This authoritative handbook shares expert advice on every aspect of running a thriving home-based bed and breakfast--from getting the business off the ground to complying with current laws. Get practical, first-hand info about operating your business, meeting guests' needs, and publicizing your new venture. You may soon be earning income as you welcome a steady stream of new friends into your home.

Fresh off a bad breakup, Nantucket sweetheart Lizbet Keaton is desperately seeking a second act. When she's named the general manager of the newly renovated Hotel Nantucket, a Gilded Age gem rescued from neglect, she hopes that her local expertise and charismatic staff can win over their London billionaire owner, Xavier Darling, as well as Shelly Carpenter, the popular Instagram tastemaker who can help put them back on the map. And while the Hotel...

This totally revised book will separate the romantic notions of owning a B&B from the business end by covering basic cost control systems, successful kitchen management, housekeeping, beverage management, room rate formulas, arrival, billing, departure, managing and training employees and more.

This comprehensive guide gives you all the tricks of the trade necessary to launch your career in hotel/restaurant management today.