Columbia inn among best of the B&Bs
I've found there are two types of people: those who love B&Bs and those who have never stayed at a B&B. I especially enjoy them in big cities where the hotels are so expensive and impersonal or small towns where the only other option would be a chain motel.
One of my favorite B&Bs used to be the Four Sisters Inns, a group of B&Bs along the California coast. Today, I think they call themselves "boutique inns," but when I visited years ago they were definitely B&Bs.
BedandBreakfast.com has the inside scoop on B&Bs here and around the globe. You can find reviews, recipes, rates and even B&Bs up for sale. The Web site recently released their annual awards and one of the winners was The Inn at Peralynna Manor, a local B&B in Columbia. They were voted as having the "Best Beds." Other winners in the "Best of the Mid-Atlantic" included My Fair Lady B&B in Crisfield; Brickhouse Inn and The Brafferton Inn, both in Gettysburg; and Cordials B&B in New Hope, Pa; and the John F. Craig House in Cape May.
(Photo of a room at The Inn at Peralynna by Sun Photographer Doug Kapustin)
Comments
I hate B&Bs. I don't enjoy the whole sitting down and having a communal breakfast thing. I go on vacation to relax and escape. I'll take one B without the other B.
Posted by: eth | November 20, 2008 2:39 PM
I have to admit (in reaction to the person not liking communal breakfasts), that I am not really up for that sort of thing every day of a trip. Most B&Bs have understood that and often have separate, small tables for the couples to enjoy their meal. Then again, I was blessed several years back to stay at a lovely B&B (now closed). The owners were truly charismatic folks and could have engage rocks in conversations. My boyfriend and I greatly appreciated their presence.
Posted by: The Veggie Lover | November 20, 2008 3:06 PM
Thank you for the reminder! Ages ago, I stayed at a lovely one in Charleston, SC which would have been lovely had the owners not left the HS aged son in charge of the otherwise quiet property. Yes, he did have a party. I'm traveling to a few conferences next year and will definitely be looking for B&B's as an alternate.
Posted by: Heather Kennedy | November 29, 2008 5:42 PM