In a nutshell, the Travel Promotion Act is: “A bill to establish a non-profit corporation to communicate United States entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the United States.”
International travelers are an important customer in the US travel industry. Visits to the US are below 2000 levels, and this has a great impact on the North American economy - especially the micro-economy of the travel industry.
Some B&B owners and innkeepers have do not support this bill because it would involve a new $10 fee on travelers from visa-waiver countries. Compared to what Americans pay in similar fees when visiting European countries (most fees are hidden in taxes and fees in your airline ticket) this is very minor. The question is whether $10 fee that is good for two years would prohibit people from traveling to the US.
PAII.org, the Professional Association of Innkeepers International, supports the bill. For more information on what the bill might mean to your bed and breakfast business, please see their blog at:
Filed Under (B&B Trends) by John D. Ross on December-21-2009
St. Augustine is widely regarded as the quaintest and most historic town in Florida. If you’re looking for a little sun as well as a stay in a Victorian or historic bed and breakfast, St. Augustine will not dissapoint. Check B&B reservations in St. Augustine.
For more about bed and breakfasts in St. Augustine, see:
Filed Under (B&B Trends) by angololecce on September-11-2009
Il B&B è posizionato strategicamente in una piazzetta del centro storico di Lecce da dove si può raggiungere a piedi qualsiasi monumento della città. E’ composto da: ingresso, soggiorno con divano letto matrimoniale e letto singolo, cucina-pranzo con camino, camera matrimoniale con letto a due piazze e divano letto aggiunto ad una piazza, spogliatoio, bagno, tv color, dvd, terrazzo. Ogni stanza è dotata di balcone che affaccia sulla piazza.
Come raggiungerci:
In auto: Atostrada A14 fino a Bari Nord,quindi superstrada Brindisi-Lecce. Proseguire per Lecce centro. Arrivati a Lecce alla prima ed alla seconda rotatoria proseguire dritti, poi al primo incrocio svoltate a destra. Proseguire fino a Piazzetta Addolorata.
In aereo: Scalo a Brindisi e poi 30 km per Lecce.
Dall’aerostazione sono disponibili navette e taxi.
In treno: Stazione di Lecce quindi taxi o autobus di linea
per Piazzetta Addolorata.
Per info:
info@angololecce.it
www angololecce it
3486871192
FRANCESE
L’appartement est situé au premier étage, au coin, en un petit carré dans le centre historique de Lecce, où vous pouvez marcher à tout monument dans la ville.Notre B&B est composé d’un hall d’entrée, salon avec canapé-lit et lit simple, cuisine-salle à manger entièrement équipée avec une cheminée monumentale, une chambre double avec un lit double et canapé-lit pour une place, vestiaire, salle de bains et d’un fantastique terrasse d’où vous pourrez profiter d’un magnifique panorama de la ville. Chaque chambre a un balcon avec vue sur la place.
Comment y arriver:
En voiture: autoroute A14 à Bari Nord, puis la route Brindisi-Lecce. Continuez à suivre le centre de Lecce. Entré à Lecce, le premier et le deuxième rond-point de Viale Porta d’Europa, prendre la deuxième sortie, puis à la première intersection de Viale Pietro, tourner à droite sur Via Casale Fornello. Après la Piazzetta dei Peruzzi, prendre la première à gauche (Via Vittorio Priola) et continuer jusqu’à la piazzetta Addolorata.
Le B & B est situé au carrefour de la Via Vittorio Priola et Bombarde.
En avion: Atterrissage à Brindisi loin 30 km de Lecce.
Ici, vous pouvez prendre la navette ou un taxi.
Téléphone ” Aeroporto del Salento” : (0039) 083141896
Heures Airport Shuttle - Lecce Terminal City
En train: Lecce, puis taxi ou bus jusqu’à piazzetta Addolorata. Pour plus d’informations, visitez le site Web de Ferrovie dello Stato.
Info:
info@angololecce.it
www angololecce it
(0039)3486871192
INGLESE
Strategically situated in the center of Lecce at the corner of a historical square, this B&B allows tourists to reach the most important monuments in the city. Our house is constitued by a front entrance, a living room with a double sofa bed and a single bed, a big kitchen, dining room with fireplace, a family room with a double bed and a sofa bed, a dressing room, a bathroom, and a fantastic terrace where one can enjoy a wonderful panorama of the city. Each room has a balcony overlooking the square.
How to reach us:
By car: Highway A14 to Bari Nord, then highway Brindisi-Lecce. Continue to follow the center to Lecce. Entered in Lecce, the first and second round of Viale Porta d’Europa, take the second exit, then on Viale De Pietro at the first intersection, turn right onto Via Casale Fornello. Piazzetta dei Peruzzi Pass, take the first left (Via Vittorio Priola) and continue until piazzetta Addolorata.
