Overview

This Fourth Edition of the popular practical guide to opening and running a bed and breakfast covers all the bases, including evaluating a home's assets and liabilities, determining charges for services, insurance, taxes, legal liabilities, advertising and promotion, working with reservation services, and much more. Completely revised and expanded by nearly fifty percent, Open Your Own Bed and Breakfast, Fourth Edition now features new chapters on using the Internet and online marketing resources, updated appendices on marketing and promoting, and industry suppliers of specialized equipment required to comply with the latest regulations.

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Author:   Barbara Notarius ,  Gail Sforza Brewer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition:   4th Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.464kg
ISBN:  

9780471373995

ISBN 10:   0471373990
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   23 May 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments. Introduction: America Is Waking Up to Bed and Breakfast. Bed and Breakfast Defined: Basic Principles. Is Bed and Breakfast for You? Evaluating Your Home's Assets and Liabilities. Financial Considerations. Starting Up. Public Relations and Advertising. The Internet. Working with a Reservation Service. Operating Smoothly: For Hosts Who Market Themselves. Increasing Profitability. Specialty Bed and Breakfasts. Construction. Best Breakfasts. Interviews with Successful Hosts. Appendix A: Bed and Breakfast Reservation Services. Appendix B: Publications. Appendix C: State Bed and Breakfast Associations. Appendix D: Sources. Appendix E: Online Directories. Appendix F: Reservation Software. Index.

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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.

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