"If you are thinking of changing your lifestyle to run a B & B in France, this book is exactly what you'll need to get started.Just before we sold our B & B in France I was asked by someone if it had been worthwhile. I said 'It was hard work but great fun'. We hadto learn as we went along. My intention with this book is to speed your learning curve, and help you avoid the pitfalls.
Deborah's book passes on the benefit of their own experience of setting up and running a profitable B & B:CHOOSING AND BUYING YOUR PROPERTYRENOVATING, CONVERTING AND DECORATINGUSING YOUR BARNS AND OUTBUILDINGSATTRACTING CUSTOMERSSERVING FOOD AND DRINKMANAGING YOUR ACCOUNTSDEALING WITH BUREAUCRACYMAKING IT PAYWith the help of this book, you'll be able to enjoy a great new lifestyle in a wonderful country - and earn a decent living, too.
Contents: Note from the Author; 1. Before You Begin; 2. Choosing the Property; 3. Buying Your Property; 4. Renovating Your Property; 5. Designing the Interior; 6. Barns and Outside; 7. The Table; 8. Finance and Administration; 9. Keep it Clean; 10. Dealing with Officialdom; 11. Not a B&B; 12. Organising the Publicity; 13. Looking After the Staff; 14. Keeping the Customers Happy; Postscript; Appendix A - Useful Books; Appendix B - Useful Addresses; Index.
- ISBN10 1845282728
- ISBN13 9781845282721
- Publish Date 29 August 2008 (first published 1 September 2003)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 5 March 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
- Imprint How To Books Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 212
- Language English