Open Your Own Bed and Breakfast
Open Your Own Bed and Breakfast by Barbara Notarius is a comprehensive guide published by Wiley on February 2, 1996. This edition spans 336 pages and is presented in English. The book serves as a practical resource for individuals interested in starting or improving their own bed and breakfast, offering detailed insights into various aspects of the business.
Readers will find essential information on responsibilities for both hosts and guests, strategies for evaluating properties, pricing, and marketing. The guide also covers legal and tax considerations, employee management, and ways to enhance profitability. This third edition includes updated marketing strategies and a new appendix featuring industry suppliers, along with interviews with successful B&B hosts and helpful checklists. The book addresses key topics in hospitality, travel, and tourism, making it a valuable tool for aspiring innkeepers.
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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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