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Dreaming of running your own charming bed and breakfast? You're in the right place for expert guidance on everything from house conversion and starting up to advertising, decorating, and achieving lasting success. Our comprehensive advice, real case studies, and Ask Our Experts feature will help you turn your B&B vision into a thriving reality. Start A Bed And Breakfast is here to help.

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A B&B - How Do I Convert My House?
You've certainly come to the right place – here at Start A Bed & Breakfast we cover all aspects of owning and running a B&B. There's a lot to consider but...
How Much Profit Can a B&B Make?
Working out how much profit can be made from a B&B is very important. But this key point is not tackled in a structured way by a surprising number of B&B own...
Is a Bed and Breakfast The Right Business For You?
Running a bed and breakfast is the sort of business that many people consider at some point in their lives, often when they’re staying in one, and realise...
Providing Access for Guests with a Disability
Disabled access regulations now mean that bed and breakfast owners have a number of responsibilities for providing information and access for disabled guests...
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Should You Accept Pets at Your B&B?
Long gone are the days when B&B’s were run by gruff women with draconian rules – if you want to be successful, the customer has to come first. Now, at th...
More Internet Marketing Initiatives
In our internet marketing article we talk about capturing the email addresses of customers and prospects and sending out regular email newsletters about your...
Branching Out Into the Spa Market
Many B&B establishments and small hotels have made a name for themselves by moving up a quality bracket into the spa market. But what's involved with turning...
Can Local Business Networking Help Your B&B?
Why on earth would local business networking help a B&B? Well, one answer is that you won’t know until you go to find out, but don't expect results to come...
Hiring a Gardener for Your B&B
Many bed and breakfast establishments have large gardens, often because they were originally private houses and a large house would usually have a garden to...
Making the Best of a Seaside Location: A Case Study
A seaside location is the traditional home of the B&B but although it means more visitors, and therefore more potential customers, there's much more competit...
What Did Volcanic Ash Ever Do for Us? Case Study
During the spring of 2010 the travel world in Europe was turned upside down by ash from a volcanic eruption under the Eyjafjallajoekull Glacier in Iceland. T...
Should I Extend My B&B to Add More Bedrooms?
Whether or not to extend a B&B to put more bedrooms in is a tricky question at the best of times. It's even harder in a time of economic uncertainty, particu...
Food Hygiene Requirements for a B&B
Although B&Bs don't often provide evening meals and aren't likely to have a professional kitchen, there are still Food Safety Regulations to adhere to. Legal...
Does the Owner Have to Live in Their B&B?
The traditional B&B tends to have a live-in landlord or landlady, sometimes a couple, who have opened up their house to paying guests. Typically it is a priv...
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