Hello Rebekah
I reckon at this stage of the game you need to worry more about getting the place ready rather than towels! Your plumber should be able to give you an enormous pile of bathroom catalogues in prices from reasonable to eye watering to find your bathroom suites. It makes sense to use a proper plumber with a guarantee as when one of the showers leaks in mid-season you want it fixed pronto.
Towels in B & Bs need replacing frequently as, however good the quality, frequent washing and being used for such delights as makeup removing and shoecleaning take their toll. Upmarket guests can have just as bad manners as downmarket ones!Realistically you can find hundreds of suppliers on the net, plenty of catalogues (La Redoute, 3 Suisses etc) do promotions and probably your local linens shop will do you a deal on a bulk order.
I'm no expert on this, but have you looked at the registration requirements for B&B with lots of bedrooms? 7 bedrooms sounds like it falls into the hotel category, especially if you are aiming 'up-market'.
Sorry if you already have this under control.
See this thread for more information on registering a chambres d'hotes -
http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/1003768/ShowPost.aspx
max number of rooms is 5 as I understand it
Danny
Hi Rebekah
We opened a B & B near La Rochelle this time last year after spending 8 months renovating - same sort of numbers and standard as you are looking t be and we were lost as to where to buy stuff here. With regards to bathroom suites we used our plumber (shop around thou, we managed to half the amount sent due to changing plumbers and using almost identical suites). For towels, linen, crockery etc etc we used Ecotel. They are a professional catering suppliers. We got almost everything from them and they gave us a very healthy discount.
If you need any other info just PM me - if we are close I can point you in the right direction of places to go.
Good luck with it all.
Alex
Well actually it depends which department you are in - and family rooms consisting of 2 rooms are considered one!
alex wrote: Well actually it depends which department you are in.
Well actually it depends which department you are in.
Well actually it does not, it is set in stone by law. If you look through this section you will find the link direct to the actual 'Decret' that applies (i'm too busy to look ffor you right now) and as already said there are big fines if you break these rules in France.
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