Our Policies

• Check-in is after 4:00 PM. Please let us know if you will be arriving after 7:00 PM.
• Check out is at 11:00 AM.
• Breakfast Your Way! – Served in the dining room or on the front porch at 8:00, 8:45, or 9:30 AM – your choice.
• Reservation Policy: A deposit of 50% will be collected at booking.  Balance is due prior to or upon arrival.
  • Please let us know any dietary preferences or restrictions.
  • Sign up for breakfast as you check-in.
• We accept Visa, Master Card, Discover, American Express and PayPal  
• The deposit will be refunded, less a $25 fee if you cancel more than 14 days in advance.
• Cancellations within 14 days will result in full charge unless we can reserve the room.
• No shows will result in full room charges.
• All rates subject to appropriate taxes.
• Reservations cannot be made after 11 AM to book for that same day due to bandwidth.
• 2- night minimum may be required April – November.
• Prices are for two (2) guests per room. A charge of $20 will be applied for an extra person where space permits
• We are a non-smoking Inn, per Pennsylvania law. The only places guests are permitted to smoke are the parking lot and their own personal vehicles. You may not smoke on the porches or patios, or in your rooms. If evidence of smoking is found anywhere other than the permitted areas a $250 fine will be applied to their bill. This applies to cigarettes, cigars, e-cigarettes, and medical marijuana. 

Covid Policies

The Keystone Inn prioritizes your safety. The Pennsylvania Association of Bed and Breakfast Inns (PABBI) and health officials across the Commonwealth have requested, and The Keystone Inn gladly agreed to make a set of voluntary commitments to their staff and guests constituting "Pennsylvania Bed & Breakfast Inns Promise" for the COVID-19 recovery period.

Pennsylvania currently has no travel restrictions however we recommend you follow their tips for traveling.

See COVID-19 Pennsylvania Travelers' Information for more details.

Privacy Policy and Notice on the Processing of Personal Data

LAST UPDATED: August 4, 2021

Keystone inn respects the privacy of every individual who visits our Properties and/or uses our website. 

This Privacy Policy applies to personal data that:

• is provided to us when you stay or travel with us (or make inquiries to stay or travel with us) either by you or by a third party through whom you have made an inquiry or booking; and
• we collect from you when you visit any of Keystone inn's website or which we obtain from any communications with you.

The following sections of this Privacy Policy describe the types of personal data we collect, how and for what purposes we use that personal data, with whom we share it, and the choices and rights available to you regarding our use of your personal data. We also describe the measures we take to protect the security of the personal data we hold and how to contact us about our privacy practices, and to exercise your rights.

Personal data we collect

Personal data you provide on a voluntary basis

We will collect, store and process information about you if you voluntarily provide us with such information in connection with the following:

• filling in a form on any of our websites;
• filling in a physical registration card;
• opting in to receive marketing information with us;
• contacting us by telephone or face to face (e.g. in the context of making a reservation);
• sending us a letter, e-mail or social media message;
• subscribing to receive a service from us (e.g. a newsletter, blog or by following us on social media);
• requesting promotional information from us (e.g. information about any of our goods or services including Belmond gift cards);
• participating in a survey, competition or prize draw; or
• contributing content to us (e.g. for display on a Keystone Inn blog).

The types of information we may obtain include:

• name, address, email address, telephone number
•  payment data, travel history and details of joint travelers;
• dates of your stay or travel with us and associated charges;
• purchase or delivery of products or services;
• reviews and opinions about our brands, products, and services;
• information we receive about you from any third parties through whom you have booked your arrangements; and

Special category personal data

We do not collect data that is, by its nature, particularly sensitive (e.g. genetic data, biometric data, data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, sex life, sexual orientation, religion or other beliefs, data concerning health, criminal background or trade union membership) unless it is volunteered by you.

We may use certain sensitive (or “special category”) personal data where you have given your explicit consent to us doing so, to better serve and meet your needs. Such sensitive data is only shared with other members of the Keystone inn or our third-party service providers acting as data processors (e.g. excursion providers, restaurants, transport providers) for the purpose of providing the services you request and will not be shared or used by us for any other purposes.

Examples of sensitive personal data we may collect and process include:

• food allergies;
• dietary requirements which may imply or suggest your religion, health or other sensitive personal data;
• mobility requirements;
• disabilities; and
• medical conditions.

Personal data we collect automatically

When you visit the Keystone Inn website, we do not use “cookies” and other automated means. Cookies are small pieces of data that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. We do use Google Analytics to gather data about the visitors to our websites, to enable us to improve our websites and deliver a better and more personalized service.

Data we collect through such means may comprise the following:

• date and time;
• originating IP address;
• domain name;
• type of browser and operating system used (if provided by the browser);
• URL of the referring page (if provided by the browser);
• object requested;
• completion status of the request;
• geographic location; or
• language preferences.

