As the owner of a bed and breakfast, you can live in the house of your dreams and work from home. 

You can run your bed and breakfast alone if you are the independent type. Or the bed and breakfast can be a family affair, with everyone – even the kids – contributing to the running of the business. 

You are also your own boss, and many of the expenses of running your home will be tax deductible. 

Depending on how many rooms you want to rent out, you could enjoy a part-time or a full-time income. If your business is seasonal, catering to a ski crowd or summer vacationers, you can close down and travel during the off season, if you want. 

Bed and breakfasts are the fastest growing segment of the lodging business.

Guide author Angela Hynes has written 11 books. To research the bed and breakfast business, she travelled extensively and visited numerous bed and breakfasts. The information she shares in this FabJob guide, gathered from bed and breakfasts across the country, can help you avoid costly mistakes and make your own bed and breakfast a success. 

This guide focuses on how to successfully start and run your own bed and breakfast. It covers topics of vital importance to anyone who wants to own a bed and breakfast, including:

Getting Started

This section offers helpful tips and links to free resources to start a bed and breakfast business in the United States or Canada. 

• An overview of your options for starting a bed and breakfast:
• Buying an existing bed and breakfast inn along with its furnishings, future bookings, and reputation
• Finding a house or other property that has the potential to be a great bed and breakfast inn
• Starting a bed and breakfast in your current home
• How to become an "inn sitter" for bed and breakfast owners who want to take a vacation (including how much to charge)
• Where to find inns advertised for sale
• Advice on what to consider when choosing the location for your bed and breakfast
• Choosing the inn's size based on how much income you want
• Tips to avoid a purchasing mistake (what to ask and what to look for in an inn's financial statements)
• Sample business plan for starting a bed and breakfast
• Where to find information on important business matters such as licenses, permits, and insurance
• Tips on renovating and decorating your inn
• Naming your bed and breakfast inn

• What guests expect when they visit a bed and breakfast
• How to set your room rates
• Costs to consider to ensure you won't lose money
• Factors that add value to each of your rooms 
• What you need to do or have to be able to charge more than other local bed and breakfasts
• How to take reservations
• Questions to ask when people call to make reservations
• What to include on a guest reservation form (includes a sample guest record)
• Sample cancellation policy
• The best hospitality industry software programs for reservations and record keeping
• Setting inn policies (including whether to accept pets and children)
• What to have in common areas of your bed and breakfast (the areas all guests have access to)
• Handling repairs, housekeeping and maintenance
• Dos and don'ts for guest safety
• Small but significant things you can do to delight your guests and keep them coming back
• What you need to know about food

• What to include in a continental breakfast
• What to include in a full breakfast
• 7 types of special dietary requirements
• What time to serve breakfast
• Other food you might choose to offer (e.g. check-in snack, "happy hour" munchies, bed time snack, etc.)

• How to market your inn through reservation agencies (companies that will advertise your bed and breakfast and take reservations for you)
• Creating a website:
• Suggestions of what to include on your website 
• Companies that design and host web sites specifically for inns
• Sample online reservation form 
• Directories where you can promote your bed and breakfast
• Marketing to people with special interests
• How to fill your inn during the off-season by promoting your bed and breakfast as a place for:
• Weddings
• Mystery weekends
• Business retreats and seminars
• Romantic weekends
• Other events
• Getting future bookings by staying in touch with your guests
• The best professional associations, conferences, seminars and trade shows for bed and breakfast owners
• Ideas for products you can sell at your bed and breakfast to increase your profits

Samples and Checklists

• Sample house rules
• Sample guest record
• Sample invoice
• Sample business plan
• Housekeeping checklists
• Repair and maintenance checklist
• Checklist for bedroom amenities
• Checklist for bathroom amenities
• Sample continental breakfast menu
• Sample full breakfast menu

You will find links to a variety of suppliers of items you'll need for your bed and breakfast, including:

• Cleaning products for the hotel industry
• Bedding (including hypo-allergenic bedding)
• Coffee makers
• Bathroom towels
• Soaps and shampoos
• Breakfast supplies
• Chocolates for pillows
• And more

It can save you many hours of research, help you avoid some common mistakes, and give you information you need to start your own bed and breakfast.

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"I cannot think of any other ‘job’ (and this isn't really a job) that has all the benefits that owning a bed and breakfast does. You get to have a house full of happy people on vacation from all over the world, many of whom become friends that you stay in touch with. If you ever need to renew your faith in mankind, run a B & B."
– Peggy Egan
Red Brick Inn
Paguitch, Utah