Apr
22
2010
If you’ve visited to the bed and breakfast marketing blog a few times you’ll probably have seen that I’m working on a book to help people set up a successful B & B blog. Something that will be really effective in promoting your bed and breakfast but won’t cost you the earth. It’s also something [...]
Mar
25
2010
I’m using the bed and breakfast terms because it’s one I think we’re all familiar with, but Bed-and-Breakfast-Marketing.com is intended to provide helpful articles for all kinds of small and family-run accommodation businesses. So if you’ve got a gite, a guest house, a country inn, a chambre d’hotes, a family hotel, a boutique B & [...]
Mar
24
2010
Any bed and breakfast marketing should have two targets – 1. finding new guests and 2. getting previous guests to rebook. It sounds kind of obvious but it’s clearly a lot more profitable to service an existing, satisfied client than it is to attract new ones. So apart from making sure everything about their stay [...]
Mar
18
2010
Bed and breakfast marketing. Like it or not it’s something you’ve got to do. Sticking up a “rooms to let” sign on your building just ain’t going to do it! But marketing is complicated right? Promotions, advertising campaigns, all that jargon? And where is the budget supposed to come from? You realize you’ve got to [...]
Mar
08
2010
If you want someone to spend their vacation in your bed and breakfast, guest house, gite, chambre d’hotes or family hotel you need to differentiate yourself from those around you. Many people’s first thought is that if they’re less expensive they will do more business. Not necessarily so. Whilst there is always a place for [...]
Mar
05
2010
So you’ve got a bed and breakfast business (or you’re thinking about setting one up?). Everything is in place. The only thing you’re lacking is those lovely guests. That’s the purpose of this blog. To show you ways to fill your beds – and your bank account! I’m not going to pretend it’s easy. Whether [...]