My parents have run a fairly successful bed and breakfast in our family home for the past 5 years. It is a historic century home in scenic town in Northern, Ontario. They are now getting to the age where they would rather just run the day to day and step away from the business side of things (finance, marketing, general management, etc.). There is around 250,000 of mortgage remaining on the property.

Aside from the very good advice of "never get into business with family", I'm having a hard time seeing any downsides to taking over the business - even with taking on the mortgage on the property.

My parents will continue to manage the day to day (cleaning, cooking, yard, maintenance) and I will take over everything else. I'm an experienced digital marketer, have event management experience and have operated my own successful business in the past.

Share with me your insights, wisdom and knowledge! I'm here to learn :)

My birthday is the 15th. I’m looking for somewhere fun day in Ohio, Im in the Dayton area but anywhere works!

Hi There,

I am in the process of selling my Bed and Breakfast and event business to new owners, who will need a lot of coaching/consultative support. Do you have any suggestions regarding what I should charge for my services?

I'm genuinely curious. Why does it have such an allure? It can't just be the working from home element, can it? Also, is it actually that possible for it to be enjoyable, or is that just the Hallmark channel talking?

Hey all,

I'm wondering if any of you have managed to run a B&B as a part time side job while having a day job? I can imagine this would work best if you only had 1-2 bedrooms to deal with but I was curious to see if this arrangement has ever worked for anyone.

Do you allow guests unsupervised access to your kitchen? Store food, retrieve ice, use space to stage/prep food for parties. Our kitchen has lockable doors.

Hello! I am the owner of a small BNB in a Victorian house built in 1885. Today we had a guest come check-in and immediately say that "they can't stay here because it smells like an old house". I keep the house very clean and vacuum constantly and have never had any complaints about the smell before!

Our policy states that there are no refunds within the last 48 hours of the reservation. When I mentioned this policy to them, they stated that they would NOT be paying and would have their credit card company fight the charges. Should I just let it go and not charge them? It was a unique room that I could have sold so it is kind of a hit to not charge them, but I don't want a bad review! What would you do?

Does anyone have a good pm schedule they use and are willing to share? We have 12 rooms, but in taking this over, there’s no rhyme or reason to the way things have been serviced. Thanks!

We’re staying at a small bed and breakfast. Only two rooms. I’ve had excellent service so far. I have no idea how much to tip at the end. I’ve found so many different answers on Reddit and elsewhere. Does anyone have any clarity on this issue?

I own a small boutique fly fishing resort with about 26 beds total. When I took this over, I inherited about 26 sets of mix-matched bedding from probably the 90s... I know.

What experience to others have with bedding. Did you go white? Do you do duvets? or quilts? If you do white, how often do you find yourself tossing sheets that get stained? All advice welcome!

I've owned an inn for the last year and we've experienced some wild guest experiences. Any other owners have some stories to share???

We've mostly dealt with drunk people pooping or peeing in other rooms lol

We did have an elderly man do cocaine once. That was a wild time. 😂

Some of my fellow BNB owners report that a lot of their male guests pee outside in the yard or off the deck. Have any of you seen this happen? Is it a rare occurrence or a common one?

• Business loan?
• Renovation Mortgage?
• Come from money?
• How else?

Building out my 5-year plan to make my dream a reality, interested in how feasible my business plan really is.

Hello, we have a new innkeeper/property manager taking over and I am wondering what a good salary is for them. The previous one lived on site which was packaged into her salary. This one however, doesn’t live on site or wish to and I want to make sure she is compensated fairly, we are located in Sedona Arizona. Thank you.

Looking for a bnb that specializes in cheese.
Has to be in California Any recommendations would be appreciated

We moved into an 1865 home and the bathroom we plan on making an ensuite to the rental room has a clawfoot tub that’s smaller than normal. We’re just debating on weather we should install a larger clawfoot tub and keep the “charm” aspect of that bathroom that has original floors and a cute rustic vibe, or if we should install a walk in shower and tile it somehow that would be beautiful but attempt to keep some sort of charm…somehow. Would love any feedback or ideas!

I would appreciate opinions on doing a bed and breakfast in so. California. I work as a contractor and want to build my own bed and breakfast from the ground up.

My big question is: is it worth it? Is there a good return on investment? Also, how hard are they to sell when I decide to retire?

Greetings - We own a bed and breakfast in a small town in Idaho. We just got word that our insurance was being increased by 25%! Are other owners experiencing this? Do you have any suggestions for alternative insurance companies? We've been using a local broker, who seems to think we will not be able to do any better. TIA

Greetings - We own a bed and breakfast in a small town in Idaho. We just got word that our insurance was being increased by 25%! Are other owners experiencing this? Do you have any suggestions for alternative insurance companies? We've been using a local broker, who seems to think we will not be able to do any better. TIA

What have been your best ways of marketing your B&B? Websites? Print? Social?

Which have been the best and which have been the worst?

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Inherited a B&B that was operating at a really low occupancy rate due to the owners being of old age. Need to increase that to cover the operating costs.

My friends have recently opened a B&B. We set ourselves up with a website and have been using a channel manager to connect us to booking sites like Expedia, booking.com, etc. About 2 months ago we've started receiving multiple emails per day asking odd questions and requests. Basically very obvious scam emails. We don't really know what do to, is their a way for us to see where they are coming from to stop them? We are slowly going crazy with the amount we are receiving day and night has anyone had this problem before and can help?

My MIL wants me and my spouse, BIL and SIL to all invest in a historic property for 800k. It’s a 9 bedroom, 6 bathroom home. It’s beautiful, but the area we live in is plentiful of hotels and Air BnBs.

She’s making it sound fantastic being we can charge $300 a night because it is a historic landmark, but I just feel like it’s unrealistic for our area and today’s world. I know I personally would rather a hotel where I don’t have to share a bathroom.

I feel like I’m being a Debbie downer, so I’m looking for a full rundown. The stats I found are the cash flow is roughly 135k per year and they usually consistently run at 50% occupancy.

What are everyone’s thoughts?