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Bed and Breakfast

Bed and Breakfast around and about Bed and Breakfast

Name: Olaf

Friday, December 23, 2005

Major factors for leisure travelers

Major factors for leisure travelers when choosing an accommodation:
Number one factors are location and price,
further factors are:
Brand
Service
Loyalty program

(seen on United Press International)

Sunday, December 05, 2004

Bed and Breakfast map and directions

As a bed and breakfast owner, how can you help reduce stress of your guests on the way to your accommodation after a long day of traveling? Easy, never and I mean NEVER point them from your website to a route planner. Most of these route planners provide a map which points to a different location instead of your address. Even the description results in big nonsense. Write your own route map that is double-checked by your self and others. Start at a main direction, show them the easiest way. Write in short terms. Use the same content as it is written on mileage and guide signs. Do not mention street names, its impossible and also dangerous to search for street signs while driving a car. Use general words like "turn right, turn left, and second crossing" together with permanent, well visible constructions like traffic lights. Use a separate webpage that is designed for printing. Use big sized fonts that are easy to read in a car or on a motorcycle. Not every guest arrives by car. Also provide a description for arriving by plane, bike or train. After welcome your guests ask them "how did you find us". I'm sure you will be happy with the answer and the work you have done.

Saturday, December 04, 2004

Feelings and experience about staying in a B&B

Like everyone knows each Bed & Breakfast accommodation, is a unique accommodation. Innkeepers, travelers and others all tend to have different ideas about bed and breakfast. What do guests say and think about Bed and Breakfasts? Read and take pleasure in THIS funny feelings and experience about staying in a B&B.

Friday, December 03, 2004

Ecolodge

What is a Lodge or Ecolodge. ? A cottage or cabin, often rustic, used as a temporary abode or shelter. A small house on the grounds of an estate or a park, used by a caretaker or gatekeeper. An inn. To rent accommodations, especially for sleeping.

What is a Eco-Lodge?
- Helps conserve the surrounding flora and fauna
- Tries to work with the local community
- Offers educational interpretive programs to both its employees and tourists about the surrounding natural and cultural environments
- Uses alternative, sustainable means of water acquisition and reduces water consumption
- Provides for careful handling and disposal of solid waste and sewage
- Meets its energy needs through passive design and renewable energy resources
- Uses traditional building technology and materials wherever possible and combines these with their modern counterparts
- During construction has minimal impact on the natural environment
- Blends with local physical and cultural environment through careful attention to form, landscaping and color, as well as the use of local traditional architecture
- CWhat is a ontributes to sustainable local community development through education programs and research

example of an Eco-Lodge

Pension

What is a Pension? ( example of a pension) A boarding house or small hotel in Europe. A pension had somewhat less to offer than a hotel; it was always smaller, and never elegant, it sometimes offered breakfast, and sometimes not.

Bed and Breakfast

What is a Bed and Breakfast. A private residence, several rooms of which are set aside for overnight guests whose paid accommodations include breakfast. Also, B and B. A hotel or other hostelry that offers a room for the night and a morning meal at an inclusive price. For example, Staying at a bed and breakfast meant never having to plan morning meals. This term and the practice originated in Britain have become widespread. An overnight boardinghouse with breakfast.

example of a bed and Breakfast accommodation