This article came up in conversation. At least I think this is the article ... I had to search online for it.
I am happy for the owner of the place who has found success, but I was astounded by the over simplified explanation of how ... redecorating, finding recipes, hiring a web designer and printing brochures ... then boom. b&b Sort of. We all know what a rental of 30 days to one person might mean in our areas.
But maybe things do just fall into place like this sometimes. But often they don't. I'll let you read the article and decide for yourselves.
Anyway, I've accepted that $12.50 an hour temp job. Because I've got bills to pay. Last nite I got to know a few of the other temps. One of them, a married guy in his 50's, asked me what I used to do. When I told him, he got very excited. He and his wife are barely holding onto their house and he just read the above mentioned article ... and they 'are going to turn the house into a b&b. simple!'
Hey, I don't want to crush the guy, stomp on his dreams ... He's been out of work for over a year, that's why he took the temp job. It's a paycheck. I just barely mentioned checking with the town where he lives first. Just as a start. But he was way ahead of me ... He and his wife were up all nite, planning breakfasts and rearranging furniture in the bedrooms. He's already deciding on room rates.
I am happy for the owner of the place who has found success, but I was astounded by the over simplified explanation of how ... redecorating, finding recipes, hiring a web designer and printing brochures ... then boom. b&b Sort of. We all know what a rental of 30 days to one person might mean in our areas.
But maybe things do just fall into place like this sometimes. But often they don't. I'll let you read the article and decide for yourselves.
Anyway, I've accepted that $12.50 an hour temp job. Because I've got bills to pay. Last nite I got to know a few of the other temps. One of them, a married guy in his 50's, asked me what I used to do. When I told him, he got very excited. He and his wife are barely holding onto their house and he just read the above mentioned article ... and they 'are going to turn the house into a b&b. simple!'
Hey, I don't want to crush the guy, stomp on his dreams ... He's been out of work for over a year, that's why he took the temp job. It's a paycheck. I just barely mentioned checking with the town where he lives first. Just as a start. But he was way ahead of me ... He and his wife were up all nite, planning breakfasts and rearranging furniture in the bedrooms. He's already deciding on room rates.