B&B Coach article here: Have you worked yourself to the bone this year?
I think it would be better, for me personally at least, to work like a maniac to have a few months off straight. You'll better recoveed, rested & relaxed after a long hiatus rather than just a few short breaks in between. My opinion...I've got to rework our numbers to see exactly how much $$$ we need now that most of our major projects on the house have been completed. Then I am going to set up the calendar and block out some time during the season so we don't run ourselves ragged like we did tis past year. I am torn between
1. Spreading out our guests over the course of the year, with short intervals in between reservations but taking guests pretty much all year.
2. Closing for months at a time and working full tilt during the high season when we can be full all the time.
If we spread out the guests over the entire year we really tie ourselves down. If we cram all the reservations into 3-4 months we have no life for those months and are exhausted by the end of Oct. So it's kind of a toss up...I am hoping once I work the numbers I can reach some kind of compromise between the two extremes..
We cram them in from Mem Day to now. Then we have 6 months of damn poor sleddin'. Our friends take off the whole winter from Nov 1 to May 1. I think they're more rested but they still struggle in August same as we do.I've got to rework our numbers to see exactly how much $$$ we need now that most of our major projects on the house have been completed. Then I am going to set up the calendar and block out some time during the season so we don't run ourselves ragged like we did tis past year. I am torn between
1. Spreading out our guests over the course of the year, with short intervals in between reservations but taking guests pretty much all year.
2. Closing for months at a time and working full tilt during the high season when we can be full all the time.
If we spread out the guests over the entire year we really tie ourselves down. If we cram all the reservations into 3-4 months we have no life for those months and are exhausted by the end of Oct. So it's kind of a toss up...I am hoping once I work the numbers I can reach some kind of compromise between the two extremes..
I think it would be better, for me personally at least, to work like a maniac to have a few months off straight. You'll better recoveed, rested & relaxed after a long hiatus rather than just a few short breaks in between. My opinion...I've got to rework our numbers to see exactly how much $$$ we need now that most of our major projects on the house have been completed. Then I am going to set up the calendar and block out some time during the season so we don't run ourselves ragged like we did tis past year. I am torn between
1. Spreading out our guests over the course of the year, with short intervals in between reservations but taking guests pretty much all year.
2. Closing for months at a time and working full tilt during the high season when we can be full all the time.
If we spread out the guests over the entire year we really tie ourselves down. If we cram all the reservations into 3-4 months we have no life for those months and are exhausted by the end of Oct. So it's kind of a toss up...I am hoping once I work the numbers I can reach some kind of compromise between the two extremes..
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SURE OF COURSEK9 said:I think it would be better, for me personally at least, to work like a maniac to have a few months off straight. You'll better recoveed, rested & relaxed after a long hiatus rather than just a few short breaks in between. My opinion...
Nope.. not us, not ever. But if Silverspoon has that option, it gets my vote! (if nothing more than out of jealousyI think it would be better, for me personally at least, to work like a maniac to have a few months off straight. You'll better recoveed, rested & relaxed after a long hiatus rather than just a few short breaks in between. My opinion...I've got to rework our numbers to see exactly how much $$$ we need now that most of our major projects on the house have been completed. Then I am going to set up the calendar and block out some time during the season so we don't run ourselves ragged like we did tis past year. I am torn between
1. Spreading out our guests over the course of the year, with short intervals in between reservations but taking guests pretty much all year.
2. Closing for months at a time and working full tilt during the high season when we can be full all the time.
If we spread out the guests over the entire year we really tie ourselves down. If we cram all the reservations into 3-4 months we have no life for those months and are exhausted by the end of Oct. So it's kind of a toss up...I am hoping once I work the numbers I can reach some kind of compromise between the two extremes..
.SURE OF COURSEK9 said:I think it would be better, for me personally at least, to work like a maniac to have a few months off straight. You'll better recoveed, rested & relaxed after a long hiatus rather than just a few short breaks in between. My opinion...
But who can take months off? Not us, not now not ever.
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I think it would be better, for me personally at least, to work like a maniac to have a few months off straight. You'll better recoveed, rested & relaxed after a long hiatus rather than just a few short breaks in between. My opinion...I've got to rework our numbers to see exactly how much $$$ we need now that most of our major projects on the house have been completed. Then I am going to set up the calendar and block out some time during the season so we don't run ourselves ragged like we did tis past year. I am torn between
1. Spreading out our guests over the course of the year, with short intervals in between reservations but taking guests pretty much all year.
2. Closing for months at a time and working full tilt during the high season when we can be full all the time.
If we spread out the guests over the entire year we really tie ourselves down. If we cram all the reservations into 3-4 months we have no life for those months and are exhausted by the end of Oct. So it's kind of a toss up...I am hoping once I work the numbers I can reach some kind of compromise between the two extremes..
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If I go too long without doing a breakfast, I get rusty and out of kilter.K9 said:I think it would be better, for me personally at least, to work like a maniac to have a few months off straight. You'll better recoveed, rested & relaxed after a long hiatus rather than just a few short breaks in between. My opinion...
Thanks for your input and suggestions.Nope.. not us, not ever. But if Silverspoon has that option, it gets my vote! (if nothing more than out of jealousyI think it would be better, for me personally at least, to work like a maniac to have a few months off straight. You'll better recoveed, rested & relaxed after a long hiatus rather than just a few short breaks in between. My opinion...I've got to rework our numbers to see exactly how much $$$ we need now that most of our major projects on the house have been completed. Then I am going to set up the calendar and block out some time during the season so we don't run ourselves ragged like we did tis past year. I am torn between
1. Spreading out our guests over the course of the year, with short intervals in between reservations but taking guests pretty much all year.
