B&B Experience 1

Here is my first Bed and Breakfast experience.

Our first B&B experience was almost 4 years ago. I had come over to Canada to see my DH(then DB, Dear Boyfriend!!!). It was around his birthday and wanted to spend some time with him.We decided to get away for some quiet 'us' time.

As is always, I had to take the responsibility of finding a place, making reservations, getting the directions and all the secretarial job associated with travel, while his majesty (who else D ofcourse!!) would grace the location with his presence. I quickly got to my job and after hours of googling, decided, B&B would be ideal for us, not a typical hotel setup, much more intimate family home setting.And we had never stayed in a B&B before, so it was exciting.Decided on one that looked good in pictures and also checked the reviews given in their website and looked like everyone who stayed there had a great time!

Well now, it depends on the kind of person you are, if you'd like staying in a B&B. For a person like me, I prefer a hotel better, why here are my reasons. This is not to say that the B&B we stayed was bad or the hosts were not good, but its just not my thing.

Stay in B&B if you
- Like a home like setting, mind you its not yours, its some strangers home, you pay to stay!
- Like wallpaper as opposed to nice clean wall painted in neutral color
- Like talking in low voice not to disturb other guests and the hosts
- Like to watch TV with other guests or hosts and hold the urge not to change the chanel, lest you offend other fellow audience.
- Like company of senior citizens
- Like to pay more than the price of an average hotel in the area.
- Finally last but not the least, like to listen to people who talk forever

We stayed for 3 days. I had to work, so we had planned i'd work from 7-3 and then we'll go around. But guess what, after a day of staying there from 7-3, I said to D, 'screw work, I got to go out.'

Out of 3 days, we went to 2 days to Niagara Falls, saw the falls for a bit and spent lots of time in Casino. One of the casino night, we came back at around 9pm, we had assumed that we could get some dinner in the town we were staying. Well now, we werent used to rural Canada, here people eat at 5pm and sleep at 8pm. By the time we got to the town, everything was closed and we were starving. We somehow found the lounge open in a hotel and rushed in before it closed too. It had very few people and we were probably the last customers.We asked the waiter to get us anything vegetarian to eat. He got us both some sandwiches, and after that I did not eat sandwich for a looong time!!!!!

After that I made a firm decision, no more B&B's for us. We just arent made for them.

Though it wasnt what I was expecting, it was an experience that enriched my life. The people you meet, the tales you listen teach you something, you forget the tales but remember the lessons, you forget their names but remember their faces.
On that note
Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living -Miriam Beard