Sarah

Hello, This is the second year of running a B&B and we also have two gites.My husband and I are in our thirties and because most of our bussiness comes from the internet most people who arrive, are surprised that we are not older. We try and make everybody feel welcome and we go out of our way to please people but now we are going to get tougher.We feel that a small amount of people think because we are younger than them they try and take over and take advantage of us. We have felt better by reading this interesting thread and we now realize that we are not alone and many people have been through different experiences  with quests. I also feel that we have put in alot of work restoring our lovely house and getting planning permission and converting our out buildings into gites but some of the people who stay here have no respect and we become so dishearted when on Saturday, we do our changeovers and the gites look a tip and the paint work is damaged.Please could somebody tell me how we can make our guests respect our property, without putting up loads of signs? Sarah  www.ivyhousefrance.com

Hello,   Just going back to the washing clothes subject.I had a B&B guest arrive and after a half an hour she came downstairs carrying a full black bag of washing and ask me if I would wash it for her as she had brought it with her ,as she had not found the time to wash it before she came away. I did the load of washing for her and two days later she came to me again with another bag of washing.   Sarah

Hi Nick,   Thank you for your reply. Yes I am conjoint with my husbands registration,we just wondered if you could work and be self-employed. If it does cause a problem we will just register in my name. Thank you for your advice. Sarah.  

My husband and I run a B&B and have two gites.The bussiness is a micro -entreprise and we have a siren {for the property} and siret number wich is in my husbands name. My husband has been offered a job in France, where he will be employed with a contract.We have heard that there may be legal problems. Please could anyone tell me if they are in the same situation and what problems they have come across.   Reagrds Sarah