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Group Functions The American plan style of hospitality traces • ,l• -
Tour The BALSAMS its roots to the earliest days of this nation. �.
According to custom, pioneer families who
Rates&Reservations lived along rugged trails in remote regions of
the frontier would offer the hospitality of their
home to unknown passersby. When staying at
About an in-town hotel, a traveler expected to
The BALSAMS
purchase services a la carte off an itemized
list with published prices. However, as a
History guest of one of the rustic "wayside inns", the
traveler would pay just one price which
First in the included free use of all that the house had to
Nation offer.
Forest Since the Whittemores first began taking in
Conservation travelers in Dixville Notch, guests have
enjoyed all-inclusive American plan
Mission hospitality. The BALSAMS rates include
Statement private guest room accommodations, choice
of the menu dining, and unlimited use of all
the facilities, activities and entertainment of
American Plan this 15,000 acre destination resort. There are
no extra charges for registered guests to play
Accommodations either of two golf courses or play tennis on
the clay and all-weather courts; or in the
Accolades winter to ski and board on the alpine slopes,
or to ski cross-country on 95 kilometers of
trails, or to go snowshoeing or ice skating.
General Every guest is always welcome to use all
Information facilities indoors or out without extra charge.
Services & There is a full schedule of daily events and
Facilities activities, such as, professional golf, tennis
and mountain bike clinics, ski clinics, guided
Staff nature tours, culinary demonstrations and
wine tastings, skating parties, a variety of
Employment contests and tournaments, plus a fully
Opportunities supervised children's program seven days a
week during summer social season and a
supervised nursery in the winter. In the
evening there are full-length feature films,
lectures, concerts, three rooms of live
entertainment and nightclub shows. Again,
everything is included. American plan
hospitality is the ultimate resort experience
for style, value, and satisfaction.
http://www.thebalsams.com/americanplan.cfm 6/22/2004