I am flattered by your comments about me and the inn. Thank you Suzin; I suppose that my passion and lifelong love for Ripton and its residents, as well as our guests shine through. Thank you very much to you and Steve for staying with me over Middlebury College Graduation.

Good morning Michael and thank you for your favorable review of the Chipman Inn. I am thrilled that you appreciate the friendliness of my staff and the work that they do relative to cleanliness. It was an honor to be of service to you and your son. We hope to see you again.

Good morning Alfred and thank you for taking the time to provide us and Hotels.com with comments relative to the Chipman Inn. We are thrilled that you enjoyed dinner at Fire & Ice in Middlebury -- one of my favorites. Thank you for staying with us and we hope to see you again.

Good afternoon Steve, thank you very much for taking the time to complete the Orbitz Survey on the Chipman Inn and also for your flattering comments. I am thrilled that you stayed with us for the Middlebury College 2023 "Feb" Graduation and that you enjoyed our full New England breakfast and our comfortable beds. Kudos to you and Jane for making the trip and attending graduation despite the -25 F degree and sub-zero temperatures. Thanks again.

Good morning Jane and thank you for your favorable ranking of the Chipman Inn on Expedia. I value your opinion as do potential guests who search for lodging establishments in and around Ripton. Please come back and visit us again soon.

Greetings Stephen, thank you very much for your rating of the Chipman Inn and your positive comments. I am thrilled that you enjoyed your stay, and I am sorry about your airport delayed return trip to Los Angeles. We hope to see you again during your future visit for Middlebury College football.

Good afternoon Cynthia and thank you very much for your kind comments. It was a true pleasure to meet you and Beth. Please believe me when I say that my staff and I enjoyed being of service to you. Please come and see us again and until then, stay safe in Dubai.

Good evening Michelle, thank you for taking the time to submit your review of the Chipman Inn to Expedia. I am thrilled that you and Charlotte enjoyed your stay and that we met your expectation. It makes me happy to know that you had a lovely stay. Please come again.

Good morning Ted, You are the best! I am delighted that you enjoyed your stay with us. Despite the Rose Room's authentic, crooked antique floor, I do my utmost to ensure a comfortable stay and a good night's rest. Did I tell you that your morning's breakfast eggs come fresh from the egg farm in Salisbury -- the next town south of Ripton? Thank you again so much for your business. Safe travels home to Chicago.

Good evening Dr. Naveen P. and thank you for your kind words relative to your stay at the Chipman Inn. I am thrilled that you enjoyed your stay us and were able to use the Chipman while retrieving your daughter at UVM Medical School and also as a base of touring the Addison County area. There is much to see and do -- especially walking the Shelburne Museum as well Shelburne Farms. You have an amazing family and I am honored to have met and also have been of service to you all.

Thank you very much Amy for taking the time to comment on the Chipman Inn. How appropriate it is for you to have stayed at the Chipman Inn while visiting from Rhode Island -- which was built by Middlebury College founder Daniel Chipman -- while your daughter continues her college search and tour at Middlebury College. I wish you and your daughter continued success.

Thank you very much Ron for your kind comment and also for staying with us. I am glad that you found us and were able to use us as a base of operations to complete your project work in Whiting. I hope we see you again.

Good evening Erik, thank you for taking the time for ranking Chipman Inn with a favorable rating. It means a lot as many guests -- especially Middlebury College parents -- tell me how they check out rankings prior to making a booking decision. Congrats to your amazing daughter(s) on her/their accomplishments. Well done.

Good morning Dietram, thank you very much for your kind words relative to your recent stay. I am grateful to have skiing families like yours with awesome children -- Dahlia and Lulu -- which make innkeeping so rewarding. Thank you for staying with me. It was a pleasure to be of service to you.

Good afternoon Anonymous, thank you very much for taking the time to write and submit your post-stay review of the Chipman Inn. We are very grateful for your business -- especially in this Covid era -- and hope to see you again soon.

Thank you very much for taking the time to review the Chipman Inn and also for the very favorable comment. It is very important to my staff and me that our guests are comfortable and well fed while traveling away from home. We hope to see you again soon.

