is packed for your ride and Chuck will suggest some great routes for today's ride home. Package price is $299 plus applicable State Taxes.

Bike (or Hike) N Winery

Bike or hike the West Fork River Rail Trail in the morning after a sumptuous full breakfast. Return to the Gillum House to pick up your wonderful packed lunch and directions to tour one of West Virginia's premier wineries - Lambert's Winery. After the tour, Lambert's Winery provides a beautiful and peaceful rural setting for your dining pleasure as you savor the sandwich on Kathleen's homemade bread and the rest of your lunch. Enjoy a tasting of the wonderful wines made by Lambert's Winery as you visit the tasting room. Choose the picnic table in the breezeway or on the scenic grounds of the winery for savoring your lunch.

As you wend your way back to the Gillum House visit 2 of the 17 remaining covered bridges in the State of West Virginia. Return in time for that luscious dinner Kathleen prepared just for you. A second restful night followed by different Gillum House breakfast is just the ticket to relieve the stresses of life. Total package price is $375 plus 6% WV sales tax per couple and available year round.

BED & BREAKFAST TRAINING IN WV

Kathleen offers the seminar - A No-Nonsense Guide to Operating a Bed and Breakfast to Aspiring Innkeepers. The Seminar will be from 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. and is offered as a Sunday thru Thursday 2-night Package.

In addition to discussing all aspects of being an innkeeper, Kathleen focuses of marketing. There will be a packet of materials being covered as well as a CD containing the printed material plus sample spreadsheets for important record keeping. Kathleen has been an innkeeper since opening her start-up B & B in 1996. She has taught seminars in Louisiana, Kentucky, and West Virginia on operating a bed and breakfast, marketing for lodging businesses, and cooking for guests with special dietary needs. She was Marketing Chair for MABB from 1999 to 2008. In 2006 Kathleen received the WV SBA Home-Based Business Champion of the Year.

Arrive the first night and experience being a guest at a B & B with breakfast served at 8 A.M. Class starts at 10 A.M. with a break for lunch (included). Dinner on your own. On the second morning experience preparing a guest breakfast and "flipping" a room..

"We received so much good information in this workshop. Mrs. Panek has the experiential knowledge of innkeeping and presented it very professionally. We left knowing the processes for preparation and setting up the business, the contacts we would need to make, and were given a lot of resource material that we continue to refer to in our career choice of innkeeping." Jim & Christine Hasbrouck, The Grey Swan Inn Bed and Breakfast, Blackstone, VA

And Awaaaaay We Go!

Great riding 2-lane paved roads with great views, neat places to stop, and you will not cross the same piece of pavement twice (unless returning to route). Comes with one of Kathleen's scrumptious packed lunches (her herb bread, turkey with her "secret" topping sandwiches are great favorites) for two and day trip routing planned per each guest's interests. Add Kathleen's homemade manicotti dinner (she makes her own pasta) for an extra special get-away.

A full breakfast will be served at your time each morning. Visit the Classic Vintage Motorcycle Art Gallery in our Library. John rode a Gold Star and Kathleen rode a Shadow 1100. Come talk about the Flat Track days of Dick Mann, Gary Nixon, and the Santa Fe Race Track in Illinois. The fastest man on 2-wheels, Chris Carr has visited here. Off-street parking provided for the bikes. We are a straight 6% tax - no hotel tax in Shinnston. 2 nights with breakfasts, routings, and lunch = $325 + 6% WV sales tax. With dinner for 2: $375 + tax. Call 888-592-0177 for reservations. And Awaaaaaay We Go!

Overnight Stable Package

Stable Stalls
Receive escort service from the I-79 Exit #124 to the stable where everything is ready for your horses. Large stalls with rubber mats and shavings, water and feed portals so no one enters the stall to feed or water your horse.

Meet Punjab the camel and Miss Piggy, the pot-bellied pig at the farm.

Park your trailer (no extra charge) and come the 2.5 miles to the Gillum House where you relax in comfort and enjoy a full breakfast of fresh baked muffins, fruit, 2 juices, entree, and fresh-ground coffee or your choice of over 100 varieties of tea. Breakfast is served at the time YOU specify (yes, we have SERVED at 4:00 AM). B&B Package price includes escort service: $149.00 plus 6% tax. Due to the dictates of the insurance company, a separate check of $25 (or cash) per horse is required for the stable.

 

Bring Your Horses Rail-Trail Special

Are you tired of riding the same old places? Give yourself a treat of a stay at a B&B and give your horse a vacation too. Ride the 17 mile West Fork River Rail-Trail while you stay at the Gillum House Bed & Breakfast in Shinnston, WV. Your horse gets to enjoy the horse b&b (Wade Maley Stables) right on the rail-trail, just minutes from the Gillum House. Meet Punjab the camel at the stable too. Pamper yourself with "down-home" comfort with touches of luxury. A full, elegant breakfast of heart-healthy homemade food is served at the time you request in the morning. A delicious lunch (with homemade bread) is packed for your afternoon on the rail-trail. Then complete your day with an in-room massage. Your host will make the appointment for you, but this requires cash or a check for the licensed massage therapist ($75 for a 1 hour massage). Escort service is provided from the I-79 exit #124 to the stable. Enter the West Fork River Rail-Trail by riding across the farm, no trailer hook-up or road riding necessary. Your horses are given the best of attentions and the best grains and hay. Trailer parking provided. This package is $225.00 per night (escort service from Interstate included) plus 6% tax per couple or choose the 2 night package that includes the famous Gillum House dinner, $395.00 plus tax. The insurance company has made it necessary to require a separate cash or check of $25.00 per horse for the stable fee.

Motorcycle West Virginia - Inn to Inn! - No Motorcycle? Use Your Car

The hosts at the Gillum House Bed & Breakfast in Shinnston, West Virginia are both former riders (he rode Triumphs & BSA Gold Stars and she rode a Honda Shadow 1100) so they know what kind of roads you want to ride.

6 time AMA Grand National Champion Chris Carr and his wife Pam did this ride on June 23, 2004 for SPEEDTV's 2-Wheel Tuesday Greg's Garage segment on August 10, 2004 The motorcycle used for that ride was provided by Triple S Harley-Davidson Buell of Morgantown, West Virginia.

The Gillum House Bed & Breakfast of Shinnston, West Virginia and the Chestnut Ridge Country Inn  of Dunmore, West Virginia offer a unique inn to inn package for you to see the prettiest parts of West Virginia. Start at either inn and we are going to take you via great scenic mountain roads for approx. 160 miles. Travel good highway that is not pitted with holes and hazards, full of history, great curves, and fantastic scenery. Each inn has off-street parking for our motorcycle guests.

Shinnston is in north central Mountaineer Country and Dunmore is in the mountains of the Potomac Highlands of WV.

We are offering a 2-night get-away package or choose our 4-night deluxe package. The 2-night package is one night with breakfast at each inn with a packed lunch for your journey between inns and a packed lunch to eat on the way home AND dinner at each inn. (Dinner is served at Chestnut Ridge Country Inn at 6:30 P.M.) Total 2-night package price is: $ 436.00 taxes included, double occupancy. Make it a 4-night package that includes all the above plus a second night at each inn and an itinerary of great places to ride and/or things to do in each area for your day-trip. Total 4-night package price is: $675.00 tax included. Gift Certificates available.