Hospitality Today HT19 - Feb-Mar 2014 | Page 9

hospitalitytoday.com | 9 The UK’s 10 Best B&Bs: we contacted Business Link, and one of the recommended contacts was the B&B Association. I joined the Association and ordered their marvellous publication ‘How to start and run a B&B’ - the book really set the standard for our business. Thanks to the B&B Association we were able to go from a steady trickle of guests to a flood of bookings as we found a newspaper booking promotion on the B&B Association site. “Guests rated us 100% Excellent on TripAdvisor and this encouraged new visitors to book the rest of the week at the full room rate. We soon found ourselves with 85% occupancy in our first six months! “We are absolutely delighted and looking forward to an even busier 2014. Tripadvisor have put us on the world stage and we are both tickled pink.” World’s 10 best B&Bs: 1. Bindon Bottom B&B, West Lulworth, Dorset 2. All Seasons Guest House Filey, Filey, North Yorkshire 3. Saxon Villa, Robin Hoods Bay, North Yorkshire 4. Linnett Hill, Keswick, Cumbria 5. Dumfries House Lodge, Cumnock, Scotland 6. Millgate Bed & Breakfast, Masham, North Yorkshire 7. Hawkins of Bath, Bath, Somerset 8. Bod Gwynedd Bed & Breakfast, Betws-y-Coed, Wales 9. Plas Dinas Country House, Bontnewydd, Wales 10. Southern Breeze Lodge, Bournemouth, Dorset 1. Bindon Bottom B&B, West Lulworth, Dorset, UK 2. All Seasons Guest House Filey, Filey, North Yorkshire, UK 3. Historic Oak Hill Inn, Natchez, Mississippi, USA 4. Saxon Villa, Robin Hoods Bay, North Yorkshire, UK 5. Baan Malinee B&B, Thalang District, Thailand 6. Linnett Hill, Keswick, Cumbria, UK 7. Riad Alnadine, Marrakech, Morocco 8. Dumfries House Lodge, Cumnock, Scotland, UK 9. Millgate Bed & Breakfast, Masham, North Yorkshire, UK 10. Arbor Guest House, Napa, California, USA Making a difference... ...to people’s lives Making a difference... ...to busi ness You can help too.. . Donate £5 text SPRINGBOARD to 70555 and help support our vital work, Thank you