Thank you very much Brian for taking the time to write and submit your review on Expedia. It was fun having you and your lovely partner Anton stay with me. You two accomplished more sightseeing in beautiful, scenic Vermont in two days than almost any other guests who have stayed with me here at the Chipman Inn. I hope to see you again soon.

Good evening Rose. Thank you very much for taking the time to complete and submit your review of the Chipman Inn to Expedia. I am thrilled that you enjoyed your stay away from home. I know how stressful it can be to return a daughter to college. And thank you too for allowing me to test a variation of my Baked Amish Apple Stuffed French Toast recipe on you and Michael. I kept my fingers crossed that the zest of orange and Gran Marnier would add a flavorful zip to breakfast.

Good evening Hugh and thank you very much for the favorable rating. I am thrilled that you and your brother Conrad and your spouses were able to stay with me and use the Chipman as a base for your family reunion in Orwell. It was our pleasure to be of service to you.

Hello Liliane, thank you very much for your complimentary review. Please believe me when I say that I am very grateful. It is my goal to make certain that you and my other guests are comfortable and enjoy your stay while traveling -- especially if you have not been to the area before. It is important that I communicate the different restaurant attributes, the sights to see and directions to points of interest. Having answers can take a lot of stress out of travel. And speaking of travel, I am thrilled that you and Niko will enjoy the trip of the summer...traveling to Stowe, Boston, P-town, Martha's Vineyard and Lieutenant's Island off of Wellfleet, and last but not least, Manhattan. And I misspoke when I recommended the "Red Barn" on Commercial Street in Provincetown; the restaurant name is actually "The Red Inn." You will love it as the food is as spectacular as the view of Cape Cod Bay and lighthouses. Have fun and safe travels. Fondly, Chris

Thank you very much for your favorable response to Expedia's request for a post-stay review. I am delighted that you enjoyed your guest room accommodations, and I hope that we see you again.

Thank you very much Vaughn for taking the time to submit your comments about your recent visit with us at the Chipman Inn. I wish that you could have heard the comments about your family -- especially Harlan during Sunday breakfast or the day after your departure about what a nice young man he is. You and your spouse are great parents -- especially considering the fact that you are giving him this opportunity to have weeks of fun at camp in Vermont and develop life-long friendships and also drove 9 hours from western PA to deliver him to camp. Keep up the good work! Thanks again.

Good evening Anonymous, thank you very much for taking the time to respond to Expedia relative to your thoughts about the inn. I love this town, and I am very grateful to have the opportunity to work and live in this historic inn. While it is not perfect, I try to make up for shortcomings in other ways. There is nothing that I can do about the location -- which has advantages and disadvantages, so I do my utmost to make you comfortable and feel at home during your time away from home. Again, thank you.

Good evening anonymous, thank you very much for taking the time to rank the Chipman inn. We appreciate your feedback and hope that you enjoyed your stay with us. It certainly is wonderful once again to have the opportunity to be of service to our guests.

Greetings Anirudh, thank you for your favorable review and comments about the Chipman Inn. The history here in Ripton -- Joseph Battell's Bread Loaf Stock Morgan Horse Farm, his resort, Middlebury College's Bread Loaf Graduate School of English, the Writer's Conference, Robert Frost and the plethora of writers and teachers, all contribute to an extraordinary history and magical place in the Green Mountain National Forest. Yes, I am sincerely passionate about my adopted home town and its history. Thank you for listening to my tales -- sometimes I do not know when to stop. I hope we see you again next year.

I am thrilled Dave that your experience with me here at the Chipman Inn was a positive one. Our goal is to meet and exceed your expectations -- especially when it comes to key drivers such as Breakfast and Cleanliness -- and as well as Location, Location and Location in this pretty little village of Ripton in the center of the Green Mountain National Forest. Thank you very much for staying with me during these unusual times and period of very low room night demand. Please come see us again.

Susan, thank you so very much for your favorable comments and positive feedback. I am glad that you enjoyed the Robert Frost guest room and were comfortable during your brief stay with us -- it is our goal to meet and exceed your expectation. I hope that you had a safe return trip home.

Good evening Jill and thank you for your kind comments and very favorable review of your recent stay here at the Chipman. I thought of you just last evening when I ordered three more paintings by Vermeer, Millet and Hopper. The Hopper, "route 6, Eastham, MA" will hang in your room, the Rose Room. No other guest has been able to successfully "name the artist" like you did. Thank you for making innkeeping fun and of course for staying with me. I look forward to seeing you again in November.

