Innkeeping Seminars
Please be sure to get the knowledge you need when buying or starting a bed & breakfast, or Inn. Let our 30+ years of knowledge help you with your purchase.
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 and workshops.
“I have been following your Team on FB and your website for some time now. I greatly admire the work that you do, and love how you all work so hard to make people’s dreams a reality.” –Jasmine, future innkeeper
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 weekend seminar or one day workshop. 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 and one-day workshops for those who want to start a bed and breakfast or buy an inn. The B&B Team® offers seminars in locations around the country and virtually.
Spend an informative and fun weekend with us, learning what you need to know before starting a bed and breakfast endeavor! Click here to read what some of our recent attendees have said and some tips for aspiring innkeepers. Do you want answers to some common questions about our seminars? Click here for FAQ’s.
On a lighter note, you will enjoy the conversation and camaraderie with different experienced and successful innkeepers and your fellow attendees.
Upcoming "Better Way To Learn Innkeeping™ Seminars and Workshops for 2024
OUR “BETTER WAY TO LEARN INNKEEPING™” SEMINARS are open for registration
As an Aspiring Innkeeper, you need a clear vision of starting a bed and breakfast or inn 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. We want you to know that our goal is to make sure 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 roadmap to success in starting a bed and breakfast
- Marketing – blogging, social media, websites, print, networking
- Operations – a day in the life of an Innkeeper
IMPORTANT: Please note that we offer a variety of types of instruction. Please read carefully about all of them and select the one that best suits your timing, budget, interest level, and needs.
In all cases, please keep in mind the TYPE of seminar or workshop and the INSTRUCTORS to be sure you know what you are registering for!
Please click here to see where The B&B Team® will be speaking about starting a bed and breakfast and at conferences.
2024 UPCOMING SEMINARS / FMI: Contact Eben Viens, eben@bbteam.com or 802-257-2360.
December 2 - Aspiring Seminar @ MWInns Conference & Trade Show - Cedar Falls, IA
Are you an Aspiring Innkeeper based in the Midwest or looking to relocate to a destination market within this active region? The B&B Team is proud to present this year's aspiring seminar at the Midwest Innkeepers Association Meeting & Trade Show. Follow the link below today to take a concrete step towards Inn ownership!
December 14 - Virtual Seminar for Future Innkeepers - Your Location, Worldwide
Weekend Seminar
The weekend session is our most in-depth future innkeeper program and allows for more face time and interaction with your instructors and hosting Innkeepers. This weekend seminar package, including instruction, workbooks, personalized follow-up consultation, meals, and breaks is only $375.00 for one person or $450.00 for two.
We welcome attendees to join us for an optional wine and cheese reception on Friday evening, Saturday night dinner will be an upscale but 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 buying and operating an inn or bed and breakfast, 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 to make your lodging reservations. Each attendee is responsible for booking their room at the host inn by calling the inn. Tell them you are with The B&B Team’s seminar to get the preferred rate. Instructors: Eben Viens, David Hiler & Guests
Click here for a sample 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.
One-Day Comprehensive Workshops
The one-day comprehensive workshops include instruction, workbooks, lunch, and personalized consultation (to be scheduled for mutually agreed upon times, dates, and locations) for $225.00 for one person or $275.00 for two. This will be a fast-paced Saturday. We will cover the same material as in the full weekend seminar but without as much time for exercises, questions, and tangents. This is a great alternative if you can’t spare a whole weekend. Follow-up consultations can be scheduled individually on a case-by-case basis. Instructors: Eben Viens, David Hiler & Guests
Attendees for the one-day comprehensive workshops should plan on being at the host inn or class site by 8:00 AM on Saturday. We will start at 8:30 AM and run until 5:30 PM. Attendees are encouraged to spend a night at our host inn, but this is not required.
