The idea of bed and breakfast exists since the birth of the humanity. The monasteries offered to the travellers a bed and the breakfast.
The bed and breakfasts has been very popular for years for Europe travellers. The word B&B is born in England, Scotland and Ireland. The tourists can see the signposts with B&B in many windows in that countries. But the word bed and breakfast is not used anywhere. The words like paradors, pensions, gasthaus, minskukus, shukukos, pousados describe a bed and breakfast.
United States have an history of bed and breakfast that comes from the first pioneers. When the pioneers crossed the country, could find refuge in houses, inns and taverns.
During the Great Depression many people decided to open their houses to the travellers to earn more money for their family. The term “boarding house” was used at this juncture. After the depression this kind of accomodation declined and many people was convinced that these structures was in low income or for vagabonds. In the early 50’s there was the “tourist home“, a sort of bed and breakfast. When the motels was born on the new highways these structures was quick forgotten.
Due to the big number of american people that travel in Europe in the last years and to the rediscovery of the bed and breakfasts, the interest for this kind of accomodation is increased in the United States. The bed and breakfast is not more viewed as an easy low cost accomodation, but as an alternative to the standard chains of hotels or to the motel rooms.
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