Bed-and-Breakfast Inns Come of Age

Abstract

The B&B segment is growing and as it grows its characteristics increasingly match those of the lodging industry as a whole. Fewer B&Bs are being opened as second-income businesses, while more are being developed as properties that provide primary income to professional owner-operators. A substantial change over the past operation of B&Bs is the addition of restaurants or other food service in dayparts other than breakfast and to customers other than overnight guests. The greatest threat to B&Bs is zoning and other local regulations that tend to restrict B&B operations.