Virtual Seminar
The Virtual Seminar is being offered as an alternative to our in-person aspiring Innkeeper sessions. This five-hour session covers much of the same material as the One Day Comprehensive Seminar and will help to affirm attendees’ interest in a possible Inn purchase. The seminar includes five hours of synchronous instruction, workbooks and supplements, personalized follow-up consultation, and access to the Virtual Seminar Page of our website, which will be continually updated with resource materials for B&B Team seminar graduates.
The Virtual Seminar begins at 10:00 AM and ends at 3:00 PM and will welcome attendee participation throughout the day. There will be several short breaks throughout the day and the seminar will be recorded and sent to attendees so they can review materials in their own time. The cost of the Virtual Seminar is $195.00. Instructors: Eben Viens, David Hiler & Special Industry Guests
UPCOMING “BETTER WAY TO LEARN INNKEEPING™” SEMINARS and WORKSHOPS
In all cases, please keep in mind the TYPE of seminar or workshop and the INSTRUCTORS to be sure you know what you are registering for!
The B&B Team® Past Seminars
2023 PAST SEMINARS
February 11: ONE DAY VIRTUAL COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP
March 11-12: WEEKEND SEMINAR – Asheville, NC
March 25: ONE DAY VIRTUAL COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP
April 29: ONE DAY VIRTUAL COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP
June 3-4: WEEKEND SEMINAR – St. Augustine, FL
June 17: ONE DAY VIRTUAL COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP
August 12: ONE DAY VIRTUAL COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP
October 14: ONE DAY VIRTUAL COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP
2022 PAST SEMINARS
January 22: ONE DAY VIRTUAL COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP
February 12: ONE DAY VIRTUAL COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP
March 5-6: WEEKEND SEMINAR – Asheville, NC SOLD OUT
April 16: ONE DAY VIRTUAL COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP
May 14: ONE DAY VIRTUAL COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP
August 6: ONE DAY VIRTUAL COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP
September 10: ONE DAY VIRTUAL COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP
November 12: ONE DAY COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP – Lambertville, NJ
2021 PAST SEMINARS
February 13: ONE DAY VIRTUAL COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP SOLD OUT
February 27-28: WEEKEND SEMINAR – Asheville, NC SOLD OUT
March 13: ONE DAY VIRTUAL COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP SOLD OUT
March 27 – 28: WEEKEND SEMINAR – Hannibal, MO
April 17: ONE DAY COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP – Kennebunk, ME
May 15: ONE DAY VIRTUAL COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP SOLD OUT
June 5: ONE DAY VIRTUAL COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP
July 17-18: WEEKEND SEMINAR – Charlottesville, VA SOLD OUT
July 31: ONE DAY VIRTUAL COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP
August 21: ONE DAY VIRTUAL COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP
September 18-19: Weekend Seminar, Hilton Garden Inn, Denver (Airport), CO SOLD OUT
October 9-10: WEEKEND SEMINAR – Whitefish, MT
October 23: ONE DAY VIRTUAL COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP
November 6: ONE DAY COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP – Kennebunk, ME
November 20: ONE DAY VIRTUAL COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP
2020 PAST SEMINARS
November 7: One-Day Comprehensive Workshop – Kennebunk, ME – Wolf and Wolf SOLD OUT
Suspended Due to COVID November 14: ONE DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOP – Carlisle, PA
Changed to Virtual – October 12: FUTURE INNKEEPER HANDS-ON WORKSHOP – Mills River, NC – Hayes
Suspended Due to COVID September 26: ONE DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOP – Watkins Glen, NY
