House Conversion

Learn about converting your home into a bed and breakfast, including structural alterations and preparation.

Assessing and Dealing with your Business Competition

The first part of tackling the competition in the B&B market, as with any business, is to know all about them, that's the assessing part. The second is deali...

Designing Your B & B Conversion

Assuming you have a building that lends itself to conversion into a viable bed and breakfast, a great deal of thought and planning needs to be put into the b...

Employing and Retaining Happy Staff

For many bed and breakfast establishments the idea of hiring staff is an unheard of luxury, particularly as many B&B's are family run businesses. But if the...

Handling B&B Guest Complaints

No matter how well you run your B&B and how much you put into setting up the visit of each guest, it's inevitable that at some point or other you will have t...

Maintaining a High Market Position

Maintaining your position in the market is important for a bed and breakfast and requires constant vigilance. There are a number of areas of activity, one be...

Maintaining Quality and High Standards

Any bed and breakfast owner will be aware that a reputation spread by word of mouth is worth its weight in gold, but some believe that there's nothing that c...

Setting Guests Rates

Getting the pricing right is critical for a bed and breakfast. If it's too low you might not make a profit, set it too high and you may not attract enough vi...

Staying Fully Booked Throughout the Year

Keeping a full house throughout a whole year in a bed and breakfast can be very difficult, and most of the time you have more guests than you can handle, fol...

Ten Tips for Your Outdoor Enthusiast B&B Guests

Many B&B's thrive in locations where there are plenty of outdoor enthusiasts. Being in a popular location for pursuits such as walking, climbing, horse ridin...