Have you ever LIVED inside your business? With your whole family? AND you cannot put the closed sign on the door at 5pm, they SLEEP here with you, you awake to them.
Let me give my usual analogy:
Fish for dinner - 1st night broiled yummy, 2nd night grilled exellent, 3rd night blackened wow, 4th night fried super, etc etc for 5 years straight? FIsh for dinner 5 years solid wears thin. Fish for dinner is great - but not ALL THE TIME.
This is not suposed to be a lifelong business. Many go into this AFTER they retire thinking it would be fun. DO they get to go to the grandkids birthday parties on saturdays? Nope, what about their kids giving birth, can they leave the business to be there at the hospital? Nope. Nephews wedding? Nope. Holidays and special ocassions, Nope. What about simply hanging out with friends or going to a movie? Nope.
You are tied to your business day and night. There is NO getting away from it. As many people as you meet from around the world and country you are ISOLATED. Why do you think so many of us are on here for some fellowship? NO ONE UNDERSTANDS this industry.
We race out every Sunday to try to get to church - it takes the whole family to be able to get out of this place. We race in and people came up to me and said "Hey can you go downstairs and help with the "covered dish luncheon"?" Nope. I just served 12 people, stripped rooms, checked out, and have been working since 6am to get here with my family. ALL WEEKEND I HAVE BEEN WORKING. Now I want to be in church for an hour. Nope. NO ONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE DO!
If you aren't careful this business can chew you up and spit you out. The only romance in a B&B are the guests, the owners are too tired.