One last comment on my series on Bed and Breakfasts as businesses for baby boomers. In my interview with Linda Stroup from Olde World B&B, she mentioned that some B&B owners get “sitters” or caretakers to take care of their business while they’re gone.
Sounds like a great idea to me. The owner can check out the person or couple and have some peace of mind that things are going to be taken care of properly while they are gone. The caretakers get to stay somewhere free and have plenty of time to do some sightseeing and relax. Sure they’ll have to work hard some days, but other days they might have no one staying, and they have the ability to take off for a while.
After my husband and I retire, we would consider this. He’s a great fixer-upper, and I’m good at meeting new people and making new friends. I do NOT do housekeeping, though (I figure if God wanted us to clean toilets He would have given us bowl scrubbers for hands) and I’m not a good cook.
I couldn’t find a specific site for B&B sitters, but I did find a couple of similar sites, like The Caretaker Gazette, a newsletter which provides listings of available places and people.
You could also check locally on Craigslist or a local service. Or start your own service.
What do you think? Does B&B caretaking/sitting sound interesting to you?
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