Use of personal data

As a provider of hospitality experiences, Keystone inn has a legitimate business interest in operating and improving its business and the services it offers. Keystone inn therefore uses and processes your personal data to:

• help us create content that is relevant to our visitors;
• make improvements to our websites and social media pages and ensure that content on these is presented in the most effective manner for you;
• provide you with information, products or services that you request from us or which we feel may interest you;
• facilitate bookings, payment and other administrative processes related to your stay or travel;
• assess and help us understand general trends and patterns relating to our business;
• provide for the safety and security of our guests and visitors;
• manage general record keeping;
• enable us to compile anonymous, aggregated statistics that allow us to understand how users use our websites and to help us improve the structure of our websites;
• enable you to make reservations, buy Keystone Inn gift cards, and make payments;
• meet any legal and/or regulatory requirements;
• provide the products or services you request from us including providing personalized services; and
• improve our products and services and to ensure our products and services are of interest to you.

Even where keystone Inn has a legitimate interest in processing your personal data, it will not do so to the extent that processing would override your interests, rights, and freedoms to protect your personal data.

We may also use your personal data to protect against and prevent fraud, claims, and other liabilities and to comply with or enforce applicable legal requirements, industry standards, and our policies and terms. We use personal data for these purposes when it is necessary to protect, exercise or defend our legal rights, or when we are required to do so by applicable law.

In the situations set out below, we will only process your personal data when you have given us your specific consent and you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time:

• marketing and profiling purposes which are managed solely by Keystone Inn as data controller. Your decision to provide your data for such purposes is optional and will have no consequence on your ability to stay with us or benefit from the requested services;
• all purposes concerning a specific booking, the related stay or travel with us, and the provision of stay-specific services you have requested,  Your decision to provide personal data (including special category/sensitive personal data) to us is voluntary, however, if you do not provide such personal data you may no longer be able to benefit from our services.

We may process your personal data by both automated and manual means. We may use your personal data in other ways for which we provide specific notice at the time of collection.

Sharing personal data

We do not sell, otherwise disclose, or share data we collect and hold about you, except as described in this Privacy Policy.

We may share your personal data with third parties as described below:

• third party service providers who have been appointed as data processors to perform functions and services on our behalf and who will be provided only with personal data necessary to perform the services on our behalf but are not authorized by us to use such data for any other purposes (e.g. providers of services in respect of web hosting, payment processing, information technology systems, customer relationship management, booking, and reservations management, marketing, auditing, administration);
• reservations management platforms used by you or Keystone to make reservations for dinner, tours, spa appointments as requested
• third party providers of components of any package holiday, arranged activity/experience or other services we arrange for you;
• to our advisors and insurers in the event of a claim, dispute, or where otherwise necessary;
• we reserve the right to transfer personal data about you in the event that we sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets, in accordance with applicable law. Should such a sale or transfer occur, we will use reasonable efforts to direct the transferee to use data you have provided to us in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy. Following such a sale or transfer, you may contact the entity to which we transferred your data with any inquiries concerning the processing of that data.

Your rights

We will only send you marketing communications if you “opted in” to receiving such communications. You have the right to “opt out” of receiving marketing communications, whether by email or otherwise, at any time. You can do this by (i) clicking the unsubscribe link displayed in any of the marketing e-mails you receive, (ii) emailing innkeeper@keystoneinnpa.com   to indicate you no longer wish to receive marketing communications, or (iii) writing to us at

Keystone Inn
231 Hanover Street
Gettysburg, PA 17325.

Pursuant to California's "Shine the Light Act", California residents are permitted to request information about the manner in which we share certain categories of data with third parties for their marketing use.

How we protect your personal data

We maintain administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal data you provide against accidental, unlawful or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure, or use. Service providers and contractors who might have access to your data in order to provide services on our behalf will be contractually obliged to keep such data in confidence, provide adequate data security measures, and may not use that data for any other purpose.

For your own protection, we encourage you not to include sensitive personal data, credit cards or similar personal data in any e-mails you send us or our staff.

How long we keep personal data for:

Keystone inn only retains your personal data for as long as needed to fulfill the purposes for which it is collected, unless we are required or permitted by law to keep the personal data for longer.

Links to other websites

Our websites may provide links to other websites for your convenience and information. These websites operate independently from us. Linked websites may have their own privacy policies, which we strongly suggest you review. To the extent that any linked websites you visit are not owned or controlled by us, we are not responsible for the websites’ content, any use of the websites, or the privacy practices of the websites.

Updates to our Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically and without prior notice to you to reflect changes in our processing of your personal data and privacy practices.