The preservation of an historic era...The belief that the tradition of hospitality should be carried out by those willing to share their personal style with others...It's about welcoming guests into your beautifully decorated and well cared for home. It's about the art of providing, caretaking, entertainment, concierge and inviting others to share your dream, if only for a few days. Innkeeping entails cooking, entertaining, marketing, concierge, etc. and involve the personal innkeeper's passions. Although it's hard work, it's easy on the mind and your days are filled with numerous pleasantries, gratification and appreciation of your efforts to make your guests feel at home.
Whether you're looking for a traditional bed and breakfast, full service inn, motel, hotel or recreational sporting camp, pride of the innkeeping tradition remains.
Whether you're looking for a traditional bed and breakfast, full service inn, motel, hotel or recreational sporting camp, pride of the innkeeping tradition remains.
Timbercliffe Cottage
Innkeeping is about providing a home away from home for your guests. It's as much their home as it is yours when they are with you and conveying this message is paramount.
You've created a warm and welcoming atmosphere for them. When your attention to detail shows, your guests feel it.
You've created a warm and welcoming atmosphere for them. When your attention to detail shows, your guests feel it.
The atmosphere you create for your guests has to start from within. You share your lifestyle with your guests and your love of the area and love of what you are doing enable your guests to unwind. You get away for a hike or a walk when time permits. You try a new restaurant in town when all guests have checked in for the day. Your experiences help guide your guests. They are on vacation to get away from the stress of their everyday lives and jobs and are seeking guidance and relaxation. Your act of being a provider and caretaker while hosting their stay makes your guests happy and in turn is very gratifying to you as an innkeeper; what goes around comes around. And innkeepers meet such interesting people and hear a lifetime of stories during their tenures as innkeepers.
The Guilford Bed and Breakfast
Crepes at Ann's Point Inn
An innkeeper's job is comprised of many different things: host, concierge, planner, coordinator, chef, cook, baker, dishwasher, bookkeeper, marketer, housekeeper, tourism and maintenance guru. And let's not forget the imperative people-reader. It's all busy work, more work for the body, less work for the mind.
There's no desk full of endless unresolved issues; each day is finite. Of course you will experience an occasional blip, but not on a regular basis. It's much easier to enjoy each day when you experience less mental stress. And everything you are doing is being appreciated by your guests. The percentage of jobs dealing with happy people on vacation is probably a very small number. Innkeeping is full of smiles.
There's no desk full of endless unresolved issues; each day is finite. Of course you will experience an occasional blip, but not on a regular basis. It's much easier to enjoy each day when you experience less mental stress. And everything you are doing is being appreciated by your guests. The percentage of jobs dealing with happy people on vacation is probably a very small number. Innkeeping is full of smiles.
The investment aspect of your home is very important. It will either follow the real estate market or it will hold its own based on the business value you create. Sometimes the business value of your property will exceed the residential value which may not necessarily be affected by the volatility of the real estate market. Other times your business has not yet reached its potential and may be valued more for its residential value. And most often there are hybrid situations. There are many factors to give serious consideration to when looking to purchase a lodging property as an investment. Your personal expenses and needs change and you'll want to discuss this in detail with an accountant or your broker. Regardless of your expectations of ROI (return on investment), you hope to either grow the business or ride the real estate market upward to make a profit. And it can be done, you just have to select the property carefully based on your financial and personal needs.
Kismet Inn
Dana Moos, Associate Broker and Lodging Specialist
The Swan Agency Sotheby's International Realty
43 Cottage Street
Bar Harbor, Maine 04609
Office (207)288-5818x39 iPhone(207)266-5604 (preferred)
www.danamoos.com dana.moos@swanagency.com
The Swan Agency Sotheby's International Realty
43 Cottage Street
Bar Harbor, Maine 04609
Office (207)288-5818x39 iPhone(207)266-5604 (preferred)
www.danamoos.com dana.moos@swanagency.com