Marsha's Vineyard Bed & Breakfast — Hotel in Arthur

The bed n breakfast was recommended to me by the bed n breakfast I use to stay in before it closed. This is a beautiful property with great rooms inside. Finishings are very nice and the use of the kitchen is great too. Marsha, the owner, is very nice and helpful. ||While some may not like the fact that the breakfast part of the bed n breakfast is a choice of cold or hot cereal, fruit, and or yogurt fixed by you, we loved it, because we bring our own food with us and make everything ourselves, which was very easy because of the kitchen access. Prices were fair, everything was clean, and there was a nice area to sit outside.||Now for my concerns||The bed was beautiful, but hard as cement. In fact, it was so hard my hips hurt from sleeping on it. My next concern is the most serious: security. The layout of the place was there were two doors, both opened into the kitchen, there is a door in the kitchen that leads to the loft and the loft's bathroom in downstairs just off the kitchen, which I'd say is a throw back to 80 years ago when many hotels had a shared bathroom down the hall, not very convenient for the loft guests. What is most serious is neither the loft nor the downstairs garden room has locks on the doors except on the inside. This means you can't lock your room door if you leave leaving your valuables insecure. Also, the doors that lead to the outside were at times left unlocked, meaning people from the outside could just stroll in and gain access to unlocked rooms. I realize it is Amish country, but still to not make sure guest's valuables can be secured is nothing less than negligence. We had to tote our luggage with us everywhere we went, which was not very convenient. ||Since they don't take credit cards you will have to make sure you take your cash or checkbook. If they fix the security issues and replace that hard as rock mattress, it is easily an excellent...

My husband and I booked this place as we were looking for a short getaway. It was time to get away from the stress and busyness! This place fit the bill. Is very conveniently located near many interesting things to see and do in Arthur Illinois and surrounding towns. It was beastly hot when we were there and the air conditioning worked great! The downstairs Garden Room is spacious and has its own bathroom. This place would be ideal if you had multiple couples wanting to spend time together in one place. I like that it is not attached to the main house so you feel like you have a house to yourself. A couple of suggestions for those who plan to stay there are to bring a cooler with your own water soda Etc. Also bring your own ice. If you are looking for a place to serve you a hearty breakfast each morning this is not what you are looking for. However it is nice to be able to do breakfast on your own time table as Marsha leaves yummy Amish made baked goods as well as other items for breakfast. Honestly, we were so tired of eating around there because the food is so great that it was probably good we didn't have a full breakfast. It was very clean and served...

As part of our journey across route 66 we wanted to spend a day in an Amish community so diverted off route for a stop over at Marsha's Vineyard B&B.||||The accommodation is separate to the main house and is very tastefully decorated to a high standard and is extremely comfortable.||||Marsha is the perfect host, she is friendly, helpful and made us feel very welcome, giving us great suggestions for dining, shopping and sightseeing in Arthur.||||The continental breakfast was perfect as it gave us the flexibility to eat when we were ready rather than been tied to breakfast schedule. Marsha provided a variety of Amish cakes, loaves, fruit, yogurts, cereals, fruit juice, tea and coffee.||||As there we no guests following us, Marsha said there was no urgency for us to check out, which was very kind of her.||||Highlight of our visit was going to the Amish auction which Marsha recommended, not to be missed!!!||||If ever I'm fortunate enough to be passing though Arthur again, I would love...