Suspended Due to COVID September 12: ONE DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOP – Essex, CT
Suspended Due to COVID August 15: ONE DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOP – Kennett Square, PA
Changed to Virtual August 13-16: FUTURE INNKEEPER HANDS-ON WORKSHOP – Mills River, NC – Hayes
Changed to Virtual – Sold Out May 28-31: FUTURE INNKEEPER HANDS-ON WORKSHOP – Mills River, NC – Hayes
Suspended Due to COVID May 16: ONE DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOP – Valley Forge, PA
Suspended Due to COVID May 15-16: ONE AND ONE HALF DAY COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP & Friday Evening Wine Tasting Event – Perkinsville, VT – Wolf, and Wolf
Suspended Due to COVID April 25: ONE DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOP – Rhinebeck, NY
Suspended Due to COVID April 23-26: FUTURE INNKEEPER HANDS-ON WORKSHOP – Mills River, NC – Hayes
Suspended Due to COVID April 4: ONE DAY COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP – Baltimore, MD
Suspended Due to COVID April 3-5: WEEKEND SEMINAR – Kennebunkport, ME – Scherman, Wolf, and Wolf
Suspended Due to COVID March 26-29: FUTURE INNKEEPER HANDS-ON WORKSHOP – Mills River, NC – Hayes
Suspended Due to COVID March 14 ONE DAY COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP – Atlanta, GA
February 8 ONE DAY COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP – Orlando, FL
February 8: ONE DAY COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP – Lambertville, NJ -Scherman, Wolf, and Wolf
February 1: ONE DAY COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP – St Augustine, FL
2019 Past Seminars
November 11: PABBI Conference, ONE DAY COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP
SOLD OUT November 16: ONE DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOP – Carlisle, PA
SOLD OUT October 19: ONE DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOP – Essex, CT
September 23: SPAHIVE – Spa at Norwich Inn – Pankey
SOLD OUT September 21: ONE DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOP – Finger Lakes, NY
SOLD OUT September 14-15: ONE AND ONE HALF DAY COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP – Denver, CO – Scherman, Wolf, and Wolf
SOLD OUT August 17: ONE DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOP – Chadds Ford, PA
August 16-18: WEEKEND SEMINAR – Granbury, TX -Scherman, Wolf, and Wolf
SOLD OUT August 2-4: WEEKEND SEMINAR – Waynesboro, VA -Scherman, Wolf, and Wolf
SOLD OUT July 18-21: FUTURE INNKEEPER HANDS-ON WORKSHOP -Norman, OK – Hayes
June 20: SpaHive Essex Lunch and Learn- Essex. VT – Pankey
June 6-9: FUTURE INNKEEPER HANDS-ON WORKSHOP – Norman, OK – Hayes
SOLD OUT June 7-9: WEEKEND SEMINAR – Asheville, NC – Scherman, Wolf, and Wolf
SOLD OUT May 18: ONE DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOP – Valley Forge, PA
May 17-18: ONE DAY COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP & Friday Evening Wine Tasting Event – Perkinsville, VT – Scherman, Wolf, and Wolf
SOLD OUT April 27: ONE DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOP – Rhinebeck, NY
April 11-14: FUTURE INNKEEPER HANDS-ON WORKSHOP – Mills River, NC – Hayes
April 5-7: WEEKEND SEMINAR – Kennebunk, ME – Scherman, Wolf, and Wolf
April 6: ONE DAY COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP – Baltimore, MD
February 23: ONE DAY COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP – Lambertville, NJ -Scherman, Wolf, and Wolf
SOLD OUT February 21-24: FUTURE INNKEEPER HANDS-ON WORKSHOP – Mills River, NC – Hayes
SOLD OUT February 2: ONE DAY COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP – St Augustine, FL
SOLD OUT January 26: ONE DAY COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP – Orlando, FL
January 12: ONE DAY COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP – Portsmouth, NH – Wolf and Wolf
2020 PAST SEMINARS
November 7: One-Day Comprehensive Workshop – Kennebunk, ME – Wolf and Wolf SOLD OUT
Suspended Due to COVID November 14: ONE DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOP – Carlisle, PA
