Deborah Hunt and her husband, both architects by profession, ran a successful B&B in Southern France for ten years They had no knowledge of the hotel trade when they started. Deborah's book passes on the benefit of their experience in setting up and running a profitable B&B.

'My aim in writing this book is to pass on my own experience of running a B&B in France for ten years, so that you too can run a successful and profitable business. Many of you who are thinking of running a B&B in France will, like us, be wanting a change of lifestyle after having had a career doing something else.

Just before we sold our B&B I was asked by someone about to start if I thought it had been worth it. I said "It was bloody hard work, but it was great fun." And it's the fun that keeps you going. You get far more out of living in France by joining the economy than by just living in a Brit enclave - and you meet some wonderful people of all nationalities.

1. Before you begin
2. Choosing a property
3. Buying a property
4. Renovating your property
5. Planning the inside of your B&B
6. Barns and outside
7. The table
8. Finance and administration
9. Keep it clean
10. Dealing with officialdom
11. Not a B&B
12. Publicity
13. The staff
14. The customers