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Good Luck Trying To Book a Room at Richard Gere's Hotel

Where: 954 Old Post Road [map], Bedford, NY, United States, 10506

Just as all normal folk would and should be, we were highly excited at the prospect of sleeping with Richard Gere when we first got wind of his plans to open up an eight-bedroom bed and breakfast above his restaurant at the Bedford Post Inn in New York State.

So when we spied on the website that the B&B (the Inn part of the title) was already in its soft opening period, we thought we’d try and go along. The only problem – there were no prices advertised, and the website didn’t take reservations. No matter, we thought; we’ll just call.

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Richard Gere's Got a Bed & Breakfast, And Yoga Is Only $20

Where: 954 Old Post Road [map], Bedford, NY, United States, 10506

Looks like someone took Nights in Rodanthe a little too much to heart: Richard Gere has opened his own Bed & Breakfast an hour outside of New York City in Bedford, NY. Called the Bedford Post Inn, the vintage house and barn with 8 guest rooms is the first step Gere and his wife are taking towards fulfilling their dream that the place "will be a magnet for like-minded, powerful souls to come together to save the planet—or at least to chat about big-picture ideas over veggie burgers."

Gere, a Buddhist, has even cleared the attic to make way for a serene "yoga loft," which opened in late 2008 along with the Bed & Breakfast's restaurant, Moonbat, focused on on local ingredients and the slow food philosophy.

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Richard Gere into Squirrels, Not Gerbils

Richard Gere is another celebrity hotelier who has run into some problems opening up his dream hotel.

We thought he may go down a la George Clooney-Las Ramblas but apparently Gere has gotten the A-OK from the Bedford, NY township to reconstruct a 19th century inn into a 125-seat restaurant, and:

outfit the barn with a cafe for horseback riders on bridle paths, add a yoga studio and resurrect the hotel as a nine-roomer

Page Six reports the name of the place will be Squirrely Acres but we sincerely hope not.

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Is Richard Gere the New George Clooney?

Richard Gere's very own hotel project, a 14-acre country hotel in Bedford, New York, has been turned down by the town who said the plans did not include any handicap access.

Gere and his partner Russell Hernandez spent $2.7 million on the property "with hopes of converting the 18th century barn into an upmarket complex, complete with country inn and restaurant."

For now the duo are going back to the drawing board to figure out how to keep the barn's historic structure while modernizing the entrances for handicap access.

We don't like to bring up Las Ramblas but it's worth a mention here. However, at least Gere had some plans to put forth before a town board. Clooney and friends didn't even get that far.

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· Richard Gere Instructed Back To Drawing Board For Luxury Country Hotel [All Headline News]

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Hotel Fit For A President

Where: 121 South River Road [map], Bedford, NH, United States, 03110

Presidents-to-be, listen up: since JFK the Quality Inn and Wayfarer Conference Center has been the home base for every campaigning president. And now it's geting a $4 million makeover, to make it fit their new slogan better: "The Wayfarer the Way You Remember It."

Located on the site of a historic mill and covered bridge, the 190-room hotel incorporates country aesthetic, corporate sterility and Americana seamlessly. (It is located in the burbs, after all).

Great place-- if you are into celebrating presidents, or your campaign manager is superstitious.

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· Hotel rich in political history gets $4 million makeover [WCAX-TV, Vermont]