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Hi,
I'm not an aspiring innkeeper, but an aspiring author. In the book I'm writing my main character inherits a large home on eastern Long Island. She's also the beneficiary of a life insurance policy. She decides to use the proceeds to turn the home into a Bed and Breakfast. I'd really like this to sound authentic and that's where I need your help. Would any of you mind answering a few questions for me?
1. How much money would it take to start a B&B? (I need to know how big to make her inheritance!) If you have knowledge of the LI market, great, if not how much did you need for your area?
2. How many people work at your B&B? What are some of the daily jobs that need to be done?
3. How hard is it to break even owning a B&B as your only source of income?
4. What are some things that have gone wrong with your B&B that you didn't expect?
5. Do you have any funny/interesting/unusual stories about the people who've stayed at your B&B that you could share? Have they done anything out of the ordinary?
6. Is there a fine line between a B&B and an Inn? In my story the B&B burns down and she decides to use the insurance to rebuild and expand to an Inn. What are some of the differences between the two?
7. Is there anything else I'd need to know to make this storyline authentic? (I'll be lurking around this site for the next few months while I write as well)
Thanks so much for taking the time to help me out!
I'm not an aspiring innkeeper, but an aspiring author. In the book I'm writing my main character inherits a large home on eastern Long Island. She's also the beneficiary of a life insurance policy. She decides to use the proceeds to turn the home into a Bed and Breakfast. I'd really like this to sound authentic and that's where I need your help. Would any of you mind answering a few questions for me?
1. How much money would it take to start a B&B? (I need to know how big to make her inheritance!) If you have knowledge of the LI market, great, if not how much did you need for your area?
2. How many people work at your B&B? What are some of the daily jobs that need to be done?
3. How hard is it to break even owning a B&B as your only source of income?
4. What are some things that have gone wrong with your B&B that you didn't expect?
5. Do you have any funny/interesting/unusual stories about the people who've stayed at your B&B that you could share? Have they done anything out of the ordinary?
6. Is there a fine line between a B&B and an Inn? In my story the B&B burns down and she decides to use the insurance to rebuild and expand to an Inn. What are some of the differences between the two?
7. Is there anything else I'd need to know to make this storyline authentic? (I'll be lurking around this site for the next few months while I write as well)
Thanks so much for taking the time to help me out!