The B & B is located at the crossroads of Via Vittorio Priola and so Bombarde.
By air: Arriving in Brindisi 30 km far from Lecce.
Here you can take a Bus or a Taxi to Lecce.
Phone ” Aeroporto del Salento” : (0039) 083141896
Hours Airport Shuttle - Lecce City Terminal
By train: Using a taxi to Piazzetta Addolorata
or a urban bus that arrives near Porta Napoli.
For more info visit the website of Ferrovie dello Stato.
Info:
info@angololecce.it
www angololecce it
(0039)3486871192
La Casa del Pintor is a magical place on the Canary Island of Tenerife between the Ocean and the Volcano. The beautiful setting of a country-house, which has been restored with taste and respect for nature, offers availability for 10 persons in 4 independent houses, surrounded by magnificent gardens with local plants, cactus, fruit trees: papayas, mangos, oranges, avocados, vines and biological vegetables. In the main house lives, paints and exposes his art, the painter Carlo Forte. Beaches and the National Parc of Teide are only at 15 minutes from this romantic place. Mountain walks and bathing in the chrystal-clear water of the Atlantic Ocean can make part of your daily habits. You can also optionally participate in creative activities: Intuitive Painting, Chromo-Puncture, Holistic Massage, Craneo-Sacral, Dolphin Healing. This setting filled with light, colors, art, beauty, nature is ideal to enjoy relaxing holidays. www casaruraldelpintor com
La Casa del Pintor is a magical place on the Canary Island of Tenerife between the Ocean and the Volcano. The beautiful setting of country-house, which has been restored with taste and respect for nature, offers availibility for 10 persons in 4 independent houses, surrounded by magnificent gardens with local plants, cactus, fruit trees : papayas, mangos, oranges, avocados, vines and biological vegetables. In the main house lives, paints and exposes his art, the painter Carlo Forte. Beaches and the National Parc of Teide are only at 15 minutes from this romantic place. Mountain walks and bathing in the chrystal-clear water of the Atlantic Ocean can make part of your daily habits. You can also participate in creative activities such as : Intuitive Painting, Chromo-puncture, Holistic Massage, Craneo-Sacral, Dolphin Healing. La Casa del Pintor is an ideal place to enjoy relaxing holidays. www casaruraldelpintor com
As many of you know, BedBreakfastTraveler.com is part of the Instant World Booking organization, which includes over 100+ brands of online marketing and booking engines. At BedBreakfastTraveler, B&Bs are our specialty, but we also have keen insights into other lodging markets.
While it may not sound fair, some other lodging sectors consider their marketing strategies to be at the leading edge of innovation and ingenuity. But where do bed and breakfasts figure into this? B&Bs in North America don’t have the reputation of being cutting edge in terms of marketing or technology. This also may not be a fair assessment, since there are many inn properties that are up-and-coming into the 21st century age of internet marketing. But there are some important lessons that our friends and partners in North America and elsewhere can learn from their counterparts in other markets.
Many online booking services know that B&Bs are behind the curve in technology, and they may sometimes take advantage of this fact by overcharging for their services. This is perhaps the first and greatest lesson that bed and breakfasts can learn: Don’t Overpay for online marketing services! When it comes to online booking services, many of the availability calendars out there that cater to B&Bs are vestiges of technology platforms that are 15-20 years old. Travel industry technology has undergone a revolution since the 1980’s and B&Bs should be seeking out the best technologies available for their purposes today.
So, in short, there are 2 great lessons you can learn. 1) Don’t overpay for online marketing services, and 2) Take advantage of the latest technologies.
BedBreakfastTraveler.com offers some leading edge services for B&Bs that we want you to compare with your current providers. Three areas where BedBreakfastTraveler.com can enhance your bottom line are by 1) offering the lowest cost for online booking services versus all the competition, 2) setting up custom booking engines to work on your very own website (again at the lowest cost versus any competitor), and 3) offering credit card acceptance for your business without costly merchant accounts, credit checks, etc.
So, if you’re a bed and breakfast looking to try something new, and start actively improving your profit margin, contact BedBreakfastTraveler and ask how we can beat your current provider’s services.
Tip: Don’t worry about replacing or dropping any current services you use. Evidence consistently shows that by simply adding BedBreakfastTraveler.com to the list of providers you use can improve your bottom line without dropping any other services.
