Best Bed & Breakfast England, Scotland, Wales, 2005-2006 (Best Bed and Breakfast in England, Scotland, and Wales) [Paperback]

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Savvy American travelers know that bed and breakfast accommodations offer great value, interesting locations, and unique hospitality in private homes. Organized alphabetically by county, the hundreds of B&Bs listed here range from splendid Tudor houses and modern city apartments to quaint nineteenth-century cottages and country pubs. Many accept children and pets; some serve dinner in addition to a full English breakfast; some have magnificent views, a swimming pool, or baby-sitting services. Best of all, no two are alike. All homes listed in the guide have been reviewed by the Worldwide Bed & Breakfast Association, and all information on rates and amenities has been updated.
All of the homes profiled meet the quality standards for membership in The Worldwide Bed & Breakfast Association. Each entry includes a detailed description of the home and setting; fully updated information on rates, amenities, and other practical details; and a color photograph. Road maps of each county clearly show the location of each B & B. With this guide in hand, you'll never have to stay in an ordinary hotel or motel again.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Globe Pequot; 20th edition (January 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762737085
• ISBN-13: 978-0762737086
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,382,267 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not recommendable B&B-Guide, July 15, 2005

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Reinhard Scholz (Flintbek, Germany) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best Bed & Breakfast England, Scotland, Wales, 2005-2006 (Best Bed and Breakfast in England, Scotland, and Wales) (Paperback)

The "Best Bed & Breakfast 2005-2006"

Actually the volume seems to be based on a well thought out concept and appears with a good presentation.
But a more closer look shows careless and poor editing, which deteriorates the usefulness remarkably: The page numbers given on the counties map do not correspond correctly to the actual page numbers in the book, so that there a regional map-based search is not possible. Looking for Yorkshire lets end one up in Scotland, Kent leads to Leicester- and Nottinghamshire, while Oxfordshire appears instead of Norfolk and Essex doesn't show up at all. Skipping therefore this orientation map as useless and relying on a correct alphabetical order makes clear, that Essex is missing completely.

Having informed the publishing houses concerned U.K.H.M. Ltd. Box 31855 in Lon-don W11 4WR and The Globe Pequot Press, 246 Goose Lane, Box 480 in Guildford, CT 06437, USA by both, letter and e-mail, does not result in an answer or reaction of what kind so ever for four weeks now.

So this bed-and-breakfast guide is not recommendable at all and its price of 13.57 $ is far too high for what one gets at last.

R. Scholz, Flintbek, Germany

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars May be good for England...., April 7, 2007

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T. Meushaw (Silver Spring, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best Bed & Breakfast England, Scotland, Wales, 2005-2006 (Best Bed and Breakfast in England, Scotland, and Wales) (Paperback)

I purchased this book as I'm planning a trip to Scotland this summer. However, I was sorely disappointed in the disproportion of the areas of bed and breakfasts referenced. The book is almost 400 pages long; nearly 300 of these pages are for England, but only 20 pages are for Scotland and another 20 are for Wales. In total there are only 60 B&Bs listed for Scotland; many regions aren't represented at all, and the major cities have only a few listed (Glasgow, the largest city in the country, only has one listing!). I'm highly disappointed that a broader sample of B&Bs couldn't be listed, and will not be taking this book with me on vacation. The only reason I gave this two stars instead of one was because of the large number of entries for England, which may be helpful to others.