| You might find it hard to believe, but it wasn't that | | | | country. Another factor, other than to escape the |
| long ago that finding a bed and breakfast in the USA | | | | daily routines of city life was the ability to get away |
| was a difficult task. For international tourists and | | | | to places where you could also make friends along |
| Americans alike, the only means of accommodation | | | | the way. This is one of the beauties of b and b in |
| whilst travelling from town to town and city to city | | | | USA. |
| was a hotel or a motel. | | | | A great number of older homes have been restored |
| The few bed and breakfast establishments that did | | | | and turned into the bed and breakfasts. They are |
| exist in the US were few and far between in areas | | | | mostly located in the rural parts of the country and |
| such as New England and California. This form of | | | | provide a home away from home for folk of all |
| accommodation was little known by most travellers | | | | interests and tastes. |
| and generally the only form of advertising their | | | | Most bed and breakfasts appear cozy and charming |
| whereabouts was by word of mouth. | | | | from the outside, yet they all offer different services |
| Things have changed in a big way since then, to the | | | | and features which you can easily establish when |
| extent that could almost be termed dramatic. This | | | | searching for one online. You'll find that most of |
| sudden surge of b and b in USA has spread like wild | | | | these feature an extensive photo gallery so you can |
| fire to the point where every state is littered with | | | | get a real feel what to expect. Plus they include |
| them. They have established themselves as the | | | | maps detailing the exact location of the property. |
| perfect alternative to a chain of motels or a hotel in | | | | Not one b and b in USA is the same. They are as |
| the city with hundreds of little cubicles. | | | | varied as the personalities that you'll find within them. |
| The increasing presence of b and b style | | | | If you've never stayed in a b and b and you're |
| accommodation throughout the USA first developed | | | | looking to spend one or two nights away from home |
| less than 20 years ago. Americans were faced with | | | | and away from a motel or hotel, then perhaps you |
| high travel costs so instead opted to explore the | | | | should try a b and b. You'll be surprised at just how |
| hidden communities and back roads of their own | | | | satisfying the whole experience can be. |