- Lodging:
Cruden's
Shoreland Cottage (2020 bookings
closed March 5th, 2020)
- Off season photo of Lobster Cove.
- Local celebrations: [offerings
vary each year] Lobster Boat Races
[June 16, 2018], 56th Annual Windjammer
Days [may have
fireworks - June 24-30, 2018], 4th of
July [normally with fireworks],
concerts,
Jazz
[July 22, 2018],
Arts & Yachts Exhibition
[August 9-12, 2018],
Boothbay
Harbor Fest August 31 - September 9, 2018, Labor
Day [September 3, 2018]
- Town of Boothbay Harbor:
restaurants, bars/taverns [some have entertainers and/or music],
shops: artwork, clothing, food,
wine, spirits, antiques, collectibles, aquarium, gifts, books/newspapers,
YMCA (short-term
memberships), non-member BHYC Youth Program (sailing
& tennis), banks, library, realtors,
worship, [and church suppers], pancake breakfasts, live
theater (The Opera House &
Carousel Music Theatre),
The Harbor Theatre (cinema), video rentals, art shows, rentals: kayaks (Boothbay Harbor or
East Boothbay),
bicycles, powerboat, sailboat, band
concert [library lawn each Thursday in July &
August]
- Boat trips: from the piers of
Boothbay Harbor:
waterfront attractions
including homes, lighthouses,
whale
watching,
puffins, seals,
Monhegan Island,
fishing,
sailing,
clambake
- Area:
18 Golf,
walking
trails, Ocean Point, railroad/automobile
museum, hillside automobile racing, chowder
supper [St. Philips Wiscasset each Monday
in July & August,
restaurant menus, find that special local purchase that
inspires you - meet the Bett's.
- Day trips: Augusta, Portland,
Camden,
Freeport, Bar Harbor,
Wiscasset,
Damariscotta,
Bath, Owl's Head,
Rockland, Moosehead Lake,
Boston via train or bus [from Portland],
Maine Foliage,
Leaf Peeping,
Popham Beach, Beach at Reid State Park,
Pemaquid Lighthouse,
Common Ground Fair
[Unity September 21-23, 2018], State Fair [Bangor July
27- August 5, 2018],
Maine Lobster
Festival [Rockland August 1-5, 2018],
Maine Antiques
Festival [Union August 3-5, 2018], Maine Eastern
Railroad,
Bowdoin Int'l
Music Festival [Brunswick June 25 - August 3, 2018]
- Museums:
Railway Village [Boothbay], Maine State [Augusta], Maritime [Bath], Farnsworth [Rockland], Transportation [Owl's Head],
Art [Portland]
- American Cruise Lines brings
up to 100 tourists
by sea on Thursdays at $6K to $12K per couple in 2012 and up to 49 tourists by sea on Sundays.
Similar to a resort hosting an event such as a wedding during your
stay, best you know when other's interests are extremely important
to merchants.
- Moving on:
Quebec
City 6 ¼ hours drive, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Boston, New York City
- Boothbay region people who made a
difference:
Stan Tupper [1921-2006],
Charlie Begin [1946-2004]
John K Heyl [1906-2011]
- Opportunity for
Owners
of Boothbay Region Cottages to present
messages to potential Boothbay Region visitors
- Digital Cell Phone Service within buildings and
in the area is
challenged though good compared with many nearby further
Downeast areas. Depending on live cellular Maps for
navigation frustrates.
- Local Real Estate: An approach that worked
- WiFi is available at the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library
- Insights for
European /
Asian guests
- Why
I keep coming back
-
Wiscasset DOT webcams
- Boothbay Harbor Winter Vacation - Tourist infrastructure
largely hibrenating. Periodic snow emergencies cause street parking bans closing
most year around businesses. In recent years,
Boothbay Lights has
hosted positive wintertime experiences.
- Seasonal Toursit Infrastruture - Is highly dynamic
meaning offerings and personnel change. Always confirm that venues
you plan to support will be available when you plan to visit. Rely
on the most current peer reviews. Have fall back plans for rainy
days and businesses closed for emergencies. Build flexibility
and tolerance into your plans. Twelve stools at a "must experience"
bar makes for twelve happy people at the start of happy hour. Likely
they will be there an hour later.
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