B&B Talk

Kit Cassingham · Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Posts: 302 Location: Colorado

From "Ask Kit!":
Q: If an Inn has 13 bedrooms but it says only 6 are for B&B operations, is that a licensing issue?

A: There's no way I can know that with the information I have available to me. You'll have to both ask the seller and the planning/zoning department for that area. If it's not a licensing issue then it could be personal preference, physical limitations caused by not wanting to hire more staff, health, or even finances. Carefully perform your due diligence so you know exactly what you are getting.
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Sage Blossom B&B Consulting
Kit Cassingham, "The B&B Lady"
PO Box 668
Ridgway, CO 81432
U.S.A.
970-626-2277

Inn at Elizabethville · Joined: 06 Nov 2005 Posts: 168 Location: Elizabethville, PA

When I purchased the Inn at Elizabethville, it was sold as a 10 bedroom facility of which 7 rooms were licensed.

The reason?

State hotel law in Pennsylvania requires that each floor have two exits for safety purposes.

The innkeeper's suite has 3 bedrooms on the third floor. Since the third floor is only accessible by a single flight of stairs, the three bedrooms on the third floor may not be rented out.

The state apparently doesn't care whether the innkeeper/owner is unable to get out of a hypothetical burning building - but each floor is required to have at least two exits.
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Inn at Elizabethville B&B in Lyken's Valley PA