Bed and Breakfast accommodations are always better choice.
 

Traveling is my hobby and I often go to new places for vacations. So I have an experience of all types of accommodations, I used to stay Hotels, Lodge, B&B accommodations etc.

But I felt that B&B accommodations are always better than any other accommodation services. There are some specific reasons which I want to mention here.

Whenever we are away from home, we face many problems such as we don't get a good quality of food, we can’t get comfortable beds etc.

So Bed and Breakfast accommodations provide the highest quality of food with delicious taste. They provide plenty of fresh and delicious food in breakfast.

Now another positive thing about Bed and Breakfast is their service and facility. Services provided by B&B are always very good and reliable. Their beds and other facilities are very comfortable and luxurious.

So I think Bed and Breakfast accommodations are very higher than small hotel chains or lodge.

So please share your opinion also.

I think that there are so many variables that it is hard to make sweeping generalizations.

I don't like B&B accomodations. Sorry. I've tried and I really don't.

It's not that the service is bad. It's the feel of being in someone's house. It's too close, too intimate. I feel like I'm forced to be friendly and talk with the owners. And I don't usually like eating breakfast, either.

I prefer a hotel, where I only have to say "good morning" and wave when I walk past the receptionist on the way out.

I'm with anyegr. A place has to have at least 10 rooms before I'd consider staying there.

<< Their beds and other facilities are very comfortable and luxurious. >>

I've stayed in plenty of B&Bs with bad beds and nothing was luxurious!

In many countries B&Bs are limited so do you avoid those countries where you can't find B&Bs?

I'm with anyegr and ThulaMama. It's my holiday, I don't want to have to stand on ceremony. I've also stayed in some great B&Bs, and some terrible ones. I do find that generally apartments offer better value than hotels or even 2 rooms in a B&B, so that's the way we tend to go these days as we travel as a family and need 2 rooms.

We stayed in a B&B in Budapest. We had an experience there that would not have been possible in a hotel.

We came back from seeing the ballet one evening and began talking to the B&B proprietors in their kitchen at 10PM.

They revealed some background information about themselves and without going into it too much, we connected on some "hidden Jew" information. Once it was established that we were Jewish (which they somehow instinctively knew), the woman opened up about herself and was quite surprised when I told her that in the U.S. it was fine if people knew you were Jewish. In Hungary, it was obvious that you hid it. We spoke for quite awhile and it was fascinating. If disturbing.

Obviously, it all depends on exactly what kind of experience YOU feel is "best." This includes intimate conversations with workers; it also includes air conditioning, proper fire alarm systems, and other things.

As to the food tasting best in a B+B that is a subjective comment and too general to be taken very seriously IMO but to each their own.

YOur statements don't make any sense, you can't claim "all" of any type of accommodation is one way. The idea that every B&B has comfortable beds and terrific service is absurd, as well as the idea that B&Bs are by definition, all "luxurious." Most B&Bs are not luxurious, that's the concept.

And guess what, some people don't eat as much as you and don't care about food at breakfast. I don't eat it and don't want it.

Seems to me I heard some comedian on tv recently ripping on B&B's, saying he/she did not want to be told that breakfast would be served between 8-9, having to share a bathroom with the couple down the hall in the Rose Room, having a 10:00 pm curfew, etc. It was very funny--and my sentiments exactly!

"<i>he/she did not want to be told that breakfast would be served between 8-9, having to share a bathroom with the couple down the hall in the Rose Room, having a 10:00 pm curfew, etc. It was very funny--and my sentiments exactly!</i>"

Most B&Bs except very low end ones have ensuite or private bathrooms. And I've never stayed in one (more than 100) that had a curfew. That's ludicrous. Actually I do remember one that did have an 11PM curfew - but that was 30+ years ago - the industry has changed LOT since then.

Having said that - the OP is one person's opinion and he does ask others to share their thoughts. Of course one can't make blanket statements like those - B&Bs/inns/chain hotels have in ALL sorts of quality/amenities/value/food.

I stay in B&Bs, hotels, rental cottages/flats, you name it. No single type of accommodations corners the market on value/quality.

I run a small B&B in a beautiful Georgian house which looks over the green of a small village in Lincolnshire.

Each room has a bathroom. The beds are extremely comfortable with down duvets and good bedlinen. Breakfast is when requested by each guest and is freshly cooked. There is an open fire in the winter and guests are offered tea and cake or a glass of wine on arrival. We supply travel advice and maps and make dinner reservations. If you want to engage, I am happy to chat but if not, that's fine with me.

I charge £70 for a double room. What part of the above sounds unappealing?

Ah yes, decision by proxy. The root cause of many problems.
Rather than deciding in terms of bed and food quality,etc. the characteristics sometimes difficult to find out, some takes a short cut by using an easier to identify proxy such as the type of accommodations. Other examples abound.
Those using car vs. train as a proxy for cost and convenience get into trouble applying the proxy for a trip involving Rome and Florence, the typical 1st timer destinations.

Each to his own. I wouldn't stay somewhere with a communal breakfast table - I don't want to be sociable with strangers before I've properly woken up. For other people, that opportunity to chat over breakfast is exactly why they like B&Bs. But I agree breakfast is likely to be better at a good B&B which cooks to order, rather than a hotel buffet with dried up bacon and eggs.

