Aspiring Innkeeper's Start Up Package
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Start Up Package - Becoming a WBBA Member
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Aspiring Innkeeper Start Up Package/Boxed Set
Are you considering becoming an innkeeper? Then you'll need to know:
- Where and how do I begin?
- What are the B&B licensing and zoning requirements?
- Why must a building (B&B) constructed after 1990 meet commercial codes?
- Does the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) apply to B&B's?
- How do I develop a business plan?
- What types of financing and ownership are available?
- Are there benefits to purchasing an operating inn?
- What are realistic occupancy and income figures?
Discover the answers to these questions and more in WBBA's hefty 6 lb. Aspiring Innkeeper Start Up Package/Boxed Set which includes:
- Getting Started: step-by-step outline of what to do and when to do it
- Wisconsin B&B licensing criteria, statute definition, codes, agencies
- Why the age of the building determines residential or commercial codes.
- ADA : the law, compliance, service animals, historic preservation
- How Big Is Small?--B&B Industry study
- Inns For Sale in Wisconsin
- Purchasing an Inn : Methods of valuing & pricing an Inn --by industry experts
- Small Business Resources
- Becoming a WBBA Member
- (the above materials are in a 3-ring binder)
- The following essential books / periodicals are included in the package:
- So, You want to be an Innkeeper
372 page textbook - the industry standard! - Developing a B&B Business Plan
A 94 page guide - Innkeeping Unlimited
A 95 page book authored by a guest/travel consultant - WBBA: B&B Guest and Innkeeper Survey Report
Survey of 2002 B&B Guests explores "what do guests want" and how do Wisconsin B&B's fulfill those wants. Published in 2001 by WBBA, the survey provides data and profiles of B&B's, Innkeepers, and Guests for consideration in the management, business, operational, and lifestyle decisions relating to the innkeeping industry. Over 200 pages of essential information for aspiring innkeepers.
- TO ORDER the Aspiring Innkeeper Start Up Package/Boxed Set:
- Send a $130 payment to the address above
- Phone us with your Visa, MasterCard or Discover info
- Order on-line with our secure server (coming soon)
In your research of the Bed & breakfast business and the innkeeper lifestyle, you may have obtained information from the Wisconsin Bed & Breakfast Association.
We are pleased to offer you the following opportunity to continue your education. Purchase the components of the Aspiring Innkeeper services as listed below and receive $50 toward registration at WBBA's Annual Fall (November) Convention, which is normally $150. No time limit: previous and future purchases are included.
______Aspiring Innkeeper Boxed Set ($130)
______Aspiring Innkeeper Seminar Registration ($150)
