Bed and Breakfast GuidesBed and Breakfast GuidesThere are as many guides to bed and breakfasts as there are bed and breakfasts! If you are planning a trip and have decided a bed and breakfast is the way to go, you will not have any trouble finding exactly what you want. A simple Internet search is all you need to get started. www.Theinnkeeper.com tells us that they are ‘a comprehensive worldwide listing of bed and breakfasts, country inns, guest houses, lodges, cabins, historic hotels, small resorts, guest ranches, farmhouse accommodations, and working farm and ranch vacations.” Who knew there were so many choices? From New Orleans to Napa Valley to Eastern Tennessee, this site has an amazing number of choices available. Another good choice for research on your bed and breakfast stay is Pamela Lanier’s web site, www.lanierbb.com, where you can find lists of places to stay as well as famous recipes from famous bed and breakfasts and advice from Pamela Lanier herself, a renowned traveler. This site lists over 45,000 choices for where to stay. Many travelers’ guides offer information on bed and breakfasts that you will find invaluable in your planning. Just be sure the guidebook you are using is up to date so you have all the most recent information available to you, and don’t use guidebooks that seem to push specific accommodations or places to eat, as some guidebooks have “hidden agendas.” If your interest lies more in the realm of historic inns, try researching your choices on http://www.iloveinns.com. Whether you’re looking for a peaceful country inn, a romantic bed and breakfast, or an exciting metropolitan area, this site can point you in the right direction. If you love bed and breakfasts so much you want to start your own, there’s even a guide for that! According to those who do, it’s a fabulous job where you meet fabulous people from all over the world, and there are many tax benefits. In fact, an Internet search yields many books for sale that will help you understand the business. Of course one of the keys to success is making it easy for people to find you, and you can do this by making sure you are listed in the many bed and breakfast guides available on the Internet, including the few we mentioned. There are several bookstores that sell bed and breakfast guides but if you do not want to leave the comfort of your home, search on the Internet for further information. |