Thanks for the replies. I don't know how I missed that whole thread on it from earlier..I looked, I really did.
Maybe it was the mention of competitors that threw me, I hadn't even opened that thread. *sigh*
Anyway, I have read the books and the forums and I have gone to a local innkeeping seminar that was quite informative and I (and my DH) still want to do this. I do realize that shadowing (good word Bree!) would take alot of time and effort, especially weekends, but isn't that what innkeeping is all about?
I have looked into doing a vocation vacation, even before I knew about that particular website, but have a hard time with the amount of money it would take just to go work for the weekend, not counting traveling money. $1000+ or so isn't the kind of money I can just throw around. I believe the closest inn to me that offers a package like that is 4+ hours drive away..
cherry64 said:
Thanks for the replies. I don't know how I missed that whole thread on it from earlier..I looked, I really did.
Maybe it was the mention of competitors that threw me, I hadn't even opened that thread. *sigh*
Anyway, I have read the books and the forums and I have gone to a local innkeeping seminar that was quite informative and I (and my DH) still want to do this. I do realize that shadowing (good word Bree!) would take alot of time and effort, especially weekends, but isn't that what innkeeping is all about?
I have looked into doing a vocation vacation, even before I knew about that particular website, but have a hard time with the amount of money it would take just to go work for the weekend, not counting traveling money. $1000+ or so isn't the kind of money I can just throw around. I believe the closest inn to me that offers a package like that is 4+ hours drive away.
This is my saying, and you can quote me on it for vocation vacations
"It's a heckuvalot cheaper than buying an inn"
But you saw the cost involved, so perhaps you could approach one of the inns like you mention above. I do not see how you can do it without paying for it. This is a profession and the owner of an inn would be "training" you and DH.
Unless you want to clean all the rooms for the entire month. ? It has to be a trade of sorts, for what you are asking. Are you a masseuse? You might find some trades in that! I WISH!
Keep pushing the idea around maybe someone will pop up with something for ya.
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JunieBJones (JBJ) said:
This is my saying, and you can quote me on it for vocation vacations "It's a heckuvalot cheaper than buying an inn"
But you saw the cost involved, so perhaps you could approach one of the inns like you mention above. I do not see how you can do it without paying for it. This is a profession and the owner of an inn would be "training" you and DH.
Unless you want to clean all the rooms for the entire month. ? It has to be a trade of sorts, for what you are asking. Are you a masseuse? You might find some trades in that! I WISH!
Keep pushing the idea around maybe someone will pop up with something for ya.
Thanks for the thread, Cherry64! I had been curious about innternships, as well, but most of them do seem a bit pricey, especially when you're saving for a downpayment and travelling all over the region looking at turnkeys.
I wouldn't mind doing room flips and answering phones for a couple of days (saving the innkeeper an hour or two, perhaps, once I'd learned the ropes) since I'll have to work on my technique anyway, but from the innkeeper's perspective it's hard to tell whether we'd be worth our keep.
So, current owners, is there anything besides money that would make us aspirings of value to you? I would have thought cleaning rooms could be a fair trade, but I can't prove it without a housekeeping resume. What about data entry, marketing, photography, sewing, anything else we happen to have a knack for and could do for you while shadowing you?
Come on, who doesn't like a good barter?
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