Talk to me about bed and breakfasts

[Bernadine]

How awkard is it to eat breakfast at one table with everyone else who's staying there?

[Deleted]

The only one I went to was large and had two dining rooms and many tables.

[luckyval]

The two that H and I stayed at, they brought breakfast to our room - which was great except the first time we were passed out nekkid on the floor in front of the fireplace, so we had to scramble when they came to the door.

[Deleted]

I love them! Better with a group, though. Once we stayed at one and it was just us and the owners. That was a little awkward because they wouldn't let us help, lol.

[VeryViolet]

I have stayed at a B&B twice. Once as part of a wedding party and the other was just my mom and grandma there so I have never had to deal with strangers over breakfast. I think my biggest issue with them v. a hotel though if I were staying there with just DH is that when I am on vacation I like to go out and drink too much and have some fun hotel sex. A B&B is just like a room in someone's house. You don't have the slightly better insulation and anonymity of a hotel. Why am I paying to go on vacation and not getting to enjoy vacation sex?

[Gato]

Usually people are coming down to eat at different times, so you're not all sitting at the table at once. If other people show up, you make a little bit of chit chat then turn back to your SO.

It's only bad if you end up with a real talker. Then just cut your breakfast short, saying you've got somewhere to go, and take a scone to go.

[papie]

I love them (without kids).  It isn't awkward at all, and sometimes if it is mid-week or off season you are actually alone at the table. 

[Jalapeñomel]

Doesn´t bother me at all.


Many of the places we dined at in Ireland and Copenhagen sat more then one couple at a table for dinner to maximize the table space (so at a 4 top, there would be two couples who did not come to the restaurant together). At first it was strange, but we got used to it.

[lightyears]

the ones i've been at have varied.

i've been at great ones with bistro seating.

and a not so great one with a great table, but thankfully we were the only ones there.

[jek]

I've been to a few different B&Bs and they all have different arrangements. One had a dining room with a number of separate tables. Another had one big table to sit at. Like someone else mentioned, people eat at different times so there's not always much overlap. We tend to travel on off-seasons so it's not very often that we had to share and when we did, it wasn't that bad. I'm not big on small talk, but it was bearable. And the breakfasts were amazing and filling enough that we didn't need lunch, so it cut down on our food expense.

[Cioccolato]

I've stayed a few, all with different arrangements. One had breakfast brought to the room, one had a dining room with many tables and one had a dining room with one table. Of all of them, I like the one with one table the most. Everyone was there for the same amount of time (same arrival/dep. date) and everyone was friendly. It was nice, we had breakfast together and went our separate ways for the day. The worst was the one that brought breakfast to the room, it was like premade muffins or something, so not worth it.

[KKD]

The only time I've ever stayed at a B&B was for my brother's wedding, and our families took up the whole place. I think our there may have been one other couple there our first night before the rest of our group arrived, and I didn't think breakfast was awkward. Of course, the other couple may have felt differently. lol. It was a single table, and the breakfasts were always fresh and delicious.

I agree with VV that sex in a B&B would be a bigger concern than breakfast. H and I ended up in a separate cottage from the main house, but that was only because we were the only ones with kids, which obviously doesn't help the sex situation either.

[jerseygrl]

We stayed at our first B&B in October in Cape Cod.  I loved it but H was not fond of it.  We had a downstairs room right off the kitchen which the walls are pretty thin.  We can hear out in the kitchen so I'm sure they could hear us.  This meant quiet sex.

The room itself was gorgeous though.  Nice king sized bed, big bathroom with jacuzzi tub although we did not use the tub, it was still nice

Breakfast was nice too.  We didn't have to sit with anyone as the tables were set for 2 and you didn't even have to eat breakfast if you didn't want to.

They had an indoor courtyard where they had cookies, sodas, coffee and tea all day long.  It was very nice.

I would do it again.  Just pick an upstairs room