Online Courses and Workshops by Juliette Swenson  
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  About Juliette  
  Juliette has taught B&B seminars for over 8 years now and has bought and sold 4 B&Bs.  She grew up in a 21 room hotel in Bath, England and is now operating her 4th Bed & Breakfast in the USA. One was in Washington State in Port Townsend where Juliette started a newsletter for Buying and Selling B&Bs on the West Coast. After that she moved East to Virginia and has taught at Blue Ridge College and the University of Virginia as well as offering workshops twice a year at her B&B in Staunton. Learn from her many experiences and locales - she is one of the best!  
  Internet Courses  
  Course 1: 4 weeks Becoming An Innkeeper $135 for book & course  
 
Each week for 4 weeks you will receive materials via email.  Questions can then be submitted by e-mail to Juliette for the subjects being dealt with for that week or for any other related topics you have questions about.

No time for the online course?
Order "Innkeeper's Inn-Formation Plus Innsitting as a career"- Juliette's book full of practical advice and helpful hints. Updated every year!

Please see below for more information.

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  Week 1: Acquisition and Start Up
Topics:Prices/Financing/Real Estate/Permits/Business Plans/Taxes

Week 2: Remodeling and decor
Topics:Bathroom/Antiques/Contractors/Wallpaper/Painting/Landscaping

Week 3: Marketing
Topics: 20 ways to market your property, list of resources, internet, etc

Week 4: Systems and day to day operations
Topics: Kitchen/Laundry/Maid Service/Front Desk/Credit Cards/Security
 
  Course 2: 3 weeks Becoming an Innsitter / Inn Managing $110 for course  
 
Each week for 3 weeks you will receive materials via email. Materials amount to over 30 pages of information! Questions can then be submitted by e-mail to Juliette for the subjects being dealt with for that week or for any other related topics you have questions about. The course can be taken at any time and start anytime - it is at YOUR convenience!

   
  Week 1: Marketing Yourself/Your Contract/Guidelines for payment
Advertising/Internet/Resources
Cleaning Rules/Deposits/Travel Costs, etc
Marketing Ideas you can suggest

Week 2: Financial and Work Load Considerations
Inn Information - what the innkeeper should provide (9 page sample innsitting notes included!)

Week 3: On the Job

The 2 big "C"s- Cleaning & Cooking
Breakfast Menus, Stay-Overs and Misc Information
 
  Course 3: 3 weeks Buying a Bed & Breakfast $69 for course
($71 via phone/credit card)
 
 
Each week for 3 weeks you will receive materials via email. Includes over 30 pages of information! Questions can then be submitted by e-mail to Juliette for the subjects being dealt with for that week or for any other related topics you have questions about. The course can be taken at any time and start anytime - it is at YOUR convenience!

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  Course topics include:
- Buying an existing business versus buying a house
- Buying "Turnkey"
- Permits and expansion possibilities
- The Role of the Realtor and what to expect of them
- Dealing with a realtor and an owner/what to expect of them.
- Sample Forms, including a Non-Disclosure Statement
- Furniture and assessing what you need
- Pricing Scenarios and what you can expect to make your 1st 3 years in
  business.
- Renovations
- Resources
- Schedule C of a typical B&B
 
  Course 4: Selling a Bed & Breakfast $59 for course

 
 
Learn from someone who has bought and sold four B&Bs - twice with a real estate agent and twice without one. One on the west coast and 3 on the east coast. All were sold in less than 6 months. Get those all important tips in a difficult real estate market plus important and money-saving tax angles. Save $$$$$. Money back guaranteed!
   
  Books  
 
Book 1: Innkeeper's Innformation Book
$30 includes S&H  
 

Learn from a Pro - Juliette has been in the B&B business for over ten years and has been teaching for seven years. Her outlook is practical and down-to-earth so you will really get a feel for the business. Throughout the book are many anecdotes of her experience - starting with an Italianate 5-guestroom B&B in Washington State to a six-guestroom Queen Anne Mansion in Virginia.


Special for BBONLINE visitors - Buy the Innkeeping book and get a FREE Business plan.

Or, buy the book via email (each chapter will be sent as an email attachment) at a special price of $18.00
 
  The 110 page book covers:
  • Acquisition and Start-Up
  • Resources
  • Marketing - Internet and other
  • Renovation and Décor
  • Organization and housekeeping
  • Innsitting
 
  Book 2: Breakfast Inn-Spiration $12 + $2 S&H  
 
Easier breakfast preparation for innkeepers

The 50 book covers:
  • Setting up your kitchen and dining room
  • Planning for guests
  • What to do ahead of time
  • Buying wholesale
  • Healthy Breakfasts
  • Choices on how to Serve
  • Recipes
  • Tips and breakfast planner

breakfast book

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  Contact  
 
Payment methods:
Call to charge on
VISA or MASTERCARD
or
Send a check payable to:
Juliette Swenson


For more information, visit:
Seminars-On-Line

Juliette Swenson
209 Overlook Road
Staunton, VA 24401

(540) 280-2262 EST
between 9am and 6pm

Email: juliette@seminars-on-line.com
 
     

 

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