Other than Ashville....? (Asheville, Waynesville, Nashville: for sale, hotels, motorhome)

[starry.eyed]

Hi,

I'm looking to start my own business in the hospitality industry (b&b) and I was looking at Ashville NC because of it's beauty, four seasons and the year round attractions. What are some other cities/areas like that in the USA?

[tsmw47]

Any particular area of the U.S.? Weather is not at all the same in the western U.S. as it is here, so getting four seasons will depend a good deal on the where.

[starry.eyed]

Well I'm looking for definitive four seasons, like Front Royal Virginia, preferable more south than north due to the living costs and the harsher winters.

[ucctgg]

Originally Posted by starry.eyed

Hi,

I'm looking to start my own business in the hospitality industry (b&b) and I was looking at Ashville NC because of it's beauty, four seasons and the year round attractions. What are some other cities/areas like that in the USA?

The B&B martket is very competitive in Asheville. TripAdvisor says there are 42 of them there already.

[goldenage1]

Originally Posted by starry.eyed

I'm looking to start my own business in the hospitality industry (b&b) and I was looking at Ashville NC because of it's beauty, four seasons and the year round attractions. What are some other cities/areas like that in the USA?

It's not as scenic, but you might look at Franklin, TN and other towns around Nashville. Chattanooga is also very scenic and has fewer b&b's than Asheville.

[QuilterChick]

Originally Posted by starry.eyed

Hi,

I'm looking to start my own business in the hospitality industry (b&b) and I was looking at Ashville NC because of it's beauty, four seasons and the year round attractions. What are some other cities/areas like that in the USA?

Just read your posts in the SC / Charleston Area forum regarding building a "tiny home on wheels" and parking it on a farm and growing your own produce etc.

B&B vs. tiny home on wheels ? Total opposite starry eyed ideas.

For the amount of money it would take to buy a B&B, you could buy a pretty nice upscale motorhome, and travel the country when the wanderlust hits you.

[starry.eyed]

Actually the idea was to have a tiny house village type b&b. I was wondering if Asheville or elsewhere would be open to that kind of experience.

[Imhere now]

Why ask in the WNC section where B&Bs would be successful other than Asheville? Most likely there's a B&B Assn or something similar that focuses on properties for sale, better locations, starting a B&B, etc.

[motordavid]

As noted by others, there are lots of B&Bs, 'in Asheville', around Asheville, and in nearly every town I know of in western NC...

Even our little town of Waynesville, (full time population of ~10,000), has 13 B&Bs.

Not sure how any of 'us' would know whether Asheville, or any area ''would be open'' to another.
GL, mD

13 Waynesville, NC Inns, Hotels and Romantic B&Bs