If you long to run and inn or take over a bed and breakfast, do your homework first. Talk to innkeepers, as many as you can. Offer to stay, take them to dinner, whatever they want so you can "pick their brains"...it will be well worth it in the end...afterall, what if you decide that you don't really like getting up to make breakfast, or that chatting with strangers is not your favorite thing...better to learn that BEFORE you commit to changing your lifestyle and purchasing a new home (B&B).
Attend a conference, like the one at the end of the month in Santa Rosa, put on by CABBI and get to know some of the inns and outs of really running a bed and breakfast before you make the change.
The Albert Shafsky House bed and breakfast inn in Placerville blog. Find out about innkeeping from an innkeeper in California. We have been innkeeping in Placerville, California for over 8 years. Keep up with the happenings in California's beautiful, historic Gold Country, in the foothills between Sacramento and South Lake Tahoe.
Friday, January 11, 2008
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Start a blog and toss it
Great article the other day from Remarkablogger about starting a blog, learning and tossing it as a practice blog...without feeling bad. Michael Martine states " The objective of a starter blog is to get in, learn your lessons, and then get out. Take what you’ve learned and then plan a “real” blog." Amen. Your first try does not have to be your last, and if you don't like it, you are not overly committed to a domain name, traffic, etc.
Afterall, innkeepers have plenty to do without starting a blog, but you might get hooked and really enjoy it as a way to reach out to others and impart some of your passion about innkeeping to a wider audience than those who walk thru your doorway.
Monday, January 07, 2008
Are you an aspiring innkeeper?
Join CABBI at the ANNUAL ASPIRING INNKEEPING AS A PROFESSION (IAP) CONFERENCE
REGISTRATION: Choose the 2-day or 3-day workshop
TWO-DAY WORKSHOP Regular Registration by 1/25: $590 (single) $950 (double) Onsite Registration: $695 (single) $1195 (double)
THREE-DAY WORKSHOP (includes InnSpire 2008) Regular Registration by 1/25: $885 (single) $1600 (double) Onsite Registration: $935 (single) $1700 (double)
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS: Please contact the Hyatt Vineyard Creek & Spa directly for your hotel reservations at 800-233-1234 and ask for the CABBI conference rate of $129. This rate is good until 1/11/08. This hotel is located in Northern California.s wine county at 170 Railroad St. in Santa Rosa, in walking distance from the Historic Railroad Square District.
CANCELLATION POLICY: Conference cancellations must be received in writing by 12/31/07 for a full refund less a $25 processing fee. After 12/31/07, no refunds allowed.
REGISTER ONLINE or visit the Workshop page
REGISTRATION: Choose the 2-day or 3-day workshop
TWO-DAY WORKSHOP Regular Registration by 1/25: $590 (single) $950 (double) Onsite Registration: $695 (single) $1195 (double)
THREE-DAY WORKSHOP (includes InnSpire 2008) Regular Registration by 1/25: $885 (single) $1600 (double) Onsite Registration: $935 (single) $1700 (double)
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS: Please contact the Hyatt Vineyard Creek & Spa directly for your hotel reservations at 800-233-1234 and ask for the CABBI conference rate of $129. This rate is good until 1/11/08. This hotel is located in Northern California.s wine county at 170 Railroad St. in Santa Rosa, in walking distance from the Historic Railroad Square District.
CANCELLATION POLICY: Conference cancellations must be received in writing by 12/31/07 for a full refund less a $25 processing fee. After 12/31/07, no refunds allowed.
REGISTER ONLINE or visit the Workshop page
Sunday, January 06, 2008
Top 10 reasons to become an innkeeper...or why we did at least!
1. Meet really cool people
2. Enjoy hospitality and serving
3. See people relax in your home and enjoy each other
4. Providing a refuge and peaceful spot
5. Reading the wonderful comments in the journals or online from guests
6. Have a passion for cooking
7. Listen to new stories from new faces
8. Be your own boss
9. Live a historic home and interact with the community
10. Turn a dream into reality
Saturday, January 05, 2008
Imagination Theater proudly presents Mary Youngblood
January 19th events in Placerville
Three time Grammy Award Winning Native American Flautist 7:30 p.m. Imagination Theater, located at El Dorado County Fairgrounds Preferred Seating $45.00, regular seating $35.00. Seating is limited For more information contact: Call the Box Office to make your reservations (530) 642-0404
Native American Mary Youngblood, half Seminole and half Aleut, is the first woman to professionally record the Native American Flute, and the first woman to win not just one, but two Grammy Awards for "Best Native American Music Album".
Third Saturday Night Art Walk
Art galleries and merchants stay open late to host changing art show. Wine, hors d’oeuvres, demonstrations, and entertainment. Sponsored by local galleries and merchants. 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Historic Main Street, Placerville. Free to the public.
The Albert Shafsky House is just steps from Main Street and minutes to Imagination Theater, why not stay with us?
Three time Grammy Award Winning Native American Flautist 7:30 p.m. Imagination Theater, located at El Dorado County Fairgrounds Preferred Seating $45.00, regular seating $35.00. Seating is limited For more information contact: Call the Box Office to make your reservations (530) 642-0404
Native American Mary Youngblood, half Seminole and half Aleut, is the first woman to professionally record the Native American Flute, and the first woman to win not just one, but two Grammy Awards for "Best Native American Music Album".
Third Saturday Night Art Walk
Art galleries and merchants stay open late to host changing art show. Wine, hors d’oeuvres, demonstrations, and entertainment. Sponsored by local galleries and merchants. 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Historic Main Street, Placerville. Free to the public.The Albert Shafsky House is just steps from Main Street and minutes to Imagination Theater, why not stay with us?
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Village News in Fallbrook Reports Spelling has officially vacated Fallbrook B&B
Our friend Christina Macone-Greene who reported on the doings at the Fallbrook Bed and Breakfast that Tori Spelling and her husband Dean McDermott "purchased" reports that the "previous owners" are now back in business and we can all breathe a sigh of relief that Chateau La Rue was nothing more than a bad dream, and a worse representation of innkeeping as a profession.
For the whole story click here.
But not to worry, you can buy Oak Creek Manor for about $2.75 million--and you could probably do a much better job of running an inn than they ever did....and if you really are an aspiring innkeeper, in California or elsewhere, join Rita and I in Santa Rosa at the Annual B&B Innspire Conference. We will be wearing our Albert Shafsky House B&B in Placerville nametags so come say "Hi".
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