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Bed and Breakfast Inn
Bed and Breakfast Inns are establishments where travelers can procure food, drink, and lodging. As defined by Webster, an inn is “a house built for the lodging and entertainment of travelers.” Many also provide meals, at least breakfast, although there are those that do not. Bed and Breakfast Inns have a long and distinguished history all over the world and have been the subject of countless artworks, books and the scene of many cultural adventures such as scenes from The Lord of the Rings and Star Wars. You may have stayed at many an inn, but I am sure you will not find two ever completely alike.
Traditionally, bed and breakfast inns in North America were spaced some distances apart in travel corridors and served both locals and travelers with a few of life’s simple pleasures and also operated as clearing houses for information, goods and news. As the frontier spread west, bed and breakfast inns popped up along the stage roads to provide basic amenities to those traveling by coach, horseback and covered wagon. Often, the only source of a hot bath, you can imagine a traveler’s anticipation of reaching a bed and breakfast inn and sinking into the tub.
The original functions of a bed and breakfast inn are now usually split among separate establishments, such as hotels, lodges, spas and motels, all of which might provide the traditional functions of a bed and breakfast inn but which focus more on lodging customers than on other services; pubs, which are primarily alcohol-serving establishments; and restaurants and taverns, which serve food and drink. Hotels often contain restaurants and also often serve breakfast and meals, but an additional price to the traveler. In North America, the lodging aspect of the phrase "bed and breakfast inn" lives on in hotel brand names and in some state laws refer to lodging operators as innkeepers. A property, which hires professional management, is no longer a bed and breakfast, but enters the category of Inn, Guest House or Small Hotel. Bed and breakfasts are a form of a tertiary business.
Today, the traditional definition of a bed and breakfast inn might better fit a bed and breakfast either as a private residence, several rooms of which are set aside for overnight guests whose paid accommodations, including breakfast; or as a small built to suit commercial endeavor specifically designed to be a bed and breakfast inn. Many of these also serve dinner and indeed are often fine dining establishments with rooms. If you’ve never stayed at a bed and breakfast inn, now’s your chance. Never is any one bed and breakfast inn exactly the same as another bed and breakfast. They are as unique and different as people are. The next time you’re looking for a night or two away from home, choose a small bed and breakfast inn, you may just be pleasantly surprised by just how well you are treated and by how comfortably you sleep.
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