contributors
Mary White is the CEO & Founder of BnBFinder.com and the author of Running a Bed & Breakfast for Dummies. A former securities broker, she decided to embark on a new venture – internet marketing – nearly 20 years ago and developed a user-friendly website that places B&Bs and inns on a competitive level with larger hotels and resorts. Today, BnBFinder.com earns the industry’s highest rankings and provides compelling content for guests. Mary has been named a bed and breakfast industry leader by Innkeeping Quarterly magazine and is the recipient of the Professional Association of Innkeepers International’s Award of Merit.
Sigrid Hart is a Reflexologist with a strong belief in natural therapies and a holistic approach to health. Her passion as a "helper" led her to pursue training in reflexology, and she achieved certification in 2013. She is registered with the Reflexology Registration Council of Ontario (RRCO). Her philosophy includes a compassionate approach to well-being, and self-care. She believes that complementary therapies like reflexology can successfully support individual health and wellness goals. [email protected]
Lisa Mackay graduated Esthetics from Seneca College in 1998, and adopted the motto “beauty from the inside out,” then studying fitness and nutrition, becoming a personal trainer and gymnastics coach. Utilizing beauty and fitness experience, led her to compete on fitness pageant stages. Lisa’s “real-world” writing strives from her live-outside-of-the-box career path, six years at Toronto’s Anti-Spa, The Ten Spot, then a year overseas in Amsterdam, as a Waxologist at Strips Waxing-Bar, to most recently, the Spa Director at Bamboo Spa, Georgian Bay’s first “go-green” spa.
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Chris Ryall is a self-confessed spa addict. He has been one for more than 30 years. "I need to be kneaded – and wrapped and exfoliated," says Chris. He has experienced everything from fish spas and chocolate bean polishes to four-handed massages and caviar facials in more than 50 countries on six continents. Along the way he has seen and experienced the good, the bad, and the ugly of the spa industry.