POLICIES

Always suggested and accepted up to one year in advance**. A non refundable , non transferable deposit of 15% is required at the time your reservation is made. In the event of a cancelation we will honor your 15% deposit towards a future stay within 6 months of your initial reservation date. **Due to very high demand Bucknell Family and Graduation Weekends require special handling. Please read the policy points below for Bucknell Family Weekend and Bucknell Graduation Weekend.

For the comfort of all of our guests we cannot allow pets.

The Tawsty Flower has one level 2, 40amp, J1772 EV Charging Station available in our parking area. It is available to overnight guests only. Rate is $2 per hour, $12 max. Please reserve the charger when you make your reservation.

The Tawsty Flower is committed to providing service to customers with disabilities who are accompanied with service animals, in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Service animals play an important role in ensuring the independence of people with disabilities. The Tawsty Flower welcomes customers with disabilities who use service animals. Emotional support, therapy, comfort, or companion animals are not considered service animals under the ADA and are not permitted in any of our rooms, suites, or cottages.

Is expected in full at time of arrival. We accept American Express, Visa, MasterCard and Discover. Cash and personal check with ID also accepted.

Must be made by 3:00PM and a full 48 hours prior to your arrival date to avoid cancellation charges. We will do our best to fill the opening from any cancellation made in less than 48 hours. If we are unable to re-book your late cancellation your credit card will be charged 50% of the cost of the nights reserved. No shows and cancellations made after 3:00PM the day of your reservation will be charged in full. Please call us at (570) 522-6600 for details.

Certain peak weekends and events require two night minimum stay. Single night stays are welcome at all other times in our inn. Stays in the Haines Suites and our Cottage always require a 2 night minimum stay.

$20.00 per night in rooms #1 & #4 only. We cannot allow or fit cots in any other rooms, suites, or cottages.

10 years and older please in the inn. Certain exceptions apply in our cottage and suites. Please call for details.

We are a Smoke Free establishment. Smoking Is not permitted inside any buildings or on the property.

We receive hundreds of reservation requests for Bucknell’s Family Weekend throughout the year. With only 10 total accommodations to offer we cannot come even close to filling that demand. In the interest of creating an even opportunity for all to have a chance at a Family Weekend reservation we start accepting reservations for Bucknell Family Weekend on October 1st at EXACTLY 10:00 PM Eastern Standard Time for the following year’s Family Weekend. Example; for Bucknell Family Weekend 2024 we will start accepting reservations at 10:00PM E.S.T. on October 1st, 2023. At that time you may reserve via phone or online at www.tawstyflower.com with a LIMIT of one room per family. Online reservations for multiple rooms will be bounced and cancelled. Reserving online at www.tawstyflower.com gives you the best chance at a reservation. We recommend getting familiar with our site (www.tawstyflower.com) before the start date and time. Things happen very fast and we are usually fully booked for Bucknell Family Weekend in less than 10 minutes. If you cannot get a booking for Family Weekend we hope you will consider staying with us on another weekend. Also note that Bucknell Family Weekend requires a minimum 2 night stay. Please check the Bucknell Calendar for the exact dates of their Family Weekend. Please note that our booking engine is open 24/7 all year for all dates other than Bucknell Family and Graduation Weekends. We will gladly take your reservation via phone or online for other dates throughout the year and up to one full year in advance. As of now we are completely booked for Parent’s Weekend 2023. Parents Weekend 2023 is FULLY BOOKED at this time. If you would like to be added to the waitlist please email us at tawstyflower@gmail.com.

For Bucknell Graduation Weekend we are once again faced with hundreds of reservation requests for the small supply of only 10 accommodations we have to offer. For Bucknell Graduation Weekend we offer right of first refusal to our most frequent past guests. Due to our limited supply of accommodations and our high number of previous guests we cannot and will not guarantee a reservation to all past guests. We limit these reservations to one room per family. We allocate graduation reservations in January of the graduation year.