Have you ever stayed in a bed and breakfast and thought how exciting it would be to open your own B & B? It takes more than dreams and a spare bedroom to achieve success. With a keen business sense and the advice in this helpful, easy-to-read guide, you, too, can turn your home into a welcome place for visitors to stay.

Monica and Richard Taylor owned and operated The Carnochan House, a successful bed and breakfast in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada for more than 14 years. Their gracious Victorian home welcomed visitors to the famous Shaw Festival and numerous historic sites in the area. The Taylors also served on their town's bed and breakfast bylaw review committee and are active in promoting the concept of B & B in North America.

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Richard Taylor is the author of the novel Cartoon Woods and the short-story collection Tender Only the One. Many of his feature articles on subjects as diverse as Lord Byron, open-water swimming, surfing, and the perils of being a househusband have been published by the Ottawa Citizen. A seasoned traveller, he has journeyed around the world twice and has taught creative writing in Hong Kong, Australia, and Tuscany. Today he teaches in Carleton University’s English Department in Ottawa.

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