2. Closing for months at a time and working full tilt during the high season when we can be full all the time.
If we spread out the guests over the entire year we really tie ourselves down. If we cram all the reservations into 3-4 months we have no life for those months and are exhausted by the end of Oct. So it's kind of a toss up...I am hoping once I work the numbers I can reach some kind of compromise between the two extremes..
.SURE OF COURSEK9 said:I think it would be better, for me personally at least, to work like a maniac to have a few months off straight. You'll better recoveed, rested & relaxed after a long hiatus rather than just a few short breaks in between. My opinion...
But who can take months off? Not us, not now not ever.
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If you have spreadsheet software you can do this yourself. No matter how you do it you'll have to input the data.Thanks for your input and suggestions.Nope.. not us, not ever. But if Silverspoon has that option, it gets my vote! (if nothing more than out of jealousyI think it would be better, for me personally at least, to work like a maniac to have a few months off straight. You'll better recoveed, rested & relaxed after a long hiatus rather than just a few short breaks in between. My opinion...I've got to rework our numbers to see exactly how much $$$ we need now that most of our major projects on the house have been completed. Then I am going to set up the calendar and block out some time during the season so we don't run ourselves ragged like we did tis past year. I am torn between
1. Spreading out our guests over the course of the year, with short intervals in between reservations but taking guests pretty much all year.
2. Closing for months at a time and working full tilt during the high season when we can be full all the time.
If we spread out the guests over the entire year we really tie ourselves down. If we cram all the reservations into 3-4 months we have no life for those months and are exhausted by the end of Oct. So it's kind of a toss up...I am hoping once I work the numbers I can reach some kind of compromise between the two extremes..
.SURE OF COURSEK9 said:I think it would be better, for me personally at least, to work like a maniac to have a few months off straight. You'll better recoveed, rested & relaxed after a long hiatus rather than just a few short breaks in between. My opinion...
But who can take months off? Not us, not now not ever.
.)
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K9, keep in mind that we have owned and run this B+B for 25 years and it is just NOW, with DH turning 70 that we have the option of limiting our reservations. At least I think we will...as I said, I have yet to run the numbers. We will see how the year turns out and then make a plan. The trick will be to keep our rates high enough to discourage some visitors but not all, thus sort of self limiting our schedule and giving us the best return. I knew I should have paid more attention to Maximums and Minimums in those calculus courses I took many years ago! Any body know of a program that we can put our data into and come out with the best result?
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Thanks Maddie, I'll just have to put my thinking cap on and go to it!!!If you have spreadsheet software you can do this yourself. No matter how you do it you'll have to input the data.Thanks for your input and suggestions.Nope.. not us, not ever. But if Silverspoon has that option, it gets my vote! (if nothing more than out of jealousyI think it would be better, for me personally at least, to work like a maniac to have a few months off straight. You'll better recoveed, rested & relaxed after a long hiatus rather than just a few short breaks in between. My opinion...I've got to rework our numbers to see exactly how much $$$ we need now that most of our major projects on the house have been completed. Then I am going to set up the calendar and block out some time during the season so we don't run ourselves ragged like we did tis past year. I am torn between
1. Spreading out our guests over the course of the year, with short intervals in between reservations but taking guests pretty much all year.
2. Closing for months at a time and working full tilt during the high season when we can be full all the time.
If we spread out the guests over the entire year we really tie ourselves down. If we cram all the reservations into 3-4 months we have no life for those months and are exhausted by the end of Oct. So it's kind of a toss up...I am hoping once I work the numbers I can reach some kind of compromise between the two extremes..
.SURE OF COURSEK9 said:I think it would be better, for me personally at least, to work like a maniac to have a few months off straight. You'll better recoveed, rested & relaxed after a long hiatus rather than just a few short breaks in between. My opinion...
But who can take months off? Not us, not now not ever.
.)
.
K9, keep in mind that we have owned and run this B+B for 25 years and it is just NOW, with DH turning 70 that we have the option of limiting our reservations. At least I think we will...as I said, I have yet to run the numbers. We will see how the year turns out and then make a plan. The trick will be to keep our rates high enough to discourage some visitors but not all, thus sort of self limiting our schedule and giving us the best return. I knew I should have paid more attention to Maximums and Minimums in those calculus courses I took many years ago! Any body know of a program that we can put our data into and come out with the best result?
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In the spreadsheet you can manipulate the date to show occ trending down as prices go up. (You have to do the original math, sorry.)
We did this when we looked at various places. 'If 35% of the guests decided not to come back because of new owners, would we die the first year?' It was very helpful.
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I've worked harder this year than any other year and coming into our slow season now I'm exhausted. But also appreciative. I think the goal for next year will be to plan more time off, even during the crazy season. That seems to work for me and keeps me balanced. I also want to get more sleep, practice yoga more (as in I haven't been to a yoga class since May!), and spend more time with friends whom I hardly ever see from May-Nov..
I don't think we've worked harder but we're getting older! Plus, we had no housekeeping help for the majority of the season. I already blocked off 4 days in August. Crazy, but I think it's worth it. We're taking a big trip next spring. 3 weeks.Country Girl said:I've worked harder this year than any other year and coming into our slow season now I'm exhausted. But also appreciative. I think the goal for next year will be to plan more time off, even during the crazy season. That seems to work for me and keeps me balanced. I also want to get more sleep, practice yoga more (as in I haven't been to a yoga class since May!), and spend more time with friends whom I hardly ever see from May-Nov.
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