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HomeShop at BookSurgeBody, Mind & SpiritInspiration & Personal GrowthOpening and Operating a Bed & Breakfast in the 21st Century: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Inn Keeping Success with Professional Online Marketing Strategies |
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9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 A great guide for anyone thinking of owning a Bed & Breakfast Feb 07, 2007
By Angela L. Roberts
I am thirlled with this new book. Competing titles do cover the basic steps to opening a B&B, but this book takes you way beyond the basic business details and then gives the information you need to understand how to market an inn on the Internet. This is HUGE! This new book is a comprehensive guide for anyone wanting to get "heads-in-the-beds" at a new inn or an exisiting one. I love the secton on increasing Web site traffic and how optimize your Web site from a marketing perspective -- something lacking in the other titles on this hospitality subject.
PROS:
*All the business basics are there in the first few chapters.
*Experienced innkeepers have added tips and hints for success.
*The Internet is explained in great detail, as it relates to innkeeping.
*The marketing on the Internet guidelines are well explained.
CON:
*The author just begins to explain blogging, I'd like to see more on this topic.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Gets better and better the more you read Aug 24, 2007
By Kathleen A. Janke
"innkeeper"
The first third of Ms. Painter's book is a reality check for aspiring innkeepers. The middle third is for any innkeeper that needs ideas on how to increase business. The last third, which gets the five star rating, is a well organized overview for the web/internet neophyte like myself. I have already inplemented some of her suggestions and am eagerly awaiting results. Kathy@gracehillbandb
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Opening & Operating a Bed & Breakfast in the 21st Century: Don't do business without it! Apr 27, 2009
By Stacy Lytwyn Maxwell
"OhStacy!"
If you are considering entering the B & B realm of the hospitality business, don't do it--until, that is, you read "Opening & Operating a Bed & Breakfast in the 21st Century." The book covers all bases of operating this type of business (and I mean "all!"). Amelia Painter, a B & B owner herself, provides the reader with a comprehensive hands-on instruction manual that is also easy to read and understand.
As a travel writer (www.bestromanticinns.com) and travel guidebook author of "Consummate Connecticut: Day Trips with Panache," I love to investigate all aspects of the travel business. Although I have no immediate plans to open and operate a B & B business (of course, who knows in the future?), I found Amelia's chapter on professional online marketing strategies a goldmine to help me promote my own business endeavors. Her expertise and refreshing writing style are well worth the price of the book.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Very informative and helpful. Sep 29, 2007
By Katrina Foley
I am considering operating a cabin for winter rentals in Big Bear, California. This book had useful tips and a great overview for how to get started. I especially appreciated the online marketing tips. Looking forward to a future edition to get into more detail about operating a B&B, or in my case, a cabin rental.
Thanks.
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 Strong on Internet Specifics but Weak on the rest Jan 04, 2009
By ASW
"hornet punter"
This book deals greatly (more than half the pages!) with internet marketing specifics and very little with the start-up and day to day specifics (in my opinion). I already own and operate two small businesses and was looking for something a bit more specific and meaty. This books seems geared more towards people who are merely "thinking" about a career move and less toward people who are ready to jump in. I recommend you look around more before buying.
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