Insights and tips on how to protect your inn or bed & breakfast, giving you and your guests peace of mind.
Moving into 2024, bed and breakfast employers are urged to prepare for impending legal changes including potential overtime rule shifts and evolving employee benefits requirements.
January is National Radon Action Month, and it reminds us of the importance of checking our properties for this silent threat. Whether your inn or bed and breakfast is an older property or a new build, radon doesn’t discriminate.
The extra expenses to pay for injuries can have a powerfully negative effect on your business’s bottom line. Protect yourself and your business with these preventative measures to reduce workplace injuries.
With thorough protocols, a well-trained staff and staying vigilant with billing, you can protect your inn from falling victim. Here are some best practices for preventing fraud at your inn:
From petty theft to serious illicit acts, criminals pose a variety of different risks anywhere. Certain parts of your job put you and your employees at particular risk of confronting a thief or intruder.
Disinfecting the kitchen and other surfaces is crucial to help reduce risks and stop the spread of contamination. Don’t let nasty fluids find their way onto cooking tools or into your meals.
Did you know that making your inn smoke-free can help you save money? Going smoke-free at your inn protects your employees’ health, improves productivity, reduces insurance premiums, lowers maintenance expenses, reduces absenteeism and can even make customers happier. It often makes good business sense to run a smoke-free establishment, no matter what local laws mandate.
While hosting a wedding at your inn may sound like a fairytale, organizers must shoulder a significant burden — prime responsibility for ensuring overall health and safety at the event. As an inn owner and wedding venue, it can be difficult to do your job while dealing with the worrying fact that you will be accountable for health and safety slip-ups.
Building and construction projects are complicated with no shortage of things that can go wrong. Builders risk insurance, also sometimes referred to as course of construction insurance, is extremely important if your inn is under construction.
Imagine booking a guest with manners and characteristics of a gigantic-furred yeti. It’s exactly what claims professionals fear most; the abominable snowman creature aimlessly wandering about with no clear objective and little consideration for the care of your inn.