MountainMystery
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Hello everyone! My husband and I are very excited about the opportunity to soon talk with the owner of a ~20 room motel about the possibility of taking over as the new managers. We have over a year of experience as innkeepers of our own small B&B and have had good success, but our goal has been to eventually own our own motel or hotel so this would be an amazing chance for us. We also have a strong background in other areas including sales, marketing, employee and project management.
We have many ideas to help make the motel more profitable and improve operation, including website improvements, online booking, property and guest management, and ideas to improve employee retention which has been a challenge for the previous managers. As far as job responsibilities go, the motel employs housekeepers but pretty much everything else will be done by us. We will live on-site and will be responsible for it around the clock.
The thing is, if we're asked what sort of compensation we expect, I'm not quite sure how to answer. We've heard from others through the pipes that the previous managers each made $750 per week which sounds quite generous since housing is also included. I have heard of another motel in the area offering a commission-only monthly compensation. Is $750/wk reasonable for EACH of us to make, or does that seem a little far-fetched?
I know this greatly depends on geographic location, but some sort of idea about this would definitely be helpful. We're just excited about the opportunity to move up and work closer to our dream, but we also don't want to under-cut ourselves too badly or come across as greedy to the owner.
Thanks!
We have many ideas to help make the motel more profitable and improve operation, including website improvements, online booking, property and guest management, and ideas to improve employee retention which has been a challenge for the previous managers. As far as job responsibilities go, the motel employs housekeepers but pretty much everything else will be done by us. We will live on-site and will be responsible for it around the clock.
The thing is, if we're asked what sort of compensation we expect, I'm not quite sure how to answer. We've heard from others through the pipes that the previous managers each made $750 per week which sounds quite generous since housing is also included. I have heard of another motel in the area offering a commission-only monthly compensation. Is $750/wk reasonable for EACH of us to make, or does that seem a little far-fetched?
I know this greatly depends on geographic location, but some sort of idea about this would definitely be helpful. We're just excited about the opportunity to move up and work closer to our dream, but we also don't want to under-cut ourselves too badly or come across as greedy to the owner.
Thanks!