Also people seem to have rather odd ideas about staffing there was one guest house on the program with 8 bedrooms and they had two girls and two owners doing the cleaning when really to make any money they should have had one or if money was really tight they should have been doing it themselves. Your staff wage bill will be your highest cost so try and keep it down, you don’t want to flog yourself to death but you have to be realistic about how much money you are taking in. So many people have said to me “oh well you could hire someone to do breakfast and then you could have a lie in” yes I could do that but I would rather have a profitable business! It is also difficult to find an experienced person who will just do breakfast or just do dinners but you may be lucky. It is easier to find people willing to be part time housekeepers as for many parents this work pattern fits in with their lifestyle. For example 10am to 2pm fits in with the children and is a popular choice with parents.