13 years
In France a Hostel is an ERP, établissement recevant du public: for security/safety, someone of your staff HAS to be in the premises 24h/24h; further, you have to respect strict disabled access norms: for the authorities, a hostel has to follow the hotel rules regarding safety and disabled access. If you want to be subsidized by "consel général" and "conseil régional", you have to follow the "Gîtes de France" norms, especially 5 m2 per person per bedroom/dormitory.
For my project (+/- 500 m2; capacity 41 + camping 20 persons), I plan 2 full time equivalent first year (including me), 3 second year and 3,5 third year (with all cleaning/maintenance/bed linen subcontracted). Please note that I will hire half time workers, meaning for instance 2 half time first year.
Where are you in France ? I am near Fontainebleau
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