Guest Houses B&B in Somerset

Somerset offers an excellent choice of B&B bed and breakfast accommodation in top South West city locations such as Bath and Bristol, with superb bed & breakfast choice all over rural Somerset. There is plenty of bed and breakfast choices around Wells and Cheddar in the Mendips, characterful bed and breakfast in Exmoor and Minehead and b&bs in Bridgwater and the Sedgemoor area including the coast around Brean. The historic villages of South Somerset also have character bed and breakfast accommodation. For cheaper B&B choices try the family oriented coastal towns like Weston-super-Mare or Minehead or around the main holiday centres. Whether its modern or traditional Somerset's bed and breakfast accommodation offers something for all budgets and tastes.

There's usually a slight difference between guest house accommodation and B&B bed and breakfast accommodation. Guesthouses are usually slightly larger than B&Bs and run entirely as a commercial business. Rooms in guest houses are usually en-suite with breakfast and sometimes evening meal provided.

Iknow-Somerset is a comprehensive online directory of accommodation with a specific sections for Bed & Breakfasts and Guest House accommodation (often shortened to B and B, B&B, BnB or even BB). Pictures to the left are linked to take you through to bed and breakfast listings in different regions of Somerset including bed and breakfast Wells, north east Somerset, seaside bed and breakfast Brean, Bath or Bristol guest houses, and more! Alternatively you can start your search by using the main Somerset accommodation navigation above.

Bed And Breakfast Somerset - Guest House & B&B Accommodation

Somerset Guest houses can range from farmhouses and inns in the Somerset countryside in the Merndips, Quantocks and Exmoor to city centre guesthouses in Bath and Bristol. Guesthouses often offer a B&B atmosphere with an informal hotel service, with an emphasis on quality and guest care and more personal service than a large hotel. The difference between guest houses and hotels that provide a bed and breakfast service is connected with additional services provided by the hotel. In Guest Houses the emphasis is personal and individual service for guests. Size will be smaller, and prices will always be good value, and rather than lots of facilities and a more standardised service you'll get friendly, usually family run accommodation with the owners often on hand to offer extra information and advice on the local area. There's a superb choice of B&Bs in Somerset, often at an excellent budget price per person, based on two people sharing.

The advantages of Bed & Breakfast Somerset guest house accommodation is in the name, fully inclusive breakfast to set you up for your day of sight seeing, with sometimes an evening meal offered. Most guest houses and hotels offer a B&B service, with discounts for singles and often discounts for longer stays of 3 nights or more. After being welcomed to your room you're often left to your own devices unless you need assistance when you can call on the owners for help - they can often give you some great ideas for days out or eateries.

Worth checking out when considering Bed & Breakfast guesthouse accommodation are the following: What about singles - is there a supplement for single occupancy? Single rooms are a little on the short supply in Somerset B&Bs, so you'll often have to fork out a supplement for a double room. Advise your host of arrival time - if you're running late let them know as they may re-let the room. Departure times are usually straight after breakfast (around 10am). Cancellations usually result in loss of deposits. Availability of evening meals varies - ask and if not, find out where local restaurants and pubs are located. Usually Somerset bed and breakfasts are conveniently located near a fine choice of pubs and restaurants, in the heart of Bristol or Bath, or in pretty Somerset countryside like Wells, Glastonbury, Cheddar, the Somerset Levels in Langport or Castle Cary and of course the seaside around Weston-super-Mare and down to Minehead. Check for provision of en-suite bathroom facilities, smoking policy, are children welcome? Are pets welcome? Are there private parking facilities? Somerset offers a superb choice of Pet Friendly guest houses, particularly in Bath and the countryside areas around Minehead and into Exmoor, Martock in the Somerset Levels and around Taunton and the Quantock Hills. Many family run Somerset guest house owners will have beloved pets of their own!

Somerset B&Bs, Somerset Guest Houses & Somerset Restaurants with Rooms

Somerset Guest house Restaurants with rooms are usually where the restaurant takes centre stage! Somerset's food offerings pride themselves on quality, fresh, local produce and Somerset restaurant with rooms guest houses can be found in Somerset towns such as Bath, Yeovil as well as more rural retreats such as at Porlock Weir on the edge of the Exmoor National Park. Expect quality services in Somerset Guest Houses and Bed and Breakfast including full central heating, tea and coffee making facilities, TV, and either wash basin with separate shared bathroom (these are often at a cheaper rate than en-suite) or ensuite shower/bathroom. Double rooms often have twin beds, ideal for sharing friends. If you specifically want a double bed in your B&B room it's well worth checking/asking as twin beds are common.

Full cooked breakfast comes as standard in Somerset bed and breakfasts and guest houses, with a good choice of lighter options. Cooked to order and fresh, you can have your eggs like you want them, and vegetarian cooked breakfasts are available in most. Personal service like this is one of the key benefits of B&B accommodation, as opposed to buffet breakfast style larger hotels. With Somerset being an environmentally friendly county you'll find free trade coffee and tea and locally bought bacon, sausages and eggs. If you're staying on a farm bed and breakfast the produce may have been grown and fed on the farm itself!

Restaurants with rooms (B&B style) are becoming increasingly popular in Somerset, using fine locally sourced produce. It's a great idea to really enjoy the food, with your stylish luxury room just a hop and a skip away!

Somerset Guest House Grading

Most B&B accommodation, alongside hotels, holiday lodges, caravan & camping parks and self catering holiday cottages are graded by Visit Britain, and awarded from one to five stars. Somerset accommodation types are graded using the Star system. This is a system uses a simple five star grading rank. If from the start an accommodation, including Somerset hotels, scores less than 60 percent on assessment then they will not be graded. That means even a one star hotel has scored over 60 percent!

Quality assessment is based on exterior appearance, comfort and quality, interior décor, service and welcoming ambience and fashion, i.e. Contemporary or traditional. A one star grading represents an Acceptable standard, with cleanliness guaranteed. Two stars signifies the accommodation is of a good all round standard whilst three stars signifies the accommodation is of a very good standard, with attention to detail in all areas of decor, cleanliness and service. Four stars is moving towards the luxury accommodation scale, signifying an excellent all round standard with high quality materials and food plus friendly service and welcome. Finally, five stars signifies the accommodation is exceptions, with luxury standards, superb presentation and ambience, excellent food in five star hotels and B&Bs Somerset and impeccable service.

Other grading schemes operate in Somerset including the Welcome Schemes which complement the 1 to 5 star quality ratings. These often signify a B&B is geared towards cyclists or walkers, golfers or anglers and so on. The Green Tourism Business Scheme (GTBS) award businesses with bronze, silver and gold symbols to signify that the accommodation is making sustainable and environmental efforts in running an environmentally friendly business. You'll find many bed and breakfast accommodation in Somerset being much more environmentally aware than other parts of the country. In fact the GTBS is running across the whole of the South West of England now. For cheap caravan holiday homes the Visit Britain grading scheme still applies. Disability symbols are also awarded and include symbols for unassisted wheelchair access, assisted wheelchair access and access for visitors with mobility difficulties.

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