As stated elsewhere, A Day in the Life focuses on the player commiting to a career, the first three being farmer, hotelier and store owner. Each of these careers are an excellent way to make money in the game and it will fall to the player to perform simple tasks each day to ensure they are making as much money as possible while also maintaining a good reputation in the town.

This article covers the basics of the Hotelier career;

Selecting hotelier at the start of the game will start you with a small, dirty and bare three roomed local hotel. It will fall to the player to get the building ready to open to guests. During the first week they will be introduced to a new mechanic each day, such as cleaning, repairing anything damaged and otherwise tidying the rooms. A lot of this is presented in the form of a handful of minigames. upon completion your business happiness will increase and you will see bigger rewards from guests.

Guests will show up randomly each day until every room is full and they will need to be fed in the morning and the evening, talked to and looked over while staying. When they check out the player will receive the valued rate of the room and any tips that come from doing a good job in minigames and overall business satisfaction.

Later in the game the building can be extended to include more rooms and thus, more guests will be attracted to your hotel. Staff can also be hired to maintain the business so the player does not incur any penalties should they not want to care for another business alongside the hotel, but of course the best way to earn money is to put the effort in :)