Accommodation

wide range of facilities:
hotels, motels and guesthouses,
timeshares
youth hostels
holiday centres
bed and breakfast
caravans and camping sites

Eating arrangements:

B&B = Continental plan bed and breakfast only
Self catering accommodation only is provided together with facilities for preparing and cooking own food
Half board = Modified Bed and two meals - usually breakfast and evening meal
Full board = American plan Bed, breakfast, lunch and evening meal
All inclusive Bed, breakfast, lunch,evening meal, snacks often includes drinks and entertainment



Hotel Grading schemes

Help tourists to distinguish different types of accommodation.

E.g. English Tourism Council, AA, RAC

Properties are visited annually by trained impartial assessors.
Hotels and self catering accommodation are given star ratings * = poor ***** = higher quality and greater range of faclilites and level of service provided.

Guest accommodation are rated between 1 and 5 diamonds . The more diamonds awarded, the higher the overall quality in areas such as cleanliness, service and hospitality.