http://bedandbreakfasting.com Your guide to the world of bed & breakfast inns Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:05:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There's no doubt that San Diego is a top tourism city with a wide selection of Bed and Breakfasts to choose from. But if you come to this sunny city, you probably won't want to spend all of your time in the Bed & Breakfast (tempting as it might be). Here ... http://bedandbreakfasting.com/2008/07/13/things-to-do-in-san-diego/ Photo Courtesy of Treehouse Bed & Breakfast In my quest for making this blog as comprehensive as possible I've begun subscribing to several Bed & Breakfast Newsletters. One of them, Pamela Lanier's bed and breakfast directory and travel guide (e-mail: newsletter@travelguides.com) featured some Bed and Breakfasts from British Columbia. I was intrigued by ... http://bedandbreakfasting.com/2008/07/10/when-a-bb-is-more-than-a-bed-breakfast/ With today's gas prices, this article in Transworld News is worth checking out: 5 Ways to Maximize Your Gas Milage with a Bed & Breakfast Stay. It has five suggestions for stretching your dollars with a Bed & Breakfast stay. One of its suggestions is something I also feel--you don't ... http://bedandbreakfasting.com/2008/07/08/maximize-your-gas-milage/ Several years ago I had to take a long road trip for some business. Evening was approaching when I passed a charming-looking bed & breakfast by the side of the road and decided to stop. It was mid-week and there were no other guests so I took a room for ... http://bedandbreakfasting.com/2008/07/07/staying-solo-at-a-bb/ I was born and raised in Ohio, so have a particular fondness for this state. My grandfather's family broke away from the Amish faith when he was a child, so I also feel an attachment to that culture. As a child, I spent a lot of time with both my ... http://bedandbreakfasting.com/2008/07/06/the-lamplight-inn-in-berlin-ohio/ July 4th is here. Time for barbeques, picnics and fireworks. This year more people than ever are staying close to home due to the rising cost of gas and the overall state of the economy. This might be a good year to re-define how you spend your holidays. Instead of ... http://bedandbreakfasting.com/2008/07/03/what-are-you-doing-for-the-4th/ I have to admit that I didn't visit this Bed & Breakfast. I was downtown in Little Italy, San Diego and on my way home when we passed Little Italy Inn which advertises itself as a European-style Bed & Breakfast. Someone else was driving so I couldn't stop, but I jotted down ... http://bedandbreakfasting.com/2008/07/02/little-italy-san-diego/ More and more Bed & Breakfasts are becoming conscious of the environment and promoting green tourism. Of course, in many ways tourism is antithetical to environmentalism since so many carbon emissions are used to get to a destination. Still, a Bed & Breakfast can be a good way of offsetting ... http://bedandbreakfasting.com/2008/07/01/going-green/ Photo: Manager of Holiday Farm B&B in Alishan, Taiwan  I came across this article about Bed & Breakfasts in Madurai, India. The Tourism Department is allowing locals to rent out extra rooms to tourists as a way to increase tourism to this area--which they are calling Bed & Breakfasts. Having traveled a lot overseas, ... http://bedandbreakfasting.com/2008/06/30/bed-and-breakfasting-in-other-countries/ A couple days ago I wrote about food in Bed & Breakfasts and how unique, regional dishes are often what guests remember best. This morning I came across a news release about a new cookbook by Amelia Painter called Discover Iowa Cooking with Iowa Wines, Meats and Other Iowa Products which is ... http://bedandbreakfasting.com/2008/06/29/iowa-bed-and-breakfast-cookbook/