How much for B&B?

Crikey! You could ask quite a bit for that - it's more of an apartment. Have a look on Booking.com to get an idea? (I wouldn't give too much off. See how it goes first!)

I have no idea how that "Booking.com" came out as a link. I didn't do it!

I watch (too my shame) Four in a Bed which is a programme where B & B owners compete using their premises as the basis of the competition. It can be as low as £30 pppn but that would be very basic. what you describe is likely to start at about £60 but it all depends on the quality of fixtures and fittings e.g. luxurious beds and bathrooms, toiletries, tea tray etc and any added value. Can go as much as £120.

Just booked ensuite b&b in Southwold £75 for double but £90 plus for sea view so agree you could go much higher. Good luck with it.

Have you looked at Airbnb? My kids introduced me to it - its an online bnb site, it has places all over the world, they have stayed in some great places from that.
In France this summer, we paid 80 - 90 euros for very nice chambres d'hotes ( lovely farmhouses) with breakfast.

With all that room and facilities, I would expect to pay at least £100 per night. After all for couples it's only £50 per night.

The stay 6 nights felt one free is a good idea.

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Brand new large 'Italian' style bathroom- v. large room with super KS bed- good idea about adding a tea-tray thanks. Would much prefer to keep price low and only do B&B for acquaintances and friends of friends, etc- for safety/personal reasons. I was thinking of £80 for first 3 nights for the room, and 70 for nights after that, all incl- as said, to keep to restricted clientèle. And if both rooms in that 'separate' suite are taken together with shared bathroom (with another 3 WCs available for guests for 'privacy'(so 2 couples can come together and share car (we are 8.5 hrs from Calais) or hired car- then 70 for first 3 nights and then 60 for the remainder. Kitchen with fridge, freezer, dishwasher, etc.

You are being a bit picky.

Why dont you ask your preferred clients what they are prepared to pay, and if they are friends i would hope they would not rip you off...... but you never can tell

Great thing is, both France and Switzerland can be visited, but shopping and meals out in France to keep cost down too.

posts crossed jollyg- picky, lol? Of course friends never will pay a centimes- although our rule for friends and family is (roughly) 1 - 2 - 3 .

We cook one night, go out and Dutch the next, and guests cook the 3rd- and repeat, sort off. Works great and that way no resentment of being a slave to guests (which has been non stop this Summer- and will be till mid September.

We went to visit friends in Edinburgh in the middle of August. On the way up we stayed in a lovely boutique type hotel in Harrogate £90 per night. 2 nights with friends in Edinburgh then off to Oban for another 2 nights, hotel there was £130 per night but it had a good view overlooking the bay. Back to friends in Edinburgh for a further 2 nights and then an overnight stop, small hotel in Windermere £90 per night. This hotel had complimentary homemade biscuits in the room, a nice touch. Our hotels included breakfast in their prices. They were all lovely old Victorian houses once They had big rooms that were nicely furnished. I would add that the en suite facilities, had lovely power showers, but were nevertheless cramped, as they had been fashioned by taking a chunk out of the main room. The accommodation you describe sounds very spacious Granjura, I would expect to pay £100 plus for something of that nature with those spectacular views, but I guess if you are doing friends and family rates, £70 - £80 sounds reasonable and a free night is a good incentive for a longer stay. Whilst we took holidays in France every year when our children were young, haven't been for a while, so out of touch with the prices there.

We`ve just come back from a stay at a lovely B and B in Wells, Norfolk. We paid £88 per night for room and breakfast for 2 of us, with a 10% discount for 4 nights or more. We thought it very reasonable.

Mr P stays in a B&B 4 nights a week, due to working away from home, just a bedroom & ensuite. A kitchen would be great, save him a fortune in eating out/takeways etc!

I think the laundry/cleaning issue is a very important consideration. When negotiating a rate for Mr P, I point out that he will only require clean linen and a room clean between leaving on Friday morning and returning on Monday evening.

If you have guests staying for only 1 or 2 nights, you have to do a complete clean & linen change before the next guest comes in.

Airbnb has reviews of guests, as well as of hosts/accommodation. So when a potential guest makes contact, the host can look at their reviews before deciding whether to take the booking.

Thanks phoenix- the reason why I wouldn't do B&B for less than 3 nights- I only use good quality cotton sheets, duvet and pillows- and all ironed to perfection of course- and the mattress weighs a ton- just not worthwhile for less. Forgot to say washing machine and dryer available for small fee with washing powder/conditioner incl.

Locally its about £90 for a double room.

Of course free access to Wi-Fi and garden- bikes available too, including electric bikes. Pick up from Geneva airport £80 each way. And of course all the local advice on things to do and visit, walks, cross country skiing, wildlife and flowers, mushrooms even- restaurants, castles, etc.

Are you trying to sell it to us granjura?

I would say around £80-£100 per room b+b.

When we had friends staying in our guest house in York, we used to say pay half or take us out for a meal. They knew they were doing us out of takings if they stayed during holidays.
Family were never charged, obviously.
It was £40 pppn for the first two nights and £35 for any nights after that for ordinary guests. That was six years ago.
Someone in the family has two lodges in Devon, and if we want to stay we pay for the cleaner, and bedding/towels,etc. £200 per week

granjura book me in for next year early summer.

We just stayed at a couple of B&Bs in the West Country; reasonable to good at £82.50 and the other £70 pn for a double ensuite room, both serving excellent breakfasts.

Some people we met and chatted to had used the Airbnb website and were paying £100 pn including breakfast in Dorset.

I suppose it depends on the going rate for your area rather than what is charged in the UK.

Some B&Bs in the South Hams area were well over £100 pn and were fully booked when we tried them!

ps I was going to leave a note in the second one (£82.50 pn) suggesting they spend some of the money on decent new towels