status www.austincabinrentals.com

Please let me know the change category status of
http://www.austincabinrentals.com

submitted to
http://dmoz.org/Regional/North_Amer...Travel_and_Tourism/Lodging/Bed_and_Breakfast/

Please fix the non-clickable, clickable link to the category.

Bump.

Listed in http://dmoz.org/Regional/North_Amer...ocalities/A/Austin/Travel_and_Tourism/Lodging

I'm extremely grateful to be listed in the category you stated. And, I had no problem getting my site listed. However. I originally submitted one level too high and now I'm trying to change categories from

http://dmoz.org/Regional/North_Amer...calities/A/Austin/Travel_and_Tourism/Lodging/
to
http://dmoz.org/Regional/North_Amer...Travel_and_Tourism/Lodging/Bed_and_Breakfast/

I submitted a category change request months ago and thought this was the forum I should be in to check on the status of that change request. Please advise as to how I can check on my request to be embedded in the bed and breakfast sub-category so I can be listed with my fellow innkeepers.

Thanks for your advice.
lostparrot
http://www.austincabinrentals.com

Sorry; missed that in your request. You did originally submit to the subcat, and the editor who reviewed it thought in belonged in the parent cat.

Corrected status: The update request is waiting review.

Thanks.

When I originally submitted my site, I submitted it to the parent category thinking I was submitting it to the bed and breakfast sub category. When I realized that I had made an error in my original submiission, I submitted a change of category request form.

I got exactly what I asked for. Just asked for the wrong thing.

Do you think there is any chance of getting www.austincabinrentals.com moved to the bed and breakfast sub category?

Thanks for your time,
lostparrot

We have a formal definition of "bed and breakfast," which, not being much of a travel editor, I don't know. But it is based on industry sources. The first order of business is to make sure that the salient characteristics are easily found in the information on the website. The second is to submit a change request, noting in the "reason" field that the B&B category would be more important.

If the business fits our definition, and the site says so, then an editor will usually move the listing without qualms.

The below is taken from the DMOZ lodging submission:

AAA classifies a Bed and Breakfast as a limited service lodging type with the following definition; "Usually smaller establishments emphasizing a more personal relationship between operators and guests, leading to an "at home" feeling. Guest units tend to be individualally decorated. Rooms may not include some modern amenities such as television and telephones, and may have a shared bathroom. Usually owner-operated, with a common room or parlor, separate from the innkeeper's living quarters, where guests and operators can interact during evening and breakfast hours. Evening office closures are normal. A continental or full, hot breakfast is served and is included in the room rate." (Quoted from the AAA. "New York TourBook". Buffalo, NY: AAA Publishing. 1999)

Cabin accommodations are typically smaller buildings of simple construction in remote locations. They usually have their own cooking facilities.

Our facility is owner operated. We live on the premises and offer an intimate "at home" feeling. We interact with our guests and serve a continental breakfast. There also is a common deck area that's attached to our house where guests gather for conversations with owners and other guests. Each cabin is individually decorated to give the guests a cozy and romantic lodging experience. We call them cabins rather than cottages because we are in TEXAS!


Some months ago I submitted a change form with an explanation to the editor.
I never received a response so I decided to check the status of that submission in this forum.
I felt submitting a second change form would be in voilation of DMOZ guidelines.

Are you able to check the status of a change forms?

Currently, the sub-category for bed and breakfast doesn't have an editor. Therefore, I'm clueless where I should go from here.

Any advice you can offer is appreciated.
lostparrot
www.austincabinrentals.com

That sounds like we differentiate between B&Bs and cabins.

DMOZ does distinguish between cabins and bed and breakfast, however in our region there is not a sub-category for cabins.

Cabins in Texas are usually barebones rustic and located on rivers deep in the hill country. And though we have 8 acres at Lake Travis, we are in the Austin metro area with ammenities of a B&B. With us you get the privacy of a cabi n and the charm of a B&B, Like M&M's we're two, two, two treats in one!

Thanks for the dialogue. Still in hopes an editor or moderator of this forum will be able to answer my question about the status of my change request.

Thanks,
lostparrot
www.austincabinrentals.com

It has been rejected (at least so far as the category move was concerned.)

That's the editor's call, and I think I see why it was made so. But "Bed and Breakfast" is in your title/description, as it is NOT in most sites in the B&B category. From your perspective (search engine bait) that's a good thing (not to mention the higher category has better page rank): from our perspective, that's a reasonable way of handling a part-fish-part-fowl element -- categorize as fish, but call it fowl in the description.

I'd suggest letting it rest and moving to other aspects of the business promotion business.

we are in the Austin metro area

Click to expand...

That was how it looked to me, too.

Thanks for the information and thoughtful suggestions.
I'll take your advice and leave my listing well enough alone.

DMOZ is very interesting to me. Maybe I'll apply to become a volunteer editor
so I can become well-informed on these issues like yourselves.

Thanks again,
Lostparrot

We look for people who start out well-educated about a topic (a community, or a business). With some background knowledge, you can make a difference helping make the one-size-almost-fits-almost-all global ODP taxonomic policies fit more sites, more often. If I were you, I'd pick a topic "nearby:" Lodging in a nearby town, or some other business/social interest in Austin itself. Spend a few hours on Google trying to find good site about the area that we don't have yet. If you enjoy doing that, then you're ... likely to get addicted.