Frederick Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Providing accomodaton for people gets really interesting when the Police turn up and bang in your newly painted front door Then you see the guy who was so nice and owes you money heading off over the neighbors garden with an alsation snapping at his ar+e That puts nicking a few glasses in the shade . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etoile Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 We are happy running our B&B in the Charente as all of our guests to date have been pleasant. However, for every Euro you can earn in this country you have to pay a doll scrounger and a civil servant a euro as well so money does not go far. We buy as much as we can from the UK but it is a struggle, and we are quite high in our price-range with the business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericd Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 A ça oui alors ! Us speakers of English as a foreign language make efforts trying to spell correctly and make our post light and easy to read. Good point. However the wife and I were considering renting our newly purchased house....What would make a difference to the behaviour of those people....put the price up and only attract "the respectful lodgers"..??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fi Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Don't think there is any link between the amount paid and yhe behaviour of guests. In fact I suspect if someone has paid a lot of money, they are more likely to take liberties, because 'well we've paid an arm and a leg for this, it's ours for a week/fortnight, so we can do what we like'. Beware the professional couple with small children attempting the simple life and getting away from it all. They are used to having "staff" (cleaner/nanny etc etc) to run around after them - they have no clue what a dustbin/broom or cloth is for! Nor are they capable of dealing with their children, but get very huffy should you intervene when the little darlings are trying to insert pencils in your dog's ear ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cendrillon Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 "Don't think there is any link between the amount paid and yhe behaviour of guests. In fact I suspect if someone has paid a lot of money, they are more likely to take liberties, because 'well we've paid an arm and a leg for this, it's ours for a week/fortnight, so we can do what we like'. "Fi, I would agree with your comments.EricdI think if you advertise your property properly and are totally honest with the clients you will probably get good results.Bon chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Totally honest, like Iraq never had WMD'sOr it's really great and there are hardly any mosquitoes at this time of year [Www]Rich guests...........Me too. Guests the other year, "there are no instructions for the cooker"........Turn on the gas bottle and light the bit the saucepan sits on!! **** accountants at Price Waterhouse Coopers, must have travelled without cook on this trip [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Just a little bit off topic.Have I missed out on learning a good little 4-letter word?I can't for the life of me work out what ****accountants might be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Turf [Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Of course.Silly me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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