“How to Purchase & Operate
a Bed & Breakfast or Country Inn”

A Seminar for Future Innkeepers

    • “This Seminar is absolutely necessary if you are even remotely serious about Innkeeping.” ~ K.O.
    • “If you are thinking about becoming an Innkeeper, you first HAVE to find out if it is possible financially and emotionally…” ~ M.W.
    • “You get so much more out of this Seminar than you would from a “How to Be an Innkeeper” kind of book.” ~ R.S.

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Upcoming Seminar Dates
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Seminar Fee:  $495.00 for two people;

                     $295.00 for one person

 

September 21-23, 2008

(Midweek)

 

November 7-9, 2008

(Weekend)

Gateways Inn
Lenox, Massachusetts

 

Manor on Golden Pond

Holderness, NH

 

We have offered this nationally acclaimed Seminar for Future Innkeepers for more than twenty-six years.  Over 4,000 Future Innkeepers have attended this Seminar, and more than 800 of those attendees have gone on to become Innkeepers.  Please link here for a list of current Seminar Graduates who are now Innkeepers.  Despite imitations, our Seminar remains the most comprehensive program available to help you measure your resources and create a successful acquisition plan to attain your goal of Innkeeping.

Important Topics Covered:

  • Determining whether you are personally and financially qualified to become an Innkeeper
  • Developing your Inn Model
  • Establishing proper price and terms
  • Exploring the advantages and disadvantages of starting an Inn versus buying an existing Inn
  • Developing a business plan
  • Day-to-day Inn operations
  • The details of Innkeeping
  • Developing an effective marketing plan

 

 Seminar Fee Includes:

  • Personalized instruction for three day Seminar
  • 116 page manual
  • Sample Business Plan
  • Sample Business Valuation
  • Sample Inn Operations Materials
  • One-on-One Focusing Conference with our Inn Consultants (at a future date)

 

INNKEEPING SEMINAR OUTLINE
First Evening
  • Seminar Registration

  • Getting Started:

    • The Prerequisites

    • Inn Profiles - The Spectrum from Homestay to Hotel    

  • Dinner

Second Day
  • Building a Working Model

  • The Search Process

  • Financial Needs

  • Personal Needs

  • Gathering & Processing Information

  • Pro Forma Projections

  • Understanding Financial Statements

  • Zeroing in: Business Valuation

  • Developing a Business Plan

  • Process of Purchase

 

Second Day - Evening
  • Dinner and Discussion with Innkeepers

 

Third Day
  • Inn Operations: Rooms, Dining, Bar, Functions

  • The Details of Innkeeping

  • A Day in the Life of an Innkeeper

  • Developing a Marketing Plan