Entertaining and informative content for when the pots are washed and the rooms are tidy.
About Me
Hello my name is Paul. I used to edit a golf magazine and now I don't. I run this blog which is for B&B Owners. How did I come about doing this? I met a man who had just acquired a B&B and we got chatting. He said that he had looked online for help and advice and couldn't find any kind of community of B&B owners. So we set up a website called The Bed & Breakfast Club and decided to build a worldwide community of owners. Though it was a great website, we couldn't get people out of Facebook and it was difficult to maintain, so we made the decision to scrap it and just have this blog. Our goal is to entertain, advise and be a voice for B&B owners across the world.
Firstly I'd like to apologise that the blog hasn't been updated since last Monday.
I have been away on holiday in Egypt, where I found this little gem. It was the 'Orintal' option in the hotel I stayed at. If anyone can please explain any of the items I'd be grateful.
Taking viagra for breakfast and then swimming in the hotel pool maybe a little dangerous.
Suffice to say I stuck to jam and croissants...
Inspired by Mastaba's breakfast I've searched the web and found more mouthwatering breakfast menus.
Here's an article on menu psychology and how restaurants tempt diners into choosing the most expensive meals:
I was on my way to work this morning and there were some foreign tourists on the train. I’m not sure where they were from but they were very excited.
They were laughing and taking lots of pictures and having fun. When we arrived at Stockport they got off and each posed for photos in front of Branson’s Virgin logo.
I get on that train every day and have never been excited like them. I barely even look up from my Blackberry!
This got me thinking, which doesn’t happen very often… The mundane things around us, that we take advantage of, others from far away lands may find very appealing.
And now we have this tool. ‘The Internets’, as my colleague Gavin likes to call it; we can reach the far away places and tell them all about our mundane things!
You may have a list of top tourist destinations on your website (if you haven’t you should have) but I ask you to re-visit and really have a long hard think about what may interest others that you have missed.
If you are affiliated with a distribution channel, think about the areas where they are distributing your B&B and what the locals there might fancy in your area.
If tourists are coming from Switzerland for a watch convention, be the source of information on local watches. With blogs you can be anything you want to be.
You can’t provide too much information about local attractions. By becoming the area's messiah you both increase your hits on Google and become a trusted source of information, so therefore a trusted accommodation provider.
I can hear you now saying , ‘Sod off telling us to do things, I've got the beds to sort out!’ Here's an answer… Contact the local College/University's marketing lecturer. Ask if any of their students would be keen to write a tourism blog about the area, linked to your Bed & Breakfast.
The students will relish the work experience and provide good content (with assistance from their lecturer) and your business will benefit.
With the vast amount of travel options available to the experienced globe trotter, a USP has never been more important. If there's something unique about your B&B, as well as great local attractions, the rooms will fill themselves...
The Chocolate Boutique - UK
Each room has a chocolate fountain. Mmmmm.....
The Million Donkey Hotel - Italy
Beds in cages outside. Amazing! Why is it called Million Donkeys? No idea!
The Ice Hotel - Sweden
Re-built every year it only lasts three months.
The Full Love Inn - Amsterdam
A Car - On a Pole - With a Bed in it. "You can make sex because it is strong structure..."
What is your USP? Do you have a 'love lorry 'on scaffolding? Do you make your guests sleep in a supermarket trolley, or is your hotel made of straw?
If so I would love to know all about it for my film series of Extreme B&Bs.
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