Start & Run a Bed & Breakfast

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Start & Run a Bed & Breakfast, 4th Edition


	Format	Softcover + CD-ROM
	Catalogue No.	978-1-55180-803-1
	Pages	209
	Language	English only
	Price	$22.95

Written by Monica Taylor and Richard Taylor.
Published by Self-Counsel Press, 2008.

Description:

Have you ever stayed in a bed and breakfast and thought of how exciting it would be to open your own B & B? It takes more than dreams and a spare bedroom to achieve success. With a keen business sense and the advice in this helpful, easy-to-read guide, you, too, can turn your home into a welcome place for visitors to stay.

Start & Run a Bed & Breakfast includes advice on:

determining if you would be a good B & B host
renovations that may be required
taxation, licensing, and insurance issues
catering to a specific market and market research
food and beverage services you should provide
setting housekeeping standards
keeping client records and establishing financial records
customer service options
advertising and promotion
and much more.

For more than 14 years, authors Monica and Richard Taylor owned and operated The Carnochan House, a successful bed and breakfast in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. Their gracious Victorian home welcomed visitors to the famous Shaw Festival and numerous historic sites in the area. The Taylors also served on their town’s bed and breakfast bylaw review committee and are active in promoting the concept of B & B in North America.

The companion CD-ROM for use on a Windows-based PC includes forms in PDF and MS Word formats:

financial estimates
booking forecast
renovation survey
tasks forms
tourist attraction survey
competitor survey form
bonus breakfast recipes
and much more.

System Requirements:

CD-ROM drive
MS Word or compatible word processor
A current web browser
a media player
MS Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista or NT4

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