Requirements For Acceptable Bed and Breakfast
Safety
Safety is always the number one concern when choosing to stay in a bed and breakfast. It may not necessarily mean bodily safety but is also entail being safe with regards to other property. It is wise to check out the area that one wishes to travel and stay in a bed and breakfast. Areas which may be well known for thievery or muggings may not be a good area to stay in. In case, there are no other options, taking extra precautions to ensure that one is relatively safe should be exercised. Choose a room in the bed and breakfast with a dead bolt or a lock which can be bolted from the inside as well as a key lock. Windows should also be checked for fully functioning locks and catches to avoid entry from those portals. If all else fails, sleep with personal and important belongings under the bed or the pillow to prevent their loss. Hiring a safe for the time being in the bed and breakfast may be an option except when in doubt as to the validity of such safety in the safe.
Bodily safety can be achieved by doing the same precautions stated above. Lock what can be locked and avoid advertising or showing off one’s finances when checking in the bed and breakfast. Make sure that one’s money is divided into small bunches or groups to ensure that when one’s pockets are picked, there may be some other money left over. When checking in to the bed and breakfast, do not request loudly for a safe to use or a secure room since these might arouse the suspicions of unscrupulous individuals that you have some considerable wealth to hide or keep safe. Doing so might also tempt some individuals into mugging you.
Always make sure that some one else knows of your whereabouts when going off on your own. This precaution will help family an friends keep track of one’s whereabouts and also make them suspicious of you do not check in on them from time to time. One should have a regular schedule of calling or emailing them to alert them if something might be wrong.
Room Requisites
While it is understandable that many of the bed and breakfast places may be considerably lacking when it comes to creature comforts, there are also some requisites that will need to be present for living comfortably. A clean and functioning comfort room and bathroom should be top on the list of needs for a bed and breakfast. It is useless to rent a room in a bed and breakfast that does not have the functioning comfort room and bathroom. These are daily needs that should be present in even the most spartan rooms.
Am emergency exit should also be present in the floor of the bed and breakfast that one is staying in. This will enable you to avoid any disasters that may occur during your stay in the place. It is also worthwhile to check the windows of the room one is occupying to see if they open and lock well enough to give one an emergency exit as well as relative safety from intruders.
By: Rolf Joho
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I totally agree that safety is one of the most important things. I like that bed and breakfast places.
Thanks for the great advice. My mother always taught me to look at any room first before paying, this way you have some negotiating power if things aren’t right. If you don’t feel safe in a room, it’s perfectly okay to ask another one.
Good article.I am loving it! Will come back again
Great tips on travilling on budget. Saftey is the most important.
I think that If you looking for cheap places for sleep over night with internet or Brochures you can be unpleasantly surprised when you fined that room is not like her description or her pictures – I believe that sometimes owner put wrong information
Always do a check on bed bugs and any reports or the place being unclean
Very valuable information. With this bad economy it is almost impossible to take a break and relax from all the stress and serious problems where are going through. These tips give us some ideas on how to take that break we all need and do it within a budget. Thanks a lot!
yeah… exact correct issues. I almost always face these things whenever on a travel. Hope, there will be some system in each city where u can get info about u r suitable places and keep yourself tension free when on a tour….
Like me too, if go to some place, most important is breakfast and safe of the bad to enjoy the place.
Good tips Rolf. We often stay at B&B’s when we’re away and find that a great way to chck a place out is to search for reviews. Other people just like you have stayed there before and if there is something you ought to know (good or bad), then they may well have posted it on the web somewhere.
My wife and I vacation frequently and often use bed and breakfast accommodations instead of hotels. They always seem to have a more personal touch. Yes the wrong one can be a nightmare however,if you due your own due diligence, it can be a great experience.
It is so important to ensure that your b&b has adequate fire precautions and a working alarm system.
Many persons have died over the years in fires in hired accommodation and the law has been tightened much in the last few years.
For example here in Blackpool England some of the bed and breakfast establishment are situated over 2,3 or 4 floors with only a single staircase for access and at best 2 but usually one exit doors. That’s why the law here demands that fire alarms in the bedrooms and public landings are smoke optical (so sensitive the smoke from a candle can set them off)and that the alarm itself rates at 85 decibells or better to ensure it is heard.
Some great tips in this article thanks for posting it
I agree 100% . thanks for the reminders.
Safety saftey safety always!
Totally agreed with you, safety should always be a prime concern on travel.
Always do a check on bed bugs and any reports or the place being unclean