llongendyke
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Hello everyone,
I am an aspiring innkeeper. I posted a question about raising capital to purchase an inn in the "aspiring innkeepers" section. Now I have a question about raising children.
Do any innkeepers here have young children? If so, do you have any advice or warnings? It sounds like innkeeping is so demanding that finding time to read a book is impossible, let alone raise a child. But I am hoping that someone will tell me that it can be done!
My husband and I do not have children yet, but we hope to start a family in a few years. We both have "desk jobs" that make us miserable and we think running an inn would be a good fit for us. I would only want to invest in a property that has a track record of turning enough revenue to allow us to hire at least one staff member, more depending on the size. Hopefully most of the cleaning would be covered by staff (though I have no objection to doing it) and we would cover marketing, guest relations, budgeting/accounting, and property maintenance.
We make a really great team and I can say that with confidence -- we've been restoring an old sailboat over the last few years, which may not be as hard as running an inn but it is a challenge! We've had lots of "serious" conversations over the process, but have always been on the same side and are still very much in love AND we lived aboard the thing for 2 years! In the winter! We're talking less than 100 sq feet of space and no shower!!
But I digress... We aren't at the point of purchase -- far from it -- but I'm researching as much as I can now so that I can prepare one way or another. Any insight or advice would be greatly appreciated!
I am an aspiring innkeeper. I posted a question about raising capital to purchase an inn in the "aspiring innkeepers" section. Now I have a question about raising children.
Do any innkeepers here have young children? If so, do you have any advice or warnings? It sounds like innkeeping is so demanding that finding time to read a book is impossible, let alone raise a child. But I am hoping that someone will tell me that it can be done!
My husband and I do not have children yet, but we hope to start a family in a few years. We both have "desk jobs" that make us miserable and we think running an inn would be a good fit for us. I would only want to invest in a property that has a track record of turning enough revenue to allow us to hire at least one staff member, more depending on the size. Hopefully most of the cleaning would be covered by staff (though I have no objection to doing it) and we would cover marketing, guest relations, budgeting/accounting, and property maintenance.
We make a really great team and I can say that with confidence -- we've been restoring an old sailboat over the last few years, which may not be as hard as running an inn but it is a challenge! We've had lots of "serious" conversations over the process, but have always been on the same side and are still very much in love AND we lived aboard the thing for 2 years! In the winter! We're talking less than 100 sq feet of space and no shower!!
But I digress... We aren't at the point of purchase -- far from it -- but I'm researching as much as I can now so that I can prepare one way or another. Any insight or advice would be greatly appreciated!