The Bed And Breakfast Experience

“The Bed and Break­fast Expe­ri­ence” describes the dif­fer­ences offered by bed and break­fasts com­pared to hotels. Essen­tially you enjoy the ameni­ties of a hotel with added per­sonal touches. Some­one once described a bed and break­fast as the next best thing to stay­ing with friends. You are even greeted by name! There are no “cookie-cutter” aspects to a stay in a bed and break­fast — each home is as indi­vid­ual as its own­ers.

There’s some­where for every­one to stay: you can choose from a down­town her­itage home, water­front guest house, coun­try manor house, ele­gant inn, coun­try cot­tage, con­tem­po­rary home, farm or a wood­land retreat.





The B&B is typ­i­cally a pri­vate res­i­dence whose own­ers choose to have this busi­ness lifestyle because they enjoy meet­ing peo­ple. A high level of ser­vice with an atten­tion to detailed is almost guar­an­teed; after all, their liveli­hood depends on it. Some wel­come fam­i­lies, oth­ers pets, whilst oth­ers are adult ori­ented. Your hosts gladly pro­vide insights into the areas tourist attrac­tions and activ­i­ties, restau­rant rec­om­men­da­tions as well as tips and local secrets. The inclu­sive break­fast has local pro­duce, fresh jams, deli­cious baked goods and mouth-watering spe­cial­ties.

Many bed and break­fasts are in attrac­tive older homes ooz­ing charm fur­nished by antiques, while oth­ers offer mod­ern crisp ele­gance and con­tem­po­rary art. Lux­u­ri­ate in fine linens on a com­fort­able bed, soak in a two-person bub­bling whirlpool bath­tub and snug­gle up in arm­chairs to enjoy the ambi­ence of a fire­place — just the place for a roman­tic or quiet break. Beau­ti­ful gar­dens are often a fea­ture too for quiet relax­ation. Smaller bou­tique hotels are now incor­po­rat­ing some of the suc­cess­ful qual­i­ties of bed and break­fasts into their ren­o­va­tions.

If this is to be your first bed and break­fast expe­ri­ence it very likely will not be your last.