“We tend to be full until we’re well through the Balloon Fiesta,” says Steve Hiatt, who with his wife, Kathy, owns Bottger Mansion.

Chef-turned-innkeeper Amanda Zimlich cooks breakfast and does all the housekeeping at Otter’s Pond B&B on Orcas Island.

Joseph Lettieri, co-owner and operator of InnBuffalo off Elmwood, almost sold the hotel in 2020. Now, it’s the busiest it’s ever been.