I couldn't disagree more.

There is no way we want to spend our vacation in a spare room in someone's house.

I want a full-service professionally run hotel with all amenities, including a bar and a concierge. And while we have enjoyed staying at gasthauses and castles in the countryside a couple of times - they were NOT that type of B&B. As for food - there are wonderful restaurants all over the place.

To each his own - but B&Bs are definitely not for us.

It will definitely depend on the place itself not the kind. When we are having a holiday in cornwall, we are planning to bring my dog. I researched about accommodations and with the help of http://dogpeople.co.uk/, I found bluechip holidays http://www.bluechipholidays.co.uk/do...-cottages.html and I am very satisfied. The next time we went there last year, I found another self-catering cottages which I don't want to mention and I was very disappointed. It's the same story with B&Bs.

sounds like the OP is writing a travel brochure!

I'm in the "not for me" crowd.

janisj, it was about 30 years ago - but I remember being locked out of a B&B in Betws-y-coed (aka Betsy the coed) after spending too long at the local pub. The landlady was NOT happy when we banged on the door. Of course, the fact that we probably had a lot to drink didn't contribute. To add fuel to the fire, one of our group passed out, naked, in the shared bathroom (not me). Not one of my prouder moments and I still get embarrassed thinking about how rude we were. Needless to say, the one girl in our group that wasn't out with us was assigned to pay in the am, and we skulked out of there without breakfast as quietly and stealthly as possible.

love it surfmom :D

I remember telling one friend that her 'private bath' didn't mean what she though and she'd better take a bathrobe. Needless to say she ignored my advice and only had skimpy/sexy night clothes. She was mighty put out that she had to get dress every time she needed to use her private bathroom - down the hall about 30 feet. At least it was private so if she <i>had</i> passed out nekid sit would have been OK >)

But honestly - unless one really goes for the very bottom of the room rate structure, the VAST majority of B&Bs are now much much better/more comfortable. Don't base your opinion on what was the norm 30+ years ago.

I've stayed in so many with my late husband. Most were charming, but I would not say luxurious. Some Bastide's were Luxurious, Most were not in the house of the owners, there were separate buildings, maybe attached or across from the owner's home. Staying at a B&b were my favorite experiences like steering me to the best flea market, taking me on a boar hunt, mushroom foraging, and so many things you don't expect when they like you.

I can think of few things more boring than a full service professionally run hotel with all the amenities. But yes, to each his own.

Must be something about Budapest B and Bs. We had a similar experience to you, kenav... Sitting around the kitchen table with some guests and the owner late at night. One was a sociology professor on her way to do some work with the Roma community in eastern Slovakia.

Fascinating people, interesting conversation, unforgettable night.

We do not always pick b and bs.... But we have had some great memories from them.

We got locked out of a b&b late at night just a few months ago.

I agree with you. Definitely Bed and breakfast accommodations are very good and luxurious than hotels. Bed and breakfast provides the highest quality in service and food also. One more important thing is that you get a personal experience at B&B accommodations.

B&Bs not for me, either. I just have coffee and pastry for breakfast, and eating the more elaborate stuff the host may prepare makes me logy all morning. Besides, I feel uncomfortable with people fussing at me, or trying to talk to me while I am trying to wake up. I much prefer having a cup and a tartine at a local cafe while I read a paper.

That's a sweeping generalization if I have ever read one.

I've had not so great food and uncomfortable beds in several B&Bs, regardless of its star rating.

The best bed I ever slept on and the best breakfast I have had were in a hotel.

That being said, when in the UK, I prefer B&Bs over hotels.

Overall my B&B experience has been positive (but so have my hotel experiences) but you guys are smoking crack and/or crazy if you honestly believe that a B&B is the end all be all of overnight accommodations.

This article on Anglotopia brought this thread to mind:
http://www.anglotopia.net/british-tr...38fb-403109073

Lee Ann

We, also, have had positive experiences with stays in B&B's. But I do agree with people who say they do not enjoy so much the "staying in someone's spare room " feeling. And we have had a few of those. Travelling on a budget, we found modest B&B's a fit for us. At home, we are cereal only people, but on holidays in the UK, did enjoy the full English breakfast and found we did not need as much to eat during the day. We also found, contrary to advice we were given "Oh, every village has a B&B" that this is not the case. We ended up in the Black Diamond hotel sharing a bathroom with half a dozen Eastern European?? construction workers. But at 15 pound pp night and discounted evening meal [very good] and terrific breakfast, who are we to complain.
One B&B which sticks in our memory was in Scotland. We arrived with not enough cash to pay [ we had always paid on departure ]. The elderly owner asked for what we had and directed us to the nearest ATM. She also had warning signs posted on the stairs about care while moving luggage, drugs, smoking, and being on time for breakfast. We made sure we were on time but there were some guests not so. Her husband stood at the bottom of the stairs repeating " Breakfast is served " until they arrived!!. Such are the stuff of holiday memories.
As a visitor from Australia, the English B&B was something we wanted to experience. For the most part, over three trips to the UK, we have enjoyed the experience. We had some very genial hosts, comfortable rooms [ some with wonderful views] and great breakfasts. But after about a week, we are ready for a break and have also done self-catering which is probably our preference.
It is a case of knowing your travel style I suppose. If it does not appeal, there are other options.