Aspiring Innkeepers Workshop/Bootcamp!
August 2 - 7, 2018
2 Nights Workshop on How to Move to Italy & Start an Inn, B&B or Agriturismo (Farm Stay): Preparation, Transition & Execution
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3 Night Bootcamp of Hands-on Working Experience at our Agriturismo (Farm & Inn)
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ONLY 4 participants!
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3 Night Bootcamp of Hands-on Working Experience at our Agriturismo (Farm & Inn)
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ONLY 4 participants!
For the aspiring innkeeper interested in starting a business in Italy with a focus on culinary & sustainable tourism/agriturismo
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Do you have what it takes own an inn, B&B or farmhouse?!
Is it a dream job or are you just "dream drunk"? Get a hands-on taste of the pleasures and pains of running an inn with both theory & practical experience in this unique workshop! If you are planning to open an inn this is your bootcamp! After 10 years of running a farm, inn & cooking school in Italy we realized most have no idea the challenges & work involved. It's more than just putting out breakfast in the mornings and pouring wine while chatting with the guests at the end of the day. The life of an innkeeper brings great personal rewards, incredible challenges, constant problem solving and many lifestyle changes. This workshop/bootcamp is your chance to dip a toe in the waters before diving head first. The goal: To temper fantasy with reality. We will jump right into the nitty gritty of not only operating an inn but starting a business in Italy: from creating a timeline & business plan to the social media & marketing, understanding "sustainable tourism", operations & hospitality as well as Italian & EU incentives for farmers/ operating an agriturismo. Then comes the real work...with actual guests! Each workshop guest will shadow Jason and Ashley for the day - from the garden to groceries, the coop to the kitchen, preparing breakfast & beds, then dinner & digestive! We will cover:
*This is our only workshop offering practical experience in the field! The Details:
This boutique, intensive workshop is limited to four participants.
Includes five nights & six days accommodations, breakfast & dinner with local wine daily, evening aperitivi during seminars, lunches, printed workshop materials with a take home zip drive with extra resources and the full presentation + a one-on-one Skype chat before the workshop to help maximize your time in Italy & prepare for the trip! PRICING: 3,500 Euro/Couple or 2800 Euro/single ONLY 1 space/couple available! |
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"We came to the farmhouse to learn, absorb their knowledge, take the reality of their advice and put it towards our ideas that had walked through their farmhouse doors on the very first night...
Jason and Ashley have created something charming and unique – something that I admire. A dream they had when they were my age, 24, and by 25 – after copious amounts of paperwork, house hunting and Italian bureaucracy – made their dreams a reality. Now, 10 years later, Jason and Ashley sat around their kitchen table telling stories of how fate, hard work, and dedication landed them in the hot seats – teaching new dreamers how to wake up and start living." Read more about this young entrepreneurs experience!
Our "Expat Entrepreneur" StoryFeatured In:
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Get Your Hands Dirty on the FarmWhen New Yorkers Ashley Bartner, now 34, and her husband Jason, 35, quit their jobs and moved to a farm in Italy in 2007, they knew they’d be starting from scratch.
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Doing Business in ItalyAshley and Jason Bartner decide to leave their American life behind to start a business in Italy. It wasn't so easy.
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So You Want to Own & Run a Bed & Breakfast in Italy?Jason and Ashley are now using their decade of experience owning a hospitality business in Italy to coach and teach other expat couples who dream of moving to Italy to run their own B&B...
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Expat Lives: The US to ItalyWhen American newlyweds Ashley Bartner visited Italy on honeymoon in the spring of 2006, her life was about to change more than she ever expected.
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