Download or read book How to Start and Run Your Own Bed Breakfast Inn written by Ripley Hotch and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book you'll discover the secrets of the best inns. You'll learn how to decide whether owning or renting an inn is right for you. You'll find out what business strategies characterise a successful inn and learn how to incorporate them in your own business. Chapters include information on all aspects of innkeeping.
Download or read book Running a Bed and Breakfast For Dummies written by Mary White and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-03-16 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to: Choose a location and make it your own Create a profitable business plan Decorate and renovate your property Market your property for maximum occupancy All the tools you need to start and run a profitable B&B Do you dream of owning a B&B? This friendly, practical guide shows you how to make your dream a reality, with expert advice on everything from writing a business plan and finding the right location to handling situations you will encounter as an innkeeper. You'll make your guests feel at home, keep your inn in tip-top shape, and ensure your long-term success! Understand B&B basics get an overview of the business and see if you have the skills (and the desire!) to succeed Find a place to call home choose the location, style, and size of your ideal B&B Transition from visitor to owner create your business plan, secure financing, make an offer, and protect your investment Get ready for your guests organize your recordkeeping, set room rates and policies, furnish your inn, and market your services Set the breakfast scene decide the style of breakfast to offer, accommodate guests' needs and restrictions, create signature dishes, and serve refreshments and snacks Handle day-to-day operations take reservations, make your guests feel welcome, hire employees, and maintain your inn Take your business to the next level assess your success, expand your market, increase profit, and prevent burnout Open the book and find: How to transition an existing B&B or start from scratch The biggest problems new B&Bs encounter and how to avoid them The best ways to furnish your inn Tips for saving time cleaning and preparing breakfast What you must know to design and update your Web site Tried-and-tested sample menus and recipes Ways to guarantee a return guest How to get extra help when you need it
Download or read book Start Run a Bed Breakfast written by Monica Taylor and published by Self-Counsel Press. This book was released on 2012-02-24 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever stayed in a bed and breakfast and thought how exciting it would be to open your own B&B? This book shows you the business side of opening your home to visitors. The clearly written text, along with dozens of easy-to-follow worksheets and explanatory samples, shows you how to plan everything.
Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Running a Bed Breakfast written by Park Davis and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-04-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You’re no idiot, of course. You’ve had the pleasure of staying at a few bed and breakfasts, and you’d love to open a charming inn of your own. But when you think about what it takes to get a business up and running, you want to hang the Do Not Disturb sign. This is your wake-up call! The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Running a Bed and Breakfast will show you it can be easy and fun—and a great way to meet new people and make money. In this Complete Idiot’s Guide®, you get: • Useful insights into the booming B&B industry. • A simple test to help you decide if you have what it takes to succeed in the B & B business. • Idiot-proof guidelines for converting a house into a B&B. • Expert advice on accounting and business issues. • An insider's look at the new trends in guest services.
Download or read book How to Open a Financially Successful Bed Breakfast or Small Hotel written by Sharon L. Fullen and published by Atlantic Publishing Company. This book was released on 2016-08-18 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Start Your Own Bed and Breakfast written by Entrepreneur Press and published by Entrepreneur Press. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you dream of escaping the rat race by becoming the proprietor of your own bed and breakfast inn? The lure of leaving the 9-to5 grind behind to live, work and play in a beautiful home nestled in a resort setting is a powerful one.When you can spend your days puttering about in the kitchen or garden, meeting new people, entertaining guests in a lavish and enviable setting, and collect and income while you’re at it, who wouldn’t leap at the chance? This guide, based on the experiences of scores of successful B&B operators, will tell you everything you need to know to make that dream a reality in an industry that has experienced 15% growth over the last five years. We give you the nitty-gritty, hands-on tasks, tips and tricks to successful B&B innkeeping. Secrets such as: • Finding the right location • Buying property • Licensing • Setting pricing policies • Promoting the business • Hiring good people • Using the internet for marketing Whether you have a spare bedroom or are looking for a small inn, this guide can help you earn a comfortable income by welcoming a steady stream of new friends into your home.
Download or read book So You Want to Be an Innkeeper written by Susan Brown and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains how to start a bed and breakfast inn, covers site selection, financing, renovation, marketing, insurance, and staff selection, and describes an inn's daily operation.
Download or read book Breakfast in Bed written by Carol Frieberg and published by Sasquatch Books. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No meal may be as relaxing (or as romantic) as breakfast in bed. In this collection of the yummiest dishes from the best-selling Breakfast in Bed Cookbook and Breakfast in Bed California Cookbook, the more than 130 recipes included are sure to please. Originally created by B&Bs owners&—that is, people who surely know their morning romance&—these dishes are sure to get your morning off to the right start. The book is divided into seven sections: Scones and Muffins; Breads and Coffee Cakes; Pancakes, Waffles and French Toast; Morning Egg Dishes; Eggs for a Crowd; Extra Special Dishes; and Sauces and Side Dishes. Among the recipes are such succulent treats as Divine Filled Croissants, Mimosa Truffles, and Peach-Stuffed French Toast.
