Open Your Own Bed Breakfast Author:Barbara Notarius, Gail Sforza Brewer 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 res... more »ource 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.BARBARA NOTARIUS is a lecturer and consultant on operating a B&B. She is founder and publicity director of Bed and Breakfast Reservations Worldwide, the only nonprofit trade association in the B&B industry. In addition, she runs her own B&B, the Alexander Hamilton House, in Croton-on-Hudson, New York. GAIL SFORZA BREWER is a professional writer and lecturer.« less