This article describes a business idea I have had for almost two years. It’s good to get your ideas out into the world; maybe someone can execute my dream.
My dream business calls for my family to run a fancy bed and breakfast with additional options that set it apart from all other services in the area. But first, let’s start from the beginning.
Start from the top. I read an older book on bed and breakfast inns over a year ago. It is titled “How to Start and Run a Bed and Breakfast.”
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I read the second edition, which Carl Glassman published in 2005 (first edition 1992). This book is essential because it focuses on the customer service portion of running an inn.
A bed and breakfast is different from an Airbnb business. Airbnb is about making the host as invisible as possible, while the Innkeeper is the most crucial part of a bed and breakfast.
If you are not good with people, you shouldn’t become an innkeeper. I like the idea of my family running an inn; however, this is where my thoughts start to wander from the beaten path.
A solo family inn. Bed and breakfast inns usually make their money by customer volume—meaning they need lots of guests to turn a profit. If you own the property outright, you can turn a profit much quicker.
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My idea is to open my bed and breakfast to one huge family at a time and only once (maybe twice) a month. Let’s break this down further.
Here is a home I was looking at in Pensacola, Florida, roughly two years ago. On a side note, when I looked at this home, it was approximately $750,000. It has nearly doubled in two years.
The home is on five acres of land and has a big pool house in the back. It has seven bedrooms and five bathrooms. I estimate it can hold an extended family of 25 people.
Now for fun. Our bed and breakfast would cater to wealthy families who want to execute a massive family reunion in one area during peak seasons.
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Instead of a family trying to rent multiple rooms in hotels across the region, in this case, the Gulf Shores, they would book a costly stay at our bed and breakfast for a week.
We would offer on-site entertainment and packaged food. We can set up vending machines, arcades, ATMs, and other convenience-store amenities. We can also have alcohol on-site, so they wouldn’t have to drive.
We would want to avoid having a restaurant on-site because that brings in a host of other health regulations we don’t want to deal with early in the business.
What separates our bed and breakfast? We can offer services that hotels and Airbnbs cannot afford to implement. Since this will be a family business, we can reduce the cost of high-end services like taxis and food pick-up.
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That’s right; we will have a 24-hour driver on-site. These drivers, probably my sons, will be able to ferry people to the beaches, nightclubs, and other attractions. This service allows the guests to enjoy the region fully without worrying about getting lost or having a DUI.
We can also include other services on-site like gear rentals such as snorkeling, golfing, and any other specialized equipment. This prevents the guests from renting with locals or hauling their own equipment across the country.
We can also partner with other local businesses to offer discounts and unique events like personalized ghost tours.
How much will this cost? This is going to be a high-end affair. To house 25 people together during peak spending break or summer season will be expensive.
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But first, you have to ask yourself how much would it cost the family to set up this adventure on their own? They would have to rent multiple rooms, most likely across various hotels.
Then there’s the risk of driving all across town and finding places where they can all meet up in the same venue.
An upscale hotel will cost at least $400/night during July in Pensacola. Let’s say ten rooms for seven nights. That’s $28,000. Then you can add Uber eats, restaurants, rentals, and entertainment.
We can offer everything in one because we learned how to start our own rental car business, property management, and other business concepts.
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If we offer our service for $2,000/person, it would be a steal. Again, as the Zillow picture above shows, our home mortgage would be about $8,000/month (with a 20% down payment).
Open once a month. If we can make an average of $45,000/month throughout the year, we wouldn’t need to open more than once a month. Maybe twice a month in the slow season.
That means our family can do other things with the property when we don’t have mega-family reunions on deck. We can Airbnb/house hack the home by the room.
My sons can live in the home and rent by the room during the peak season—netting a fantastic amount of additional income without too much fuss.
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We can also start hosting luxury vehicle rentals on-site as well. This means renting super vehicles like Teslas, motorcycles, and supercars for an additional charge.
What if my sons became boat captains and we bought a boat under the company banner? Now, they could drive the family members to the boat, pilot the boat, and bring the family back safely.
Conclusion. The ideas are endless. We could even start our own food truck business to park it on our property and cater to our luxury guests and Airbnb renters.
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That’s the advantage of being an entrepreneur; you control your income. Of course, you would want to start small and slowly grow into all these additional income streams.
You may only want to host ten guests at a time at first to learn the ropes, build word of mouth, and work out the kinks. Then slowly, you can cater to more high-end clientele.
It’s an exciting idea and one that begs for execution. My wife and I plan on retiring overseas on passive income, so that this idea may be beyond us.
However, if my sons like this idea, we owe them the opportunity to start on the right path. Do you have a dream or idea that you want to put into motion? Why not write it down and create a plan? What’s the worst that can happen?
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