The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-08-30
SUMMER COTTAGE
DEMAND GROWING
FAST IN VERMONT
Number of Applicants Largely
Exceeds Buildings
TOURIST SEASON IS GOOD
Reports 70 Publicity Bureau
Show Hotels Are Doing
Good Business

StdSpu tlstM Htit' uul iutIc - no ldl-
ling off in the number Of tourists com.
ing to Vermont, according to results
Of a recent survey made by the State
Publicity Bureau. Hotels and board
Ing houses generally report increasing
business. Many hotels have been full
to capacity and people have been
obliged to go elsewhere as they we're
unable to obtain accommodations.
One summer hotel has en- arged its
plant by putting up camps and tent
bungalows which have been very pop
ular with the guests, and the propri.
etor expects to put up more next year.
Many tourists stop occasionally at the
hotels, and automobile camping par
ties are now frequent sights along
Vermont roadsides. They come from
every state in the union and Canada.
The camps are full in most localities
where cottages are rented. Thirty
seven different states are also repre-.
scented in the boys and girls camps
bringing thousands OF boys and girls
and their parents into the state each
summer.
The publicity department publishes
annually booklets descriptive of Yer.
mont and advertises and distributes
these pamph cts outside the State for
the purpose Of giving public addition
al information concerning Vermont.
Beside numerous publications OF in
terest to the tourist. such as motor
Tours in Vermont and Green Noun.
tains of Vermont the State also
publishes a directory OF hotels and
boarding houses called Where to
Stop in Vermont in which any rep
utable hotel or summer boarding
house keeper may advertise free Of
charge. A list Of Vermont farms for
sale a booklet containing lists Of Yer
mont cottages for rent or for sale,
and a booklet Of summer homes for
sale in Vermont, are also published,
in all OF which any Vermont prop
erty may be advertised free of charge,
The information herein contained was
gathered in an attempt to check up
on the value of this advertising.
There are not enough Vermont cot
tages to go around. One cottage own
or in Vergennes writes: There have
been more calls for cottages this sea
son than for the last three seasons put
together, and ! think there Will be
more next summer as people are be-
ginning to realize the beauties Of Lake
Champlain aud the mountains
II every cottage owner had the spir
1t OF the correspondent from Lake
Memphremagog, it would not take long
to make Vermont the H. cuost yaca.
tion playground OF New England.
81 received letters OF application for
cottages from Maine, Massachusetts,
New York, Pennsylvania, and New
Hampshire, probably fifteen in mum.
Der this season all mentioning the
Cottage Rental booklet. | had rented
my cottage previous to these applica-
tions, but in each case Of a letter com.
ing from people reading the booklet,
| replied and gave full information re-
gardiug other cottages, also a descrip-
tiAn of our lovely lake and surround
ing country. The past few seasons
have brought many strangers to us,
aud | believe the plan Of advertising
TO be a wonderful one for Vermont.
! am o trying to purchase land to
build another cottage this fail. | be-
lieve one hundred cottages could be
rented il land could be secured for
same around this lake, as | have had
many inquiries besides those coming
from the booklet advertising, | ap.
preciate the privilege of this oppor.
tunity to advertise very, very much
A cottage owner from Bristol
writes: Il think we must have re.
ceived twenty or more letters in re-
ply to Il advertisement of a cottage
to rent at Long Point. Many of them
wanted a cottage for two months. We
had applications from New York city
more from there than from any
other II place. Others were from
New Jersey, Washington, d. c. and
other points in New York. The sea
son at Long Point has been a very
good one, cottages in great demand
Other resorts reporting a season
better than the average are South
Hero, Highgate Springs, Cedar Beach
Burlington. st. Johnsbury, Stowe and
Middlebury. Only in two instances
was the season reported not so good
as in 1920. Several hotel keepers and
camp owners, however. have written
that the summer was characterized by
a large number Of cancellations and
have wished that some means might
be devised for protection against per
sons reserving rooms or cottages, who
when the time came did not make an
appearance.
The tourists themselves have pleas
ant words for Vermont scenery anc
The work which the Publicity Bureau
IS doing. A Philadelphia physician
sent the following letter;
Il have your communication OF jane
10th together with the information
concerning Cold Spring Camps in Az
erlll. also the three booklets of printed
matter. for which | wish to thanh
you. Cold Spring Camps sounds like
/ real vacation. | have already writ
EN- for accommodations.
II also wish to thank you for YOU
good wishes for a pleasant vacation
n Vermont | have travelled abroad
through Italy. France, Switzerland
England, etc, seeing some beautiful
country, but in my eyes none to sur
pass the gorgeous country | witnessed
: while motoring through Vermont las