Thursday, July 23, 2015

Things To Do When Starting Your Bed And Breakfast Inn

By Amalia Odom


These days, there is this certain alternative place wherein you can stay at night and have a very cozy and comfortable bed to sleep after having a long drive. If you compare a hotel to this, this is a newly refurbish house with a very nice architectural design with a very good overlooking garden and waking up with a good breakfast in the morning. We all call this the bed and breakfast inn.

But if you are an owner of this who already established a system to run the entire place but is seeking to give more efficient services to their clients, then you should make a list of all the obligations and assign these to your employees. Delegate their duties well so that you can achieve that efficiency that you want to have. With this, here are some of the tips that can help you run your bed and breakfast Lisbon inn more efficiently.

Prepare the breakfast for you clients. No owner wants their clients to wait up for their breakfast. It is good if you could prepare all the plates, glasses, spoons, forks, knives at night so that all you have to do in the morning is to cook their breakfast and serve it in timely manner. It is also good if you would like to ask you clients as to what meal they prefer to have so that you can cook what they like for the next day.

As you prepare the meals, let your employees clean the entire place. They could start sweeping the floor or even get the dusts from the furniture. They could even decorate the place so that your clients will have to wake up in a fresh mornings. They can put fresh flowers in the vase or even prepare a good coffee for them.

Always keep the dining area clean so that you will have satisfied guests. If the early diners are through and leave the dining area directly move out the used dishes and clean the table. After cleaning, you may put new utensils on the table for the late diners.

Always check and clean the rooms after your guests leave. Check, so that if there are any belongings that were left behind could be return to them. Clean, so that the next guests could stay in a very clean room as they spend their entire night in your cozy place. Directly change the linens, pillowcases, and the toilet towels and toiletries. Sweep the floor and remove all kinds of trash.

Always keep the neatness and the cleanliness of your reception area. This is where the place you welcome your guests. With a clean one, you are already implying to them an impression that it is already an assurance that they will have an excellent stay in your beloved inn. But, you should never fail to entertain them and in making them so welcome.

If you have free time, you can start doing other types of works in running the business like taking care of the accounting, marketing, purchasing groceries and paying bills. In this time, you also have a time to update the information of you inn in your website or reply to any inquiries to your potential clients.

Aside from keeping in touch to your clients, it is good if you will keep a record of contact numbers of different services in maintaining you inn. Eventually you will need plumbers, electricians, internet provider, appliance repair and many others. You do not want to hold your operations because you just had a these occasional crises.




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