Recent content by lazarus

thank you all -- very helpful. it looks like we are going to give 20% a try.

thanks, seashanty... would you mind sharing your discount rate? We were thinking 20 percent...

...we are being approached by friends and neighbors... they are not asking for a discount, but we would like to have a policy and offer them something. what do you do?

Copperhead, you made me laugh when you pointed out we don't have our address or phone number on our website! Our guests must be pretty resourceful to even find us. Anyway -- fixed now. You have been a real help and I thank you. We are indicating that we take credit cards for reservations, and...

My wife and I are new B&B owners, and just finished setting up Freetobook as our booking software. I am really really happy -- it is FREE. They do offer additional paid for services, but you don't need to use them. You can use them for credit card payments, but we are only accepting cash or...

just starting using Waze for our 3 month old B&B... I am really liking it so far.

just starting using Waze for our 3 month old B&B... I am really liking it so far.

very good point -- we are "older" and have paid off our house, but we have a home equity line of credit for emergencies, and the bank requires proof of insurance which is now commercial... the bank seems to be accepting our new insurance, but they well might not have.

thanks Silverspoon. I hope we are as lucky. yes, we are insured as a b&b. yes, we have P&Z approval. I only ask what your own experiences are for property tax status because B&B's are uncommon in our area and I want to be able to discuss the status of our very small business with our local...

My wife and I will be opening a new b&b in a few weeks, and are wondering if our three guest room setup (has always been a single family home...) would require/trigger reappraisal as a commercial or partial commercial property. The state is.... Connecticut. My wife and I will continue to live...