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That is a good suggestion Anniesguesthouse, but it would not work in our situation. Our Inn is owned by a winery so we are only going to promote their wines on site.

Interesting idea Jcam. Will explore this as a room service snack offer.

Thank you all for your feedback. Will take your advice and build everything into the room price. Now to figure out how much it will cost per head to serve a hot breakfast and wine/cheese hour, plus utilities, expenses, etc. The good news is that the B&B is in wine country, and we have a...

Love the airline analogy. Good point. No one wants to be nickeled & dimed. Will do some research to come up with a price per head for food & wine. Thanks.

Question for this crowd regarding breakfast. . .think back to when you first started since I am new to this biz. . .did you first plan set menus to determine approximately how much it would cost to buy the food needed to serve breakfast and then build that into the price of your rooms? Trying...

Thank you for the advice. To answer some of your questions, we have approval to do weddings for up to 125 guests and have tons of parking & space for events since the Inn is located on a 40-acre vineyard. Not sure yet if we will provide the tent, chairs, tables, dance floor, etc. or if we...

Thanks for the feedback. Yes, we did just start building so it may seem early to think about weddings but I want to forecast short term & long term key revenue sources. Weddings seem to be a good revenue source to focus on.

Hi. . .newbie here. . .seeking advice on what to charge as a wedding venue fee. I have visited the online wedding sites, but it is difficult to tell what their average wedding venue fee is without having to reach out to each one and my competition certainly does not want to share :) Are you...

Thank you Chris! Good advice, and I saw that Magnolia Biz Plan online as well.

Thanks everyone! I bought the book "Running a Bed & Breakfast for Dummies", and it is an excellent resource. I also see there is an Innspire Conference & Trade Show in January that has a workshop for Aspiring Innkeepers and opportunity to connect with Vendors.

All great advice from experienced Innkeepers, and I appreciate it. Thought I should share a little more about where we are with this project. B&B funding is secured. We have received all County approvals and will have Use Permit next week (BTW - that was quite the process! Whew!). We break...

Hi - I would like to put together a Business Plan that I can use as my roadmap for a new B&B we are building. Does anyone have one that has worked well for them? One of the things I struggle with is the timeline of getting things done and which action items should take priority because they...