This handy guide is the best assurance you can get that running your B&B will be profitable and enjoyable experience.
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This completely revised and expanded edition of the popular guide provides essential information on opening and running a bed and breakfast (B&B). Offers excellent advice on the initial planning stage, prices to charge for services, working with a reservation service, advertising and legal, tax and insurance issues. This revision contains new chapters on compliance with the ADA, AAA guidelines and extensive coverage on choosing between an existing inn or converting a home into a B&B. Features a new section for established innkeepers which deals with making an inn more profitable, managing employees and renovating a B&B. Includes a completely updated appendix on marketing and promoting and a new appendix listing industry suppliers of specialized equipment.
Have you ever dreamed of running your own bed and breakfast?
Barbara Notarius, one of America's most widely recognized B&B experts, provides all the information you need to turn your dream into a reality in this thorough and practical guide. Whether you already run a B&B or are in the planning stage, you'll find this handy guide an invaluable resource on: Your responsibilities--and those of your guests Purchasing an existing inn vs. converting your home Evaluating your home's assets and liabilities What to charge your guests Seminars and internships Conforming to the ADA Increasing profitability Advertising and promotion Employee management New AAA guidelines Legal, tax, and insurance issues, including recent changes in the tax code Preventing B&B burnout
Plus, this Third Edition includes a section on new marketing strategies for your B&B, and a new appendix of industry suppliers. Informative interviews with successful hosts, hospitality checklists, and a directory of reservation services, state associations, seminars, and apprenticeships make this the most complete guidebook available.
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