Changed to Virtual – October 12: FUTURE INNKEEPER HANDS-ON WORKSHOP – Mills River, NC – Hayes
Suspended Due to COVID September 26: ONE DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOP – Watkins Glen, NY
Suspended Due to COVID September 12: ONE DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOP – Essex, CT
Suspended Due to COVID August 15: ONE DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOP – Kennett Square, PA
Changed to Virtual August 13-16: FUTURE INNKEEPER HANDS-ON WORKSHOP – Mills River, NC – Hayes
Changed to Virtual – Sold Out May 28-31: FUTURE INNKEEPER HANDS-ON WORKSHOP – Mills River, NC – Hayes
Suspended Due to COVID May 16: ONE DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOP – Valley Forge, PA
Suspended Due to COVID May 15-16: ONE AND ONE HALF DAY COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP & Friday Evening Wine Tasting Event – Perkinsville, VT – Wolf, and Wolf
Suspended Due to COVID April 25: ONE DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOP – Rhinebeck, NY
Suspended Due to COVID April 23-26: FUTURE INNKEEPER HANDS-ON WORKSHOP – Mills River, NC – Hayes
Suspended Due to COVID April 4: ONE DAY COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP – Baltimore, MD
Suspended Due to COVID April 3-5: WEEKEND SEMINAR – Kennebunkport, ME – Scherman, Wolf, and Wolf
Suspended Due to COVID March 26-29: FUTURE INNKEEPER HANDS-ON WORKSHOP – Mills River, NC – Hayes
Suspended Due to COVID March 14 ONE DAY COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP – Atlanta, GA
February 8 ONE DAY COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP – Orlando, FL
February 8: ONE DAY COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP – Lambertville, NJ -Scherman, Wolf, and Wolf
February 1: ONE DAY COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP – St Augustine, FL
2019 Past Seminars
November 11: PABBI Conference, ONE DAY COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP
SOLD OUT November 16: ONE DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOP – Carlisle, PA
SOLD OUT October 19: ONE DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOP – Essex, CT
September 23: SPAHIVE – Spa at Norwich Inn – Pankey
SOLD OUT September 21: ONE DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOP – Finger Lakes, NY
SOLD OUT September 14-15: ONE AND ONE HALF DAY COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP – Denver, CO – Scherman, Wolf, and Wolf
SOLD OUT August 17: ONE DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOP – Chadds Ford, PA
August 16-18: WEEKEND SEMINAR – Granbury, TX -Scherman, Wolf, and Wolf
SOLD OUT August 2-4: WEEKEND SEMINAR – Waynesboro, VA -Scherman, Wolf, and Wolf
SOLD OUT July 18-21: FUTURE INNKEEPER HANDS-ON WORKSHOP -Norman, OK – Hayes
June 20: SpaHive Essex Lunch and Learn- Essex. VT – Pankey
June 6-9: FUTURE INNKEEPER HANDS-ON WORKSHOP – Norman, OK – Hayes
SOLD OUT June 7-9: WEEKEND SEMINAR – Asheville, NC – Scherman, Wolf, and Wolf
SOLD OUT May 18: ONE DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOP – Valley Forge, PA
May 17-18: ONE DAY COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP & Friday Evening Wine Tasting Event – Perkinsville, VT – Scherman, Wolf, and Wolf
SOLD OUT April 27: ONE DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOP – Rhinebeck, NY
April 11-14: FUTURE INNKEEPER HANDS-ON WORKSHOP – Mills River, NC – Hayes
April 5-7: WEEKEND SEMINAR – Kennebunk, ME – Scherman, Wolf, and Wolf
April 6: ONE DAY COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP – Baltimore, MD
February 23: ONE DAY COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP – Lambertville, NJ -Scherman, Wolf, and Wolf
SOLD OUT February 21-24: FUTURE INNKEEPER HANDS-ON WORKSHOP – Mills River, NC – Hayes
SOLD OUT February 2: ONE DAY COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP – St Augustine, FL
SOLD OUT January 26: ONE DAY COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP – Orlando, FL
January 12: ONE DAY COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP – Portsmouth, NH – Wolf and Wolf
