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I didn't realize TA allows businesses to review until I read this thread. I'm a little worried I may have reviewed some places through that account now instead of my personal account. In my city there are about 600 restaurants and we are ranked about 150~, probably 50-100 of those restaurants...

I think you had a good response. As a restaurant owner I stood in his shoes one time, but I never sent any message. A friend, more of a colleague, of mine reviewed a competing restaurant and never reviewed ours on TA. That made me pretty upset and I felt pretty bad, but I never said anything. We...

Ugh, I can't stand these type of people. You have to be careful with some people, give them an inch and they will take a mile. i once had someone ask if we give senior discounts, I said, sorry no, then they asked if we gave disabled discounts, again I said no, and then she asked if we give...

That is roughly what I am thinking. By reservation only and a very limited menu. I have no desire to keep doing a restaurant day to day. Serving a simple breakfast daily and dinner twice a week by reservation is about the most I would want to do. My restaurant right now has about 80 menu items...

Haha, true. But I do really like the place I found for sale. If it's still available after our lease is up on our restaurant we will probably make an offer. Technically we have 9 months on our lease left, but we do want to do some traveling after we close and we will have a lot of business and...

A friend of mine has an outdoor jacuzzi inside a gazebo type of building, he put windows all around and big sliding glass doors. It's really neat and I was thinking that would be a good idea. He keeps it on all the time, 24/7, and it keeps the whole room fairly warm. No additional heat or a/c in...

Sounds like good advice. The only thing I would change to start is the website, booking system, add a blog and keep Facebook updated. I've also thought adding a public jacuzzi is a good idea, one that fits like 6 people or so. There are no covered outdoor sitting sreas, so I was thinking of...

There is a thread called "Occupancy Rates" under the sub-forum "buying and selling a B&B." Not sure if that is the thread you are thinking of.

Wow, thank you for taking the time for that reply. That is incredibly helpful. I have a question about number 5., how long is your loan and what are loan rates typically going for? I thought commercial loans were typically 5-7 years. ive found a few for sale in the $400-480K range I like in...

I'm sure there might be some example where groupon is useful, but I hate it too. I did a local companies version of groupon one time for our restaurant and I would never do it again. We never saw a single one of the coupon using customers again. We don't do coupons at all and that was the only...

I like their guest interface. I haven't seen the backside, but it sounds good from their website. Their website isn't very transparent on their prices. Do you also use them as your card processor? Is that required?What do they charge for that? All their website says, is starting at $39.99/month.

Thanks. Innshopper is a great website too.

That's very cool. But, I'm not going to be buying a place in the next 3 days. Maybe if it's still for sale in the future. We currently have a lease for our restaurant that ends in late 2017. Early 2018 is probably the soonest we can buy a place. But that will be here before we know it. I did...

Thanks for all the replies. I will rethink about buying an existing B&B, one of my concerns starting from scratch was the renovation costs and meeting local regulations. I've noticed many places where B&Bs are popular have strict regulations on zoning and other things that pertain to B&Bs. My...

Hello everyone, first time poster, long time reader. My wife and I currently own a restaurant and have been thinking about changing businesses to a B&B. Originally we wanted to buy a resort in the Ozarks, but financially that isn't a good possiblility right now. Ive done a lot of research, but...