Download or read book Just Six Guests written by Helen Jackman and published by How To Books Ltd. This book was released on 2004 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on her own personal experience, Helen Jackman offers guidance to those considering entering the bed and breakfast trade, covering such topics as doing research, complying with the law, preparing the rooms, looking after guests, marketing, pricing and book-keeping.
Download or read book How to Start and Operate Your Own Bed and Breakfast written by Martha W. Murphy and published by Holt Paperbacks. This book was released on 1994-05-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Down to earth advice from an award-winning B&B owner. Illustrated with charming line drawings and lightened by real-life anecdotes, this is an easily accessible guide to an ever growing small-business niche.
Download or read book Best Recipes from American Country Inns and Bed and Breakfasts written by Kitty Maynard and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2004-02-09 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best crowd-pleasing recipes from widely acclaimed country inns and bed & breakfasts in the United States are collected in this unique cookbook and travel guide. More than 340 inns and 1,500 recipes are collected here, some from the finest chefs in America, while others represent the best in mouth-watering homestyle cooking. More than a cookbook, Best Recipes from American Country Inns and Bed & Breakfasts is organized alphabetically - state-by-state. It is a reliable guide to the inns themselves, including addresses, phone numbers, and a listing of activities available at each inn. There are two extensive indexes. One allows you to find the inns by city and state, and the other allows the reader to find any recipe or type of recipe quickly and easily. Kitty and Lucian Maynard have written two similar books, The American Country Inn and Bed & Breakfast Cookbook, Vol. I and Vol. II. These have been selections of Book-of-the-Month Club, the Better Homes and Gardens Book Club, and Family Bookshelf. The first book was featured on the back of Just Right cereal boxes. Reviews rave about the excellent, tasty recipes: "Everything we tried was terrific!" - Brunswick (Maine) Times Record "Many of these dishes are unique creations of the inn chefs and are not to be found elsewhere." - The Midwest Book Review "Chock full of mouthwatering recipes . . . a grand selection of entrees." - Levittown (Pennsylvania) Courier-Times
Download or read book How to Open and Operate a Bed Breakfast written by Jan Stankus and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2011-12-20 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thinking of opening your own B&B? Find out if it's really for you, then get advice on starting and maintaining your business. Advertising, promoting health and safety, managing finances, and creating an enjoyable environment for your guests are just some of the topics covered in this indispensable guide. - Start-up Expenses Worksheet Appendix of Web-based Resources - Bedroom Basics Checklist - Bathroom Basics Checklist - Marketing Plan - Self-Evaluation Quiz
Download or read book Start and Run A Bed Breakfast written by Louise Weston and published by How To Books. This book was released on 2010-11-26 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you are thinking about running a B&B or have already made the decision and are ready to start planning your business, this book will tell you all you need to know. If you are already established with a B & B, it will help you provide quality accommodation and maximize your earnings and occupancy rates. Their book will help you in: - * Planning and preparing your business, including defining your market, budgeting, pricing, regulation and compliance, accounting and taxation. * Deciding what to offer - in guest bedrooms and for meals and drinks. * Dealing with practicalities, such as managing reservations and keeping records, taking payments, maintaining safety and security. * Marketing your B&B - setting your strategy, networking and making local contacts, advertising and PR, creating your own website. * Expanding your business and ultimately selling it. *Also included is direction to a dedicated website to support you as you build your successful B&B business. * This second edition has been completely and thoroughly revised and updated to include, amongst other new material, important changes in the area of regulation.
Download or read book Bachelor Brothers Bed and Breakfast written by Bill Richardson and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How to Start Your Own Bed Breakfast written by Mary Zander and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A clear, practical presentation of the pros and cons of being a host. This book guides readers through an explanation of B&B establishment, zoning regulations, health and sanitary considerations, publicizing, marketing, etc.--Steve Birnbaum.
Download or read book Starting Running a B B written by Stewart Whyte and published by How to Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written for would-be and current B&B owners, this guide helps you assess the viability of starting and running your own B&B, with tools to make the most of your opportunities.
Download or read book BED BREAKFAST and BONES written by Carolyn L. Dean and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amanda Graham inherited a rundown bed and breakfast, a starving cat, and some dead guy who's buried in her garden!What should've been a simple remodeling project and a new business in a small Oregon beach town winds up with her uncle named as the number one murder suspect, a slew of odd neighbors and problematic townspeople, and Amanda wanting to just sit down and eat her weight in chocolate pie.Sure, she could pack her bags and travel back to LA?or should she dig in, heal from her failed romance, and find a whole new set of friends and adventures in Ravenwood Cove?And how could a quiet little coastal village have so many secrets?Includes the free recipe for Amanda's (and the author's) favorite cinnamon rolls. First novel in the Ravenwood Cove ebook series. Mild PG rating (because hey, there's a dead guy in it).
