Seminars
Starting a Bed and Breakfast?
There is no substitute for real life experiences! The B&B Team® promises you the Better Way to Learn Innkeeping™. You’ll learn the “ins and outs” of starting a bed breakfast from experts at our seminars.
Discover What You Need to Know Before Starting a Bed and Breakfast Venture
Starting or buying a bed and breakfast is a daunting task. With The B&B Team’s combined knowledge and experience in acquisition, valuation, financing, staffing, innkeeping and hospitality you will be fully immersed in an intensely informative three day seminar. You will leave with an understanding of the steps you need in buying or starting a bed and breakfast. You’ll also know why so many innkeepers establish long term relationships with The B&B Team® from education to acquisition to retirement.
We have been working with Aspiring Innkeepers since 1993 locally, regionally, and nationally and are pleased to offer Innkeeping seminars for those who want to start a bed and breakfast or buy an inn. The B&B Team® offers seminars in locations ranging from Florida to Maine, New Jersey to Ohio, in addition to one day events at state Innkeeping conferences.
Spend an informative and fun weekend with us learning what you need to know before starting a bed and breakfast endeavor! To read what some of our recent attendees have said and some tips for aspiring innkeepers, click here. Do you want answers to some common questions about our seminars? Click here for FAQ’s.
Your inn seminar guides may include founding partner Peter Scherman and his wife, Peggy; partners and former innkeepers, Janet and Rick Wolf; or affiliates and former innkeepers, Scott and Marilyn Bushnell. On a lighter note, you will enjoy the conversation and camaraderie with different experienced and successful innkeepers both evenings.
OUR UPCOMING “BETTER WAY TO LEARN INNKEEPING™” SEMINAR
Presented by The B&B Team®, Bushnell & Bushnell
Feb. 24-26, 2012, Ellicott City, Maryland
Wayside Inn
Presented by The B&B Team®, Scherman & Wolf
March 9-11, 2012, Waynesboro, Virginia
The Iris Inn
Scroll to the bottom of the page for other seminar dates and registration.
As an Aspiring Innkeeper you need a clear vision of starting a bed and breakfast as a business and a lifestyle. In your seminar we will address and work with you to understand all aspects of this wonderful and rewarding career. Our goal is to insure that your goals are met as you work through the process. We will work with you to help you decide whether Innkeeping is the right profession for you, personally and financially. Your seminar provides a comprehensive overview of starting a bed and breakfast from Amenities to Zoning. Examples of the many essential “starting a bed and breakfast” topics we cover are:
- Innkeeping 101 – industry overview
- Building the profile of your inn – make it right for you
- Due diligence – know before you buy
- Finding and acquiring the inn – the process
- Inn financing – what you need to know
- Inn valuation – is the price right?
- Business planning – your road map to success in starting a bed and breakfast
- Marketing – blogging, social media, websites, print, networking
- Operations – a day in the life of an Innkeeper
The weekend seminar package including instruction, workbooks, personalized follow-up consultation, meals, breaks, and wine and cheese reception is only $495.00 for two people or $375.00 for a single. Dinner our first evening together is fun and casual; Saturday night is a more upscale yet relaxed affair, and you are the guests of The B&B Team for both, plus your lunch on Saturday. The cost of your lodging during the seminar is additional, and we have negotiated a preferred rate for our seminar attendees. In addition to the seminar on starting a bed and breakfast itself, as a graduate you will be eligible for a personal, half day planning session with one of us at our office or over the phone. Upon confirmation of your seminar registration we will provide you with information as to making your lodging reservations.
Attendees should plan on checking in as close to 3:00 PM as possible as the Opening Session will begin at 4:00 PM Friday afternoon. Please plan on departing after 2:30 PM on Sunday if you participate in the local inn tours or around 12:30 if you can’t join us, or we are not conducting a local tour. Click here for a seminar agenda. Please do not hesitate to call or email us with any questions you may have regarding this seminar and the other services we provide for Aspiring and Current Innkeepers.
Please click here for a downloadable registration form (pdf) or email us to request a Word version to fill in.
UPCOMING “BETTER WAY TO LEARN INNKEEPING™” SEMINARS FOR 2012
March 9-11, Iris Inn, Waynesboro, Virginia – Wolf & Scherman
April 13-15, Carroll Villa & Mad Batter Restaurant, Cape May, New Jersey – Bushnell & Bushnell
April 20-22, Captain Jefferds Inn, Kennebunkport, Maine – Wolf & Scherman
May 4-6, The Lakehouse Inn and Winery, Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio – Wolf & Scherman
May 4-6 The Inn at Turkey Hill, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania – Bushnell & Bushnell
June 8-10, Newcastle Inn, Newcastle, Maine – Wolf
August 3-5, Iris Inn, Waynesboro, Virginia – Wolf & Scherman
September 14-16, Pennsylvania & Massachusetts, Locations TBA
November 2-4, Maine, Location TBA
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