Many years ago, our gang (grandparents, three brothers, wives, children) went to the Jordan Hollow Farm Inn in Stanley, Virginia. What a wonderful weekend we had! I highly recommend it: http://www.jordanhollow.com/

thank you all so much for taking the time to post. I have learned alot from you guys. Alot of you mentioned alarm clocks. We have clocks in the rooms, but not alarmed ones. So that's my next purchase. We do have the nice sheets, pillows, cleanliness, etc. I'm glad I mentioned bringing pets. I wanted to see how many of you would want that from a B&B. We have two saint bernards on the premises, and a guest with a dog, would just be mayhem, even if we did have ONE pet-friendly room. My dogs would know there's another dog here, and the other dog would know our dogs are here -- hence, barking, whining. Not fair to other guests. Flamingo - you are so right - can't please everyone! And, if I can do this, ANYONE can. But I think it takes two people and a girl to come in once a week just to clean bathrooms. B&B's seem to attract the nicest people of all ages. I think we found a good niche. Our website is bythebluff.com. Please visit when you get a chance. It would be so wonderful if any of you guys want to come to NY and stay with us!

Yeah, 20k was what I figured and that would not be enough to both live off of and pay the loan off to buy a place. I can't afford B&Bs but did stay at a couple of small inns for work, and three B&Bs back in England (don't worry W, they had private baths!) and I didn't find them any more socially intrusive than a chain motel and in many cases less so. All were clean and quiet and I didn't interact at all with any other guests other than noticing them getting breakfast at the breakfast bar in one place, the others were just rooms. Knowing what I do about milennials though, cost would definitely be a factor, and wanting to travel with kids and activities for families to do together would be their thing. B&B aren't generally geared towards that, more for singles and retired folks. I know we never stayed at one when I was growing up, but my parents did occasionally on their retirement travels. In my travels during my single days, I tended to rent cottages or camp, as in both cases I could do my own food. If you can't afford a B&B room you can't afford to go out to eat a lot either. That's why campers are so popular in my state, used ones can be picked up for a song and there are many campgrounds. That might be an even easier way to pick up some extra money, run a small campground. The little local campground is where the working class spend their weekends. And yes, the cohort of folks who can afford a nice B&B are shrinking and I don't expect that market to expand. I only plan on working 10 more years though. I can get jobs in the tourist industry locally to start, but that doesn't solve my problem of no longer being able to afford to visit my ancestral family home on a regular basis, and tend to my mother's grave. I might be better off buying an eventual retirement cottage and renting it out to pay the expenses until we can afford to live there. I supposed I could contract that out with someone up there. I just mused that running a B&B might be a way to kill two birds with one stone, get me up there quicker and get me working for myself. WSY18, just because you are not aware of something doesn't mean it doesn't exist, particularly perhaps under your price range. My friend was a nurse living alone in London at the time. The apt. also had a heater in the living room that you had to feed with pound coins to keep going, and a hot water tank in the kitchen that you also had to put coins in to get hot water for the dishes, etc. My friend kept a coin purse with her and had to meter her need for heat and doing dishes. She only had heat for a few hours in the evenings before she went to bed. My friends in Edinburgh couldn't afford heat in their big flat either, although they had a bathroom in the apartment. Their advice when you got chilly was to put on a jumper and have another cup of tea. All are married now with homes with heat although it has been my experience that the Brits are more tolerant of chilly homes since heat is so expensive. After my friend got married, she and her husband graduated to being house parents at a college in a tiny flat and then eventually they moved to Perthshire where they have a house with TWO bathrooms if you can believe that! But the down side of that is we both can no longer afford to travel to see each other on either side of the Pond.

I eat a breakfast-type breakfast every morning, and have all my life. Other than cold leftover pizza in college, that is. For the majority of my life though, there is no way I could or would eat leftovers from the night before, etc. My DH is a family practice doc and he’s very into healthful eating. I agree, having been in the healthcare field myself for many years, but I absolutely refuse to eat food that’s “good for me” but tastes boring or ugh! Thank goodness we both love to cook and experiment with recipes, as I can honestly say that we eat delicious breakfasts every day of the week.