Historical Bed and Breakfast lodgings.
Posted 08/27/09
The concept of bed and breakfast lodgings is to put up travelers for the night and provide a breakfast as the only meal in the morning. Sometimes Bed and breakfast lodgings are called homestays and they offer private bathrooms or a bathroom to be shared by two or three rooms. Bed and Breakfast lodgings were popular in the United Kingdom for centuries and the phrase was coined in the British Isles . Many European countries have bed and breakfast accommodation as a popular lodging option. Bed and breakfast inn
The concept was brought to the United States by the early settlers who stayed in these lodgings before setting off to new territory for settlement . The great depression ushered in a new interest in staying in this form of lodging for travelers who required cheap lodging in hard economic times . ourbnb.net Private homes were converted into homestay lodgings to augment the income of the household . Bed and breakfast accommodation was and is an attractive substitute for a large impersonal hotel .
