I just found a website for an interesting company called VocationVacations®. The company sends you on a vacation to try out a vocation.
Have you ever wanted to be:
An alpaca rancher?
A bed and breakfast owner?
A chef?
A dude rancher?
An interior designer?
A private investigator?
A sailing boat captain?
A wine bar owner, vineyard owner, or wine retailer?
There are many […]
One last comment on my series on Bed and Breakfasts as businesses for baby boomers. In my interview with Linda Stroup from Olde World B&B, she mentioned that some B&B owners get “sitters” or caretakers to take care of their business while they’re gone.
Sounds like a great idea to me. The owner can […]
In my previous posts about bed and breakfasts as baby boomer businesses, I talked about what it takes to start a B&B. To be successful in this business, like any other, you must market. It’s not enough to have a “better mousetrap.” You must figure out how to let people know […]
To continue my interview with the owner of Olde World Bed and Breakfast in Dover, Ohio (Check out Part 1-intro, Part 2-benefits of staying in a B&B, and part 3-cost/benefit analysis of b&b ownership).
My husband and I just returned from spending two nights at a wonderful bed and breakfast in Dover, Ohio […]
My husband and I just left our favorite B&B - Olde World Bed and Breakfast in Dover, Ohio after a wonderful weekend. As I promised in my previous blog posts (one, two, and three) I interviewed the owner. I’ll share this interview with you in two parts:
Linda and Ronnie Stroup (young baby boomers) […]
I have been writing about bed and breakfasts as places to stay on a boomer vacation and as a business for baby boomers. Today, I’ll talk about how to start one and your odds of succeeding.
HomeBizNotes wrote about bed and breakfasts a few months ago and listed 21 “brainsparks” for you to consider if […]
A couple of days ago, I wrote about Bed and Breakfasts as great businesses for baby boomers.
Bed and breakfasts have been around for a long time. They started out many years ago in the U.K, spread around the world. B&B’s might have been called ‘guest houses’ in earlier times. They are not […]
I confess; I’m a confirmed choc-o-holic. I blame my mother; the only way she could get me to drink milk was to put chocolate syrup in it. Remember?
I am convinced that chocolate is the perfect food. I am certain that it is also a healthy food. We have all heard […]
I’m traveling this weekend back home (Ohio) and to Olde World B&B, my favorite bed and breakfast in Dover, Ohio. About 8 years ago, my daughter- and son-in-law introduced my husband and I to the delight of a great bed and breakfast (our first experience was in Door County, Wisconsin). We were hooked, […]
In the same way as any kind of investment, do your homework. As I posted yesterday, if the franchisees of Cork and Olive had checked public records in Florida, they would have found out that Michael Probst had a judgment against him for over $800,000. That alone would have scared me off.
In […]
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