Welcome to the One Cat! 

We’re a 5 minute walk from downtown Brattleboro – a welcoming, walkable town with shops, galleries, bars, restaurants and entertainment venues galore. Hiking, biking and messing about on the river(s) are all available in and around town. We’re also perfectly situated to explore the rest of southern Vermont/New Hampshire and western Massachusetts.

Our Gift Certificates can save you money!

Each certificate can be redeemed for one room on any available date, including weekends and holidays. You could save up to $75 per night. Give someone the gift of the One Cat or tuck them away for a trip later on. 

Please visit our Mewsletter for up to date information on us, Brattleboro and other goings-on.

*All discounts advertised on this site apply to direct bookings only and include all taxes and a full breakfast. We require a 50% deposit to secure your reservation. Direct booking prices include all taxes and a full breakfast.

*Forever discounts: 20% off for teachers, librarians and those traveling without a car.

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE OUR GUEST ROOMS. 

Please note the following before booking:

Take a moment to scroll down to the room descriptions and the section titled About Us for information about our neigborbood/who we are. Bedrooms, bathrooms & library are all located on the second floor and are not suitable for those who have difficulty with stairs. Due to cats, stairs and consideration of other guests we are unable to accommodate children under 12 or pets. Please see our policies section for further details.

Thank you,

Pat & Conrad

CURRENT RATES (including all taxes/breakfast):

SPRING & SUMMER: March through August*

WEEKNIGHTS

Sunday – Thursday

$200 for one room per night/$300 for both rooms.

WEEKENDS  & HOLIDAYS

$250 for one room per night/$350 for both rooms. 

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FALL FOLIAGE: September & October*

WEEKNIGHTS

Sunday – Thursday

$250 for one room per night/$350 for both rooms.

WEEKENDS  & HOLIDAYS

$275 for one room per night/$375 for both rooms. 

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WINTER: November – February*

WEEKNIGHTS 

Sunday – Thursday

$180 for one room/$280 for both rooms

WEEKENDS & HOLIDAYS 

$220 for one room/$320 for both rooms

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OUR YEAR-ROUND DISCOUNTS:

20% discount to teachers & librarians (our heroes!) and to guests arriving by train, bus or bicycle**

Guests in town to attend a local performance, art show, class or workshop receive a 10% discount with proof of attendance.

**Please note: This discount is a reward for not having a car/does not apply if you then rent one.

All rates, discounts and specials on our website apply to DIRECT BOOKINGS ONLY.

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The Brighton Room is an homage to the place where we met.

The Brighton Room

This guestroom is an homage to the place on the south coast of England where we met. Explore the art, photographs and books in your room to discover more about the culture and history of this lovely seaside city. The room has a king-sized bed and a private (shower, but no bath) bathroom down the hall. The Brighton Room is the larger of our two guestrooms.

(Please note: Both bedrooms, bathrooms & library are located on the second floor and may not be suitable for guests who have trouble with stairs.)

For current rates or to book this room, please use our contact page or give us a call on 802 579 1905. We require a 50% deposit for all reservations. Rates include all taxes and, of course, a full breakfast.

Before booking, please visit our Policies page for important information, including our COVID rules. 

The New England room is a cozy nest.

The New England Room 

The New England Room reflects our love for all things in this neck of the woods, and a private bathroom (with bath and shower) a few steps down the hall. Your room has a queen-sized bed and a small alcove for curling up with a good book. Guests describe this guestroom as a homey and cozy nest.

(Please note: Both bedrooms, bathrooms & library are located on the second floor and may not be suitable for guests who have trouble with stairs.)

For current rates or to book this room, please use our contact page or give us a call on 802 579 1905. We require a 50% deposit for all reservationss. Rates include all taxes and, of course, a full breakfast.

Before booking, please visit our Policies page for important information, including our COVID rules. 

Conrad came up with the name The One Cat when we were preparing our British cat Dexter for international air travel. He lived the jet-setting life for two days, flying under the seat in front of us from London to Amsterdam, then on to Boston. We all enjoyed the extremely meow-y car trip to Brattleboro. He got fat over the first winter due to lack of playtime (we were busy with the house) so we decided to find him a friend.

We found Piper at the our local humane society, and she is a tiny handful. She loves to play, and chases Dexter all around the house to help him shed his extra pounds. Pipes is a fan of boxes and bags, and she enjoys hanging out on her purpose-built catio watching the world (and squirrels and birds) go by.

A little note about our monsters: Dext is 17, has arthritis and is sometimes a bit confused. He was very ill last year, is doing much better with his current medication, but unfortunately the prognosis points to a terminal illness. At the moment though, he is happy, so we’ll cuddle/coddle him until we have to say goodbye. His visits with guests are now supervised. Piper, who still loves to play most of the time, is 14, and there are days when she prefers to keep herself to herself. (Those with cats will understand: they can be moody.) Hopefully you’ll get to meet them (if you want to!) but please understand that sometimes it won’t work.

About us

We met in Brighton, a city on the south coast of England, in 1997, and we’ve been together ever since. We married in 2012, and decided to move to the US – Pat’s a New England girl and hadn’t lived at this side of the pond for nearly 20 years. Vermont really was the only choice because of the seasons, views, politics* and warm welcome, and we chose Brattleboro because of the resilient, compassionate sense of community and the creative spirit of its inhabitants. When we opened the One Cat in 2014, we knew we didn’t want anything fancy – no hot tubs or champagne- just a friendly, comfortable space on a dowtown residential street in a vibrant neighborhood, and Clark Street fits the bill. We love our home, our neighbors, and our excellent little town, and we feel very lucky to have found such a great place and so many wonderful friends. The One Cat allows us to share some of that experience with others.

Pat, Conrad, Dexter & Piper

GOING FORWARD INTO UNCERTAIN TIMES: 

Things have reached a crisis point, with cruelty, bigotry and greed motivating the unelected king and his puppet occupying the Peoples’ House. Kidnappings, instances of torture, illegal deportations, the planned elimination of all public service departments and the attempted erasure of our nation’s histories and heroes continue at a frenzied pace. The Republican party has shown it fully supports this scorched-earth destruction, with members participating gleefully. There may be the ocassional outlier squeaking that they are horrified, but as long as there is an R beside their name they are complicit.

To make matters worse, Democratic and even some Independent members of Congress are voting with the Republicans to censure colleagues for exercising their First Amendment rights. Many of these same people are trying to stifle those rights on college campuses nationwide as students continue to protest the genocide of Palestinians, even as the death toll rises above 50,000.

We’re grateful, as ever, for our brave little state and our wonderful community as we stand together to resist the horrific lurch to the right our country has taken. We are supporting various local people and organizations in town as they plan/implement measures to protect and help those groups targeted by the incoming administration.

Here at the One Cat we stand for justice, diversity, peace, love and compassion, and we look forward to welcoming friends who’ve stayed before as well as many new guests into our home. We support LGBTQ+ and BIPOC people and causes, we are anti-apartheid, anti-genocide and resist and reject this descent into an authoritarian police state.

Pat & Conrad (and the kitties) at the One Cat