Originally Posted by oldbmw

From my own experiences I would say, do not force the 'motorcycle friendly' aspect. We started our little venture mainly because we live in a very secluded French farm and can go days without seeing a soul. So we set up, all signs bilingual, expecting and geared towards English tourists.. What we found was we seemed to have specialised in wedding parties for the locals plus travellers from Belgium and Holland on their way to Spain. We had no idea our 'D' road was such a popular and well known road. Much of our repeat buisiness has come from french families visiting their relatives locally (often by referral from some relative or neighbour from the aforementioned wedding partys). Our only advertising has been signs ( hand painted on the road outside) Do not be mean, there is nothing worse than staying at a place where meals have the beans counted, and milk jugs contain 10cc when full. Our motivation is not the money, but the chance of meeting new people and being introduced to new conversation. We find most people not so sociable when they arrive, they are usually tired after a long day travelling and just want a good nights sleep. In the morning they are much more affable. Just be friendly and helpful to your guests and you buisiness will evolve in its own way. If they leave happy that they have had good value they will return when next in the area, and tell their friends. Repeat buisiness is central to making asuccess of it...

[This message has been edited by oldbmw (edited 22 March 2006).]

Originally Posted by BCK_973

I didn´t feel confused.I think he ment all english speaking persons.Not racial.....descending people?
He said most of his cutomers speak french.
Saludos
KH

Originally Posted by denis brown

You say you're geared up for English tourists. Does this mean that you turn away Welsh, Northern Irish and Scottish tourists? This is confusing....

Originally Posted by Bossies

Well thank goodness for my Cornish roots and handful of French nouns ;-)

Originally Posted by denis brown

You say you're geared up for English tourists. Does this mean that you turn away Welsh, Northern Irish and Scottish tourists? This is confusing....

Originally Posted by yuma simon

Being of "English" parents, I would be happy to stay in a place that discriminated against all non-English people. Let those from Scotland, Ireland (Northern and Republic of) and Wales, etc., find their own accomodation!!

Originally Posted by BTO APAW

Bugger! Being 3/8 Irish, 3/8 English, 1/8 Scot, 1/8 don't know, and married to an Asian, I might have to set up several B&Bs to keep all you pedants happy. Come to think of it, one here, one there, about a days ride apart.......(Nigel, did I hear a Kiwi mutter something about "that was my idea"?)

We pick up the key next week (all going well), and there is a stream on one boundary, 32 hectares (80 acresfor you non-metrics) of land, State Forrest on another boundary, is surrounded by sand, gravel and sealed (bitumen) roads, including approx 40 km of twisties through the hills to the Great Ocean Road (one of THE bike roads in the world).....yeah, I'm biased, it is my home area.

The bad news.......it will be some time yet before we get it set up as a B&B.

Thanks for the ideas and the laughs.

John

Originally Posted by Grant Johnson

Sounds like we may have a location for an HU Meeting in years to come!

Originally Posted by Grant Johnson

Sounds like we may have a location for an HU Meeting in years to come!

Originally Posted by yuma simon

All kidding aside, where exactly is your B&B (going to be)?