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So You Want to Buy a Small Hotel!: A Guide (Paperback)

by Joanne Muller (Author), Charles Humphrey Muller (Editor)
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  • Paperback: 204 pages
  • Publisher: iUniverse.com (1 Oct 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0595200958
  • ISBN-13: 978-0595200955
  • Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.2 x 0.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 381,058 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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So You want to Buy a Small Hotel is written with humour and tells it like it is, warts and all, the good things and the nightmares about running a hotel - the dream (with the nightmares) lived for eleven years at a hotel in the Scottish Borders. It's a 'how to' book with a difference, anecdotal, full of practical, step-by-step advice, with warnings about pitfalls - a buyer's hotel guide for dummies! Reading the book will give you practical insights into what it is really like to own a small hotel and enable you to decide whether running a small hotel is for you. The illustrations are done by one of the repeat guests, Fred Ohnewald - just to show that some guests do come back for more!

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This book is written from personal experience. Read and see whether you would also like 'the experience'!

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5.0 out of 5 stars A real-life Fawlty Towers!, 2 Nov 2001
By Charles Muller (The Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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So You Want to Buy a Small Hotel is a realistic, anecdotal 'how-to' guide to the hands-on day-to-day running of a small hotel or guest house based on the author's personal experience in the Scottish Borders.

So You Want to Buy a Small Hotel is written with humour and tells it like it is, warts and all, the good things and the nightmares about running a hotel - the dream (with the nightmares!) lived for 11 years at a small hotel or guest house in the Scottish Borders. It's a 'how-to' book with a difference, anecdotal, full of practical, step-by-step advice, with warnings about pitfalls -- a buyer's hotel guide for dummies! Reading this book will give you practical insights into what it is really like to own a small hotel and enable you to decide whether running a small hotel is for you. The cartoon illustrations by Fred Ohnewald, a previous guest at the hotel from Germany, enhance the reading pleasure by highlighting some of the farcical situations described by the author. One illustration aptly illustrates the owner, an ex-university professor with three doctorates, serving breakfast with a 'balloon head' - a result of imbibing the liberal gifts of schnapps from his German guest the night before.

There were good times and bad times, and the good times outweigh the bad - though the few guests who left a bitter taste on the memory seemed to have left an overriding impression of a hotel not unlike Fawlty Towers. Indeed, the ex-owners confess that only now, after the sale of the hotel, can they enjoy the tortures and crises of Basil Fawlty, for at the time they were too close to reality!

Want to buy and run a small hotel? Sure, it's great - go for it! But you just may want to think again after reading this guide.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Old School, 21 Feb 2008
By Hugo D. Castillo "hdc900" (London UK) - See all my reviews
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The book is fine, but extremely dated. It may have been OK 10 years ago but refering to the internet as "something new that may be interesting" just leave itself in the open.
It has some OK tips, but fundamental things like online booking, software for booking, etc are left behind.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars madness in hotels, 28 Nov 2008
I very useful guide to staring in the B&B, Guest House and Small hotel trade Mrs Muller writes an informative how to book in an entertaining style. Book is however a little dated now as the internet page is about 1/2 a page long and in this day and age it is a vital tool for the small B&B owner. Good sections on advice on buying equipment and trying beds. A good read as well as a good tool for the aspiring owner. Would read with other volumes before starting out though.
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