| Because of the current financial climate, people | | | | bygone age, with modern air conditioning and flat |
| can expect better value for money in terms of | | | | screen TV's and a luxurious en-suite. |
| quality as well as standards. This should apply to | | | | The benefit to the tired traveller or business |
| overnight staying facilities, whether that be a hotel | | | | person, is the ability to relax in a genuine pub |
| room, bed and breakfast or pub accommodation. | | | | atmosphere, and then be in a comfortable bed, in |
| Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be much | | | | sumptuous surroundings, within a couple of |
| movement forward in the hotel sector, in fact | | | | minutes of downing their drink! |
| there is evidence to suggest that there is still a | | | | Then there's the breakfast in the morning. Many |
| staidness in many hotels, with grey empty lobbies, | | | | hotel chains don't offer a 'proper' morning |
| and a coldly professional approach, which to be | | | | breakfast, but opt for a version of a continental |
| fair suits some people. | | | | breakfast which normally comprises of a croissant |
| Some other hotels have tried to reach out and | | | | and jam. |
| please different ranges of customers, by making | | | | This is where good pub accommodation comes |
| the hotel bar area feel more like a pub. They | | | | into its own! |
| have attempted to achieve this by extending the | | | | I have never had a poor breakfast in pub |
| range of drinks, putting a couple of draught beer | | | | accommodation, but have had plenty in hotels. |
| taps on the bar, and installing a pool table. | | | | Dried up eggs, mushy baked beans and a cheap |
| This is much better and definitely a positive step | | | | sausage is not my idea of the best start to the |
| forward, but bar area never has the same feel as | | | | day. |
| a pub, there is always that hotel influence. | | | | Contrast that with the fact that many pubs pride |
| So if some hotels are attempting to create a pub | | | | themselves on their breakfast offer, and will |
| influence in their bar areas, what about staying in | | | | ensure that the very best is on offer. |
| genuine pubs that have hotel standard rooms. | | | | What is better that getting out of bed on a |
| Nearly gone, are the days of the old fashioned | | | | Sunday morning, after a few refreshments the |
| pub bedrooms with a dirty sink in the corner and | | | | night before, and enjoying a leisurely, beautifully |
| the bathroom halfway down the corridor...instead | | | | cooked breakfast whilst thumbing through the |
| many pubs accommodation is comparable or | | | | Sunday papers. |
| sometimes dramatically better than the nearest | | | | It may not appeal to everyone, but when it |
| hotel, and cheaper too. | | | | comes to bed and breakfast, give me pub |
| Many pub bedrooms combine the elegance of a | | | | accommodation every time! |