1. Choosing a new life as a B&B manager isn’t an easy decision to make. A B&B doesn’t make you rich and its hard work in a new environment. Such decisions are made together with your partner and/or entire family after enough consideration.



2. Let a specialist who knows about the legal aspects, the tax system, social security, the pension system, inheritance taxes, guide you!

3. Before buying a property abroad, make sure to visit the region during winter. Decide whether you’d like to live there afterwards. In winter, everything looks different.

4. Abroad, education, health care and administration are differently arranged than in Belgium or the Netherlands. Get yourself informed about this and accept the differences. Respect the local legislation and adjust to local habits.

5. Anyone who wishes to adapt abroad, will need to take the first step: learn the language, use local professionals for chores that need to be done, live the life of the municipality and get to know the region.

6. There are plenty of B&B’s of an average quality: try to focus on a certain target group, organize theme stays, design a special interior decoration, be original and make quality your priority.

7. The buying of a house, the designing and decorating, the maintenance and the energy are an expensive matter; costs are usually higher abroad. Keep this in mind when making the budget. Also make sure to choose the right insurances.

8. In order to make profit, you need to attract enough customers annually. Generally, when budgeting, an average of 30% of rooms rented annually is taken into account. Make sure you have enough financial resources to make it through the low season.

We, at BB Guide offer a cozy and luxurious guest room in our beautiful refurbished home. The bed and breakfast is located near the forest "het Riet" in Westerlo "the pearl of the Campine" Our home is a restored ched of the 17th century. For your information, you can see on our website, that our home is situated in the real old centre of Brugge. The ideal location for your stay in Antwerp. Our Bed & Breakfast is situated close to the trendy south and nearby the old town. Nice room with two single beds, a place to sit, a small kitchenette with microwave, fridge and coffee-maker. Also internet, TV and DVD. Price includes breakfast for 2 persons. Bed & Breakfast Maritiem Brussels: you will be staying in your own 60m² recently renovated studios, located in a former Nestor Martin iron mill, overlooking a large inside garden. Our Bed & Breakfast, located in a ground floor apartment with terrace and little garden, is situated near the forest of the city of Brussels.