SUWS | SEASONS | PHOENIX OUTDOOR

The Inn on Mill Creek has a long and special relationship with SUWS of the Carolinas, and now with Phoenix Outdoor. The Inn is 5-10 minutes from both the Base Camp (the graduation site) and the Wolf Creek facility, where the parenting workshops take place.  We are the closest accommodations to SUWS, and our Bed & Breakfast is also just 10 minutes from small town of Black Mountain, which has many small shops and excellent dining.

Dave and Brigette are very familiar with the workshop and graduation process, having hosted more than 500 SUWS families since we became innkeepers in April 2007.

As our guest, you will enjoy:

• Our largest discounts on room rates, for two-day graduation stays and parent workshops

• Flexible check-in times for parents who have late flights or other travel demands, and relaxed reservation policies

• Quiet, relaxing, contemporary accommodations on seven peaceful acres inside Pisgah National Forest

For parents with children who are graduating:

• Usually the opportunity to meet and talk with other parents whose children are graduating at the same time

• Full breakfasts at 8:15am to ensure that you're on time (and well fed) for the parent seminar and the overnight experience

• Complimentary hot showers after graduation for you and your child -- your graduate will thank you

• Complimentary hot coffee, tea and baked goods will be available for you after graduation 

MORE DETAILS

We typically host multiple parents each week during graduations, and evenings in our Great Room and breakfasts in our Solarium become friendly gathering places for conversation on a shared experience. We make it a point to provide as much information as we can to help make your stay as easy and stress-free as possible, including driving directions, maps, restaurant recommendations and weather forecasts.

As mentioned above, we're very flexible with check-in times; we're sympathetic to the demands of a long day of travel that often including a flight, car rental, and drive from an airport... or just a full day of driving itself. We can recommend and, if desired, make reservations for nearby dinner locations before or after check-in here, and we can make arrangements with you for a self check-in if you anticipate arriving after 10:00 pm. 

We do our utmost to make your stay and graduation go as smoothly as possible. Feel free to call or e-mail us with any questions.

We do ask that you bring clean socks for yourselves and your graduate to wear in the room when you return on Wednesday. Also, we ask that the jacuzzi/jetted tubs not be used during graduation showers. 

ROOMS AND RATES

Below are our current discounted rates for a Sunday-Monday graduation stay, including return for showers on Wednesday morning. If for some reason you wish to make only a one-night reservation with us, we can usually accommodate that and also include the post-graduation showers, but we do this on our standard rate schedule. 

Since we do not charge for the night that you spend in the field, we do reserve the right to book your room if a reservation request comes in. If that happens, we'll simply move your belongings to an open room for you to use for showers as our availability permits. If you're on a tight schedule, do not want to pack up your luggage on Tuesday morning, and/or wish to guarantee immediate use of your same room for showers on Wednesday, we will "hold" your room on Tuesday night at 50% of the room rate.

Note that six of our seven rooms are quite spacious. Reflections is the smallest room at the Inn. If you are bringing extra luggage (e.g., for children heading on to other destinations), you may be more comfortable in one of the larger rooms.

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SEASONS GRADUATIONS

SEASONS graduations for the younger children follow a shorter process than the standard SUWS graduations.  Typically your stay at the Inn on Mill Creek will be for just one night (Sunday), and includes Monday morning breakfast with the regular SUWS parents.  SEASONS parents then spend Monday night overnight in the wilderness, and return for showers after graduation on Tuesday morning.  

To accommodate this different process, we will generally waive our 2-night minimum stay to allow a Sunday night only reservation, and include complimentary showers after graduation, but we do this on our standard rate schedule. 

Beyond the shorter stay, the information for SEASONS parents follows our regular SUWS graduation procedures (back above).

PARENT WORKSHOPS

Parents are welcome to stay with us for their two-day parent workshops.  We will generally waive our two-day reservation requirement for parents wishing to stay just one night (we may limit one-night availability subject to our other bookings), and we offer our SUWS discounted lodging rates Sunday-Thursday with a two or more night stay.  We'll provide early breakfasts and directions for your workshop meetings, and help as best we can to make your experience go as smoothly as possible.

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