About the Author

Dear future innkeepers,

It has been several decades since I researched and wrote the first edition of How to Open and Operate a Bed & Breakfast, now in its 8th edition.

I am a writer and editor who got involved with bed and breakfast when it was an emerging industry back in the 1980s. At that time, I was the Director of the Traveler's Information Exchange, which published travel information, including many reports from those who enjoyed staying at B&Bs abroad. As I received more and more inquiries from people in North America who wanted to become innkeepers but didn't know where to begin, I decided to fill the need for a business book on this subject.

This ever evolving book is the product of the combined knowledge, experience, and advice of hundreds of B&B hosts, managers of reservation service agencies, B&B consultants, business professionals, and guests who enjoy B&B hospitality. Their wisdom offers a valuable guide to new or aspiring innkeepers.

I wish you the best of luck on your journey.

Warmest regards,
Jan Stankus, Author