A Pricing Nudge at The Vonnegut House
Henry Schnull and Clemens Vonnegut Jr. conducting important matters.
We don’t want to count our chickens before they hatch. Or perhaps our innoculations before they make the rounds. However, it appears that The Vonnegut House, if all goes as expected, will survive this pandemic intact.
There were some tight moments, some patient customers while we tried not to commit ourselves to any overpromises of financial restoration, and more than once concern for the enterprise as a whole, but as it’s a businesses job to look a year ahead, and next year looks a lot better than this year, therefore we plan to still be in business from where we sit now.
It’s been a tough year for Indiana, America and the World, and we mightily acknowledge this fact. As we speak, people are paying the price all over America for seeking fellowship during a disease that thrives on keeping us isolated. This house at 130 years old has seen more than one war to end all wars and crisis, and left the hands of it’s eponymous family only to be bought back by them some decades later, so was the affection for this place, although it’s neighbors to the north did not have the opportunity to reenter Vonnegut Service, just 814, our house.
As we so enjoy providing this service and unique opportunity to our clients, time in a little piece of Hoosier paradise, the management of The Vonnegut House have decided to adjust the rates of pay for our stay and services so as to not only increase our level of service ( it’s an old house, it’s a lot to take care of to get it right!) but to pay our considerable debts to secure our future as an enterprise.
As of this publishing, our summer season rates will appreciate from $835 a night to $890. As an incentive for those who wish to stay over 7 nights, our weekly rate will be $5990, giving a $240 incentive to do so. the longer you stay, the more relaxed you will be!
We will also be extending our Spring and Fall rates into the month of October, ending Halloween Night, Oct 31. Fall has become increasingly popular and enjoyable over the whole house, and we don’t want to nip that in the bud, but we think the experience is worth it.
We have also increased our Special Weekend Rate to $1200 from $1000 per night for the Culver Academy Winter School Reunion and Graduation Weekends when available, and other special events as might arise.
All other categories will remain unchanged, and this is not retroactive to contracts already signed.
Feel free to talk to us about any of this. While we need to secure the enterprise, our mutual happiness is our ultimate goal. We delayed posting this a bit in order to get our most enthusiastic early birds booked without a tif, but we do need to act on this to keep up with the market and our costs.
Looking forward to prosperous and profitable 2021! We’ll see you down by the lake…
Lake Maxincuckee from the Vonnegut House