Open Your Own Bed and Breakfast [Paperback]

Experience the joy–and profits–that come from managing your own bed and breakfast!

Whether you already know the magic that comes with owning a B&B or you are at the planning stage, the fourth edition of Open Your Own Bed & Breakfast–now updated with everything you need to know about online marketing–guides you through this special world. Barbara Notarius, one of America′s most widely recognized and respected B&B experts, shows you how to make your dream a reality. Some of the essential information provided in this book includes:
∗ Your responsibilities–and those of your guests
∗ Financial considerations
∗ Advertising, the Internet, and working with a reservation service
∗ Evaluating your home′s assets and liabilities
∗ Conforming to the ADA
∗ Legal, tax, and insurance issues, including recent changes in the tax code
∗ Interviews with successful hosts
∗ Lists of B&B associations, guidebooks, and B&B reservation services


This new edition is an informative update of every aspect you need to know in order to run your B&B smoothly and successfully. Combining a meticulous business approach with a sincere appreciation for the pleasure that comes with running a B&B, Open Your Own Bed & Breakfast is an invaluable resource.

Experience the joy–and profits–that come from managing your own bed and breakfast!

Whether you already know the magic that comes with owning a B&B or you are at the planning stage, the fourth edition of Open Your Own Bed & Breakfast–now updated with everything you need to know about online marketing–guides you through this special world. Barbara Notarius, one of America’s most widely recognized and respected B&B experts, shows you how to make your dream a reality. Some of the essential information provided in this book includes:

• Your responsibilities–and those of your guests
• Financial considerations
• Advertising, the Internet, and working with a reservation service
• Evaluating your home’s assets and liabilities
• Conforming to the ADA
• Legal, tax, and insurance issues, including recent changes in the tax code
• Interviews with successful hosts
• Lists of B&B associations, guidebooks, and B&B reservation services

This new edition is an informative update of every aspect you need to know in order to run your B&B smoothly and successfully. Combining a meticulous business approach with a sincere appreciation for the pleasure that comes with running a B&B, Open Your Own Bed & Breakfast is an invaluable resource.

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.