“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

 

June 9-11, 2008

(Midweek)

September 21-23, 2008

(Midweek)

November 7-9, 2008

(Weekend)

Captain Jefferds Inn

Kennebunkport, Maine

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 - Morning
  • 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

  • Day in the Life of an Innkeeper

  • Developing a Marketing Plan