Thank you very much for taking the time to respond to Expedia's request to rank the Chipman Inn and your recent stay, and also for the favorable "5 out of 5." I sincerely hope that you enjoyed your stay with us and we hope to see you again soon. Thanks again.

Eddie and family, thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and write a flattering review of the Chipman Inn. With two daughters, I know how difficult it can be to bring a child to college -- especially to start his freshman year, and not to mention during a COVID-19 pandemic. With you all presenting such a united show of family support, you pulled off the move marvelously. I know that he will be a huge success at Middlebury College. I am delighted that you enjoyed our breakfasts and appreciate the quality of our accommodations. We pride ourselves on farmhouse cooking -- certainly not gourmet -- but flavorful and decent tasting food prepared with quality ingredients -- and with as much locally sourced, fresh food as possible. It's even better knowing that you were well-fueled and prepared to face whatever challenge the move-in presented. Laura and I hope to see you again during your next visit to the Chipman.

Good evening Sheryl and Robert and thank you for commenting on your stay at the Chipman. I confess ... I heated the team's lunches for you only because I wanted to sample one of your amazing homemade, home-baked single-serving meat pies -- which were truly heavenly. We need you and Robert to intern here to share your culinary skills with me and my staff. In all seriousness, it is our pleasure to help however we can. It is not easy when you are a guest traveling 1,500 miles from your home state of Minnesota. Parents like you make extreme sacrifices for their young adult children -- my hats are off to you for planning and executing lunch for your son's teammates. In addition, I am delighted to be able to share my antique Garland ovens -- which, as you may or may not know -- were deemed obsolete and found on the front lawn of a Middlebury College frat house in 1972. The hinges are worn but as you can attest, the ovens work fine. Thank YOU both for being engaging with me and the other guests. Getting to know you and sharing stories of Winter Carnival in front of the fireplace made for magic in these mountains.

Good evening Matt and Melissa, thank you very much for your kind and thoughtful words. I am thrilled and grateful that you write that our breakfast is "off the charts." We make an effort to make fresh dishes and follow the basics with hot food hot; cold food cold. As a sports fan I was very interested to learn of your father's achievements in playing baseball at St. John's in Manhattan and his high success as far as AAA minor leagues. You have great stories to share. It was delightful to meet you and your living in Ridgefield, CT makes your acquaintance even more special. Thank you again.

Good evening Rosa and thank you so much for your kind words and feedback. I am truly grateful that you enjoyed your visit to the Green Mountains and your stay with us at the Chipman. I am thrilled that you enjoyed breakfast. Especially during these cold winter months we all need hot coffee and sustenance to help us stay warm. Come visit Vermont in the Summer and Fall seasons if you have not already done so; it is truly beautiful then as it is during Winter.

Good morning and thank you for taking the time to complete the Expedia survey. I am delighted that you enjoyed your guest room accommodations and appreciate the period furniture and comfortable atmosphere that I do my best to create. Thank you again.

Thank you very much Vincent for rating the Chipman Inn. We enjoyed having you stay with us. Always a privilege and honor to meet someone who has serious ties and history to the East Middlebury, Ripton, and Bread Loaf School of English area. I hope to see you and Sophie again.

Thank you very much for your favorable review of the Chipman Inn. I am thrilled that you found us and we hope to see you again.

Good evening Anonymous, thank you very much for taking the time to share your comments relative to your recent stay at the Chipman Inn. Many guests tell me that they made their decision to book with me because of what they read here and on Tripadvisor. I am very grateful to you for taking the time and am thrilled that you enjoyed your stay with us. Please do come and visit us again.

Thank you for the high ranking on Hotels.com. Kim, it was truly wonderful to meet you and hear your story -- the return to Vermont and beautiful Addison County after a 15-year hiatus. Thank you for your business and I hope we see one another again soon.

Thank you very much Jim for your kind comment. We try very hard to meet and exceed our guest's expectations. I know how important it is to get answers to questions relative to dining options, directions, or places to see while traveling away from home. I hope that we see you again.

Charming? Great? Thank you Eve. It takes one to know one. I so enjoyed having the opportunity to meet and speak with you.