Visitors from all over choose to bunk up in Beaufort for top-tier hospitality (read: Tripadvisor’s Best Of The Best for four years running) at the Inn On Turner, lovingly run for the last nine years by seasoned chefs, innkeepers and hospitality pros Kim Bell and Jonathan Haas.  

“We are really grateful to our guests,” said Bell. “I am a North Carolinian by choice, not by birth. I love North Carolina—and I love being an ambassador to Beaufort and sharing the beauty of the Crystal Coast.”

Tourism creates a positive ripple effect in not only Beaufort and Carteret County, but the state as a whole.

“When a guest comes to visit us, it impacts us immediately because they are staying here. Then, we can share the activities to do, so [the ripple] extends to the tours, the parks and the restaurants,” Bell said.

“Not your grandmother’s bed and breakfast,” Inn On Turner masterfully merges hotel-style rooms with fresh fare and current hospitality innovations. To wit, the lodging hotspot was the first in the area to earn a Green Travel certification; is accredited by Ocean Project; and is a proud ambassador of Got To Be NC.

When the innkeepers aren’t booked up at work, they are out and about enjoying the places they recommend their guests experience—from Cape Lookout and Harkers Island to kayaking, boating, fishing and enjoying all the food options the area has to offer.

“There are so many places to go in Carteret County when you want to be outside and immerse yourself,” noted Bell, who has two daughters who live in the area as well. “I am a better human when my toes are in the sand.”