The Atlantic Inn

We are hap­py to con­firm that the Atlantic Inn will be open­ing for the 2020 sea­son on Fri­day, June 19^th.

In order to do so safe­ly dur­ing these try­ing times, your vis­it may be a bit dif­fer­ent than in past years. Our sig­na­ture warm hos­pi­tal­i­ty, stun­ning views and beau­ti­ful grounds remain the same; but some of our prac­tices and pro­ce­dures have been updat­ed to fol­low CDC and State of Rhode Island rules to ensure every­one remains safe and pro­tect­ed as possible.

These rules and reg­u­la­tions are chang­ing fre­quent­ly, and we will adapt as need­ed for your and our staff’s safe­ty. Please check our web­site fre­quent­ly pri­or to your arrival, or give us a ring to chat about updates. We are very for­tu­nate that many of the activ­i­ties we come to Block Island to enjoy, such as the beach, bik­ing, hik­ing, enjoy­ing sun­sets, kayak­ing and more can be done safe­ly while observ­ing man­dat­ed guidelines.

We are work­ing hard to pro­tect our guests, staff and prop­er­ty; and we need your help to do so. We have man­dat­ed our work­ers wear masks and endeav­or to remain 6 feet away from oth­ers when­ev­er pos­si­ble; and we are ask­ing all guests to observe state law and do the same. We kind­ly ask you to please wear a mask and observe social dis­tanc­ing when you are in the com­mon areas and grounds; pret­ty much every­where oth­er than the pri­va­cy of your room. Also, please no gath­er­ing in groups larg­er than 15. These are the cur­rent laws, and there is no flex­i­bil­i­ty here; they are in place to help pro­tect you, our staff and oth­er guests.

We have endeav­ored to ele­vate our already strict stan­dards of clean­li­ness; and have made some changes to our house­keep­ing poli­cies. In addi­tion to the usu­al thor­ough clean­ing and com­plete chang­ing of all linens between guests, each room will now be san­i­tized with an elec­tro­sta­t­ic machine. This takes extra time, so we are ask­ing for your help in observ­ing our 11:00am and 3:00pm check out/​check in times. As always, we are hap­py to store your lug­gage (in our com­mon area as in the past ) so you can con­tin­ue to enjoy the full day on Block Island.

Also, in order to min­i­mize expo­sure dur­ing your stay, our house­keep­ers will no longer be enter­ing your rooms unprompt­ed. Should you need fresh tow­els, trash removed, etc dur­ing your stay; sim­ply call the front desk or place the hang­ing tag indi­cat­ing this on your door. Our staff will be hap­py to comply.

We are no longer able to offer our break­fast buf­fet, as the law says that man­ner of ser­vice is cur­rent­ly not per­mit­ted. The same goes for self-serve water and cof­fee. We will be offer­ing a new style of break­fast ser­vice; and it will be fresh, deli­cious and safe­ly served to you at tables appro­pri­ate­ly spaced at rec­om­mend­ed dis­tances in our din­ing room.

We will be adapt­ing our check in and check out pro­ce­dures to min­i­mize con­tact. Our lob­by is small, and we ask that you remain 6 feet apart and wait your turn when check­ing in. In order to speed up this process, we will be con­tact­ing you pri­or to your arrival to col­lect your pay­ment infor­ma­tion. Pri­or to check in, we will charge the card of your choice the bal­ance due on your lodg­ing. For check out, we will charge your card on file if there are any din­ing or inci­den­tal charges, and will e-mail you a receipt the morn­ing of your depar­ture. We are hop­ing this will ease con­ges­tion in our small lob­by; as well as make the process quick­er for all guests.

We sin­cere­ly appre­ci­ate your sup­port and patience as we con­tin­ue to learn how to best func­tion dur­ing these days. We are con­tin­u­al­ly very grate­ful for our Atlantic Inn guests and hope that we can work togeth­er to keep this place we all love safe and enjoyable!

Sin­cere­ly,

Anne & Brad Marthens and all of our staff…