Bed and breakfasts (B&B) are not just in small towns. You can find them in nearly every major city. They may be old restored mansions or log cabins, estates by the sea or farmhouses in the country. A friendly retired couple, an artist, a writer, an ex-accountant who got tired of the rat race or […]

Staying in a standard hotel room is a lot like ordering dinner at a fast food restaurant—you know exactly what you are going to get. And that is not necessarily bad. If you want nothing more from your hotel room than a quiet place to sleep and some privacy, most any hotel will do. But if […]

Courtesy is the key. Mutual respect is the mode of operation between the innkeeper and guests as well as between the guests themselves. Guests are usually informed either verbally or in writing (a letter posted in your guest room or elsewhere), of policies, which the innkeeper asks, that guests honor. They are established to help […]

Adding to its already prestigious CAA/AAA Four-Diamond designation, the Riverbend Inn and Vineyard has now been recognized by renowned Condé Nast Johansens Travel Magazine. The Riverbend Inns Niagara-on-the-Lake accommodations are one of only three in Ontario and 14 in Canada to be recommended by the internationally distributed publication, which relies upon strict inspections to choose […]