Course #1: Starting a Bed and Breakfast - for Aspiring InnKeepers
Cost: $350.00 (add $150.00 for each extra person) plus cost of accommodations
5 to 6 hours over 1 day covers the items listed below.
FOLLOW UP: Wherever feasible for us we will try to include your B&B in our travel plans at an appropriate time after you have opened your establishment and stay with you for a night or 2 and give you some critical feedback on how you are doing.
Legalities
- making it legal
- a business structure
- taxation
- income tax
- business license information
- zoning regulations
- building code and fire safety regulations
- permits
- identification signs
- fire regulations
- fire containment
- egress
- detection
- suppression
- insurance
Financial
- write-offs
- financial worksheet
- maintenance worksheet
- research costs
- miscellaneous start-up costs
- calculating business portion of home
- how much are my rooms worth
- helpful hints
- accounting form
This is the B&B Business
- where to begin
- what's in a name
- register your name
- what is a B&B
- can you operate a B&B
- who will be my clients
- smokers, pets, and children
- neighbourhood assessment
- tourist attractions
- know your competition
- advantages
- disadvantages
- skills required
Setting up the Home
- renovations
- bedrooms
- extra touches
- beds and bedding
- bathrooms
- hallways and stairwells
- common areas
- guest eating area
- your private space
- decorating and upkeep
- gardens
- house rules
- wedding parties
- please don't come back
- stolen goods
- accidents
- asking for payment
Odds and Ends
- B&B associations
- basic marketing
- brochures
- networking
- internet considerations
- accreditations
- Food Safe certification
- casual labour versus employees
- WCB
