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How to Open and Successfully Operate a Country Inn

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Before you make the purchase--before you even decide that opening, owning or operating a bed and breakfast is for you, purchase this well-written, easy-to-read book and keep it on your book shelf for easy reference. The author has compiled a vital, step-by-step guideline with everything one needs to or should know about the business. I particularly appreciated the personal accounts of current and former innkeepers who tell the truth, shedding light on both the positive and negative aspects. Use it as a guidline when forming your business plan--and know it is essential to have a business plan. It will help you consider things you might not have thought of otherwise. If this is a project or lifestyle change you wish to undertake, I highly recommend this book.

Michele Cozzens, Author of A Line Between Friends and The Things I Wish I'd Said.

There is lots of fantastic advice in this book. The author has clearly done a great deal of research and is not afraid to tell the truth.

My only complaint is the age of the book. There are frequent references to things that date it. The sale price of Country Inns in 1991 is not helpful to me. Stating what people were willing to pay for a room in 1993 is equally unhelpful. The needs of business travelers has changed a great deal in almost 20 years as well.