| If you are thinking of running a bed and breakfast, | | | | - Do you maintain a clean and neat home? The |
| be sure that you are the right person for the job. If | | | | overall cleanliness of your B&B, especially the |
| you are one who by nature enjoys meeting, | | | | bathrooms and kitchen, has a major impact on your |
| greeting, and working with people, and you are | | | | guests impression of you, the host. Are you naturally |
| organized and have good personal habits, a bed and | | | | a tidy person? |
| breakfast business could be for you. | | | | - Are you good at keeping records? This is a |
| Good Potential B&B Candidates | | | | business, after all. Are you organized? Do you tend |
| Assuming that you meet the above qualifications, | | | | to enjoy keeping things in their proper place? Are |
| here are a few candidates whose life-situations tend | | | | you the kind of person who knows what is in your |
| to be conducive to running a bed and breakfast: | | | | first aid kit, how to use those items, and where it's |
| - You are retired, or are an early retiree | | | | located? |
| - You are widowed, or divorced, living in a home | | | | - Are you a veritable storehouse of information |
| alone | | | | about your local attractions? You are going to get |
| - You have a home large enough for a full-scale B&B | | | | asked a million questions by guests! Do you love the |
| - You are seeking a career change | | | | lore of your town and enjoy talking about history? |
| - You are a home-maker seeking supplementary | | | | - Can you be diplomatic? Or do you insist on making, |
| income | | | | and winning your point? It is almost guaranteed that |
| - You have a multiple bedroom luxury apartment in | | | | you are going to play host to people who do not |
| an area with lot of year-round, or seasonal tourism | | | | think exactly like you do. |
| - You are willing to consider a B&B in a new | | | | - Are you tolerant of other people and their |
| home-search | | | | lifestyles? You are going to be meeting a lot of |
| Good B&B Host Habits and Skills | | | | different people from all walks of life, and from all |
| There are many questions to ask as you picture | | | | over the world. Can you be a good ambassador? |
| yourself running a bed and breakfast. Try to answer | | | | If you have a tough time answering yes to any of |
| some of the following about your personal habits, | | | | these questions, it might be well for you to do a |
| life-skills, and attributes: | | | | self-inventory to see if there are areas where you |
| - This one is obvious: Do you enjoy making | | | | need some work. Remember that as a bed and |
| breakfast? People come for the view, or the location, | | | | breakfast host you are not the |
| or a million other reasons, but they remember that | | | | smiling-for-a-salary-desk-clerk at the local motel. You |
| fantastic breakfast you served them before they | | | | are the B&B, and it is you who sets the tone when |
| set out on their adventure. | | | | you open the front door to your guests. |