The “Bed and Breakfast Al Giardino” rooms are in a small villa with a garden situated close to the historic city of Venice and to the centre of Mestre in the Veneto region of Italy.We offer a type of hospitality with minimum restrictions: have breakfast at our place and afterwards you have maximum freedom to organise lunch, dinner and the other moments of your holiday! Each room in our B&B is equipped with: a bed and a divan; private bathroom with WC, hand basin and shower; a full set of bed and bath linen; television; electricity supply, hot and cold water, central heating and air conditioning; private entrance; cleaning daily.In addition, we offer free parking!It could be said that the level of fittings and the service are equivalent to those of a 3 Star hotel, pension or hostel, while the cost is very advantageous economically, comparable to that of a 1 Star economy hotels, pensions or hostels. The rooms of our B&B are handy for and easy to reach from the motorway, the Venice and Mestre Railway Stations, the Venice - Marco Polo International Airport, Venice - Treviso airport and the Passenger Terminal in the Port of Venice. With the public bus and waterbus services you can easily reach all of the districts of the Venice metropolitan area from the bed and breakfast: Venice itself, the islands of Murano, Burano and Torcello, the beaches of Lido andCavallino, Mestre and the mainland, the Riviera del Brenta. Our bed and breakfast is also an ideal base for visiting, in addition to Venice itself, the beaches at Jesolo, Eraclea and Sottomarina, or the nearby cities of Treviso, Padova, Verona and Choggia.We can offer you a relaxed atmosphere, a warm welcome and tranquillity.We will be happy to offer you suggestions for “classic”, “young”, “out-of the-ordinary” tourist itineraries, in addition to sight-seeing, gastronomic, enological tips on the city of Venice. But, above all, at “Bed and Breakfast Al Giardino” of Venice we offer a service with optimum value-for-money!
For as long as bed & breakfast hotels have been around they have offered their guests lodging at reasonable rates. It used to be that all you expected from a B&B was the basics, a firm bed, a shower and a cooked breakfast in the morning for a good price. Generally coming second to hotel accommodation, B&B’s rarely competed with a hotel for luxury and services offered.
However a new trend for travelers in the 21st century, particularly in North America, is to look at the B&B sector for their accommodation needs. There are various reasons for this turn-around, but the main one is that with the downturn in the economy people still wish to travel but now need to tighten their belts. Looking at bed & breakfast options makes economical sense.
The increase seen in the bed and breakfast occupancy comes from all sectors, the domestic market, international travelers seeking unique holiday accommodation and corporate travelers. As a result, more B&B’s, country inns and bed and breakfast hotels are updating their properties to offer luxury furnishings and provide additional services.
By offering attractive packages and pricing structures to travelers, B&B’s are able to compete with local hotels. Frequent traveler programs are popular with guests and aim to produce business and encourage returning customers. These types of programs generally involve free nights or discounts after a certain number of nights.
Americans often work long hours and time off is cherished, getting away for a few days is a welcome break from routine. A weekend getaway is the perfect way to distance yourself and within most people’s time limits. Business travelers are often encouraged to stay at a particular B&B if it offers a frequency traveler program and has the added advantage of free Wi-Fi. Other business friendly facilities, such as a desk in the room, copy and fax machines, relaxed cancellation policies, and allowed late check-in and early breakfast are also enticements to book at particular bed and breakfast hotels rather than a hotel. Companies also prefer the fact that they are able to hire the whole inn as it means they are likely to get the hotel management’s complete attention whereas if they had booked at a large convention hotel they would be competing with lots of other groups.
B&B’s also offer a unique way to experience the customs and daily life of a particular city. Often located right in the city centre they can also provide a higher level of attention to their guests and offer competitively priced rooms. As a guest in a chain hotel you are likely to see the staff when you check in and again when you check out, staying in smaller bed & breakfast hotels enables you to meet the owners and their staff, people who have the time to give you advice and information on the city. There are also possibilities to spend time in communal rooms where you can meet fellow travelers.
Many people prefer the intimate atmosphere of a B&B in comparison to a hotel which can be sterile and noisy, and staff often have less time to interact with their guests. B&B’s offer travelers unique features and stand out by their friendly atmosphere and personal touch.Guests of B&B’s are not just looking for a room to sleep in but the whole experience of staying in a lodging that enables them to meet interesting people and receive all the luxuries they would expect from any accommodation choice.
In general staying in a bed and breakfast offers you more services and options than traditional hotels are able to and is a new and completely different experience to staying in a hotel, it can certainly make your stay in the city a much more pleasurable event. The increase in popularity seen in B&B accommodation is not only experienced in the United States and Canada, but also abroad in European countries and other destinations around the world.
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