You do not need to employ staff to get relief from all of your tasks. You
may have family members or friends that want to help out. Or you can just outsource
the work.
You can find contractors for cleaning, cooking, laundry, and gardening everywhere.
Because you are the boss you can help out as much as possible to minimize the costs.
But when customers are on the phone or standing at the front desk you cannot be
making breakfast or cleaning a room so you will need help.
Whatever route you take, make sure it is legal, and that the IRS is getting their
fair share. Also look over any contracts and do not sign away the farm. Make sure
your insurance will cover any accidents or that your contractors have insurance.
One skill you may definitely want to farm out is marketing. Unless you are trained
or have a brother who sells insurance and is willing to help you with your marketing,
then you will need professional help. If you say to yourself, “who needs advertising?”,
then you will soon find yourself alone with no guests and no income.
Other jobs to consider help with are accounting, reservations, check-in and check-out,
cleaning, breakfast, guest relations, and emergencies. Decide in advance what type
of skills and personality you want in these jobs and write out job descriptions
to help in the hiring process. You can often use the job description to run a help
wanted ad in your local news paper.
Of course if all that seems like too much you can hire a business manager and let
him handle all the hiring and firing. That is more likely something you will consider
a few years down the road.