The 2011 B&B Book is now on sale at Newsagents and Book Stores or by Direct Mail from us.
The 2012 Bed & Breakfast Book
Applications Now Open
See Full Details Below
If you run a wonderful B&B or similar styled property, offer great accommodation and are generous with your hospitality you may wish to be included in The Australian Bed & Breakfast Book. Join now and you can be listed immediately on the BBBook web site.
Earlybird Applications close 31 May.
All aplications close 30 June for the 2012 edition of The B&B Book.
Options for New Listings
1. Half, Full or Double Page with photographs.
2. Website listing on www.BBBook.com.au until end 2010 with full description, 5 images plus link to your own web page.
Listing Options
Several options are available to you:
Book Listings
1. Half page - The preferred option for most B&B hosts. Includes detailed information plus 85 word Description plus photograph
2. Full page - Detailed information plus 100 word Description plus 2 or 3 photographs
3. Double Page Spread - Detailed information plus 150-300 word Description plus up to 6 photographs.
All Book listings include Free website Listing.See below for website listing details.
Website Only - www.BBBook.com.au
Full Page on our website
Unlimited description
Up to 5 images
Your own web address or a link to your own website.
Additional Benefits
1. New Host Welcome Pack
2. Monthly Newsletter
3. Low cost promotional opportunities at Travel and similar Shows
Welcome Pack
All members receive a Welcome Pack, which includes a B&B Book, a 'Welcome' gate sign and B&B Decal.
Travel and Food & Wine Shows
2011
3-5 June: Melbourne, The Good Food & Wine Show, Melbourne Exhibition Centre, Stand N22
4-7 November: Brisbane, The Good Food & Wine Show, Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Stand J3
2012
February: AFTA Sunday Mail Holiday Expo, Adelaide Convention Centre. Stand TBA.
February: Perth Holiday and Travel Expo, Burswood Convention Centre: Stand TBA.
March: Melbourne: The Travel Xpo, Melboune Royal Exhibition Building: Stand TBA.
March: Sydney: The Travel Xpo, The Dome Sydney Olympic Park: Stand TBA.
April: Brisbane: The Travel Xpo, Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre: Stand TBA.
List Now
Choose Website plus listing in The 2012 Edition of The B&B Book: Published October 2011, or Website only.
Dedicated to the Bed & Breakfast market
The Bed & Breakfast Book is still the only Australian guide, nationally and internationally distributed and specifically dedicated to the Bed & Breakfast market and similar styled accommodation.
Quality Accommodation
The success of The Bed & Breakfast Book is due to our ongoing commitment to promote Quality Accommodation, something we have been doing for 24 years. Readers trust The Bed & Breakfast Book, like no other - they tell us about the places they like, the hospitality they have enjoyed and the friends they have made.
Update Your Details at any time
Your accommodation is special and your time is valuable so why list on dozens of different sites with all the hassle of updating. You can include your accommodation in The Bed & Breakfast Book and on our website for the one low price. Update at anytime yourself, or contact us and we will update for you.
Essential Details Included
To help guests choose their accommodation - property address, location, phone numbers, website, email, room rates, photograph and description.
Accommodation Styles
The Bed & Breakfast Book promotes a wide range of accommodation styles including traditional B&Bs and Homestays, Farmstays and Country Cottages, Beach Homes and City Apartments, Mountain Lodges and Guesthouse, Manor Houses and Retreats, Historic Inns and Small Hotels. The common link is a commitment to generous hospitality.
Accommodation Choices
Today guests are looking more more options when travelling. The Bed & Breakfast Book is the best choice if you are looking for:
- Pet Friendly Accommodation
- Accommodation with Beautiful Gardens
- Child Friendly Accommodation
- Accommodation for less able travellers
- Accommodation with wine activities
Website Only Listings
Website only listing are available for New Hosts for only $295. See below for details.
Commitment to promoting Quality Accommodation
Our measure of success is our commitment to promoting good accommodation - from the simple to the elegant, the traditional to the boutique with a commitment to offering guests a warm welcome on arrival, an enjoyable stay and a genuine feeling on leaving that they received exceptional service.
Overseas Distribution
The Bed & Breakfast Book is available in many countries around the world including hundreds of Waterstones bookshops in the UK. It is distributed by Vine House in the UK and Europe and by Moonshine Press. in NZ. We also distribute books directly to European outlets as well as overseas travellers who order books directly from us.
Australian Distribution
As well as overseas distribution we distribute books for sale in Australia through more than bookshops, newsagents, and selected Post Offices and Visitor Information Centres, travel and tourist related businesses. The Bed & Breakfast Book is also widely promoted at holiday and travel expos around Australia including Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. It is also promoted at international book fairs in Australia and the UK.
The book's recommended retail price is AU$19.95. Hosts can order copies of the B&B Book at special discounted prices. Copies are available individually or in attractive display boxes containing six books.
The Cost
Special Offer
The Bed & Breakfast Book offers great value to promote your accommodation: From only $560 for a half page entry in the 2012 B&B Book with incusive website listing until end 2012.
Website option is now available for $295 for 12 months and includes registration (establishment/set up costs).
Why Join The B&B Book?
Thousands of guests each year use The Bed & Breakfast Book to choose their accommodation.
It is the leading and most well respected Australia wide guide for Bed & Breakfast accommodation.
B&B hosts trust The Bed & Breakfast Book more than any other form of advertising. Independent surveys of B&B hosts consistently rate The B&B Book as the best guide.
Our website and extensive distribution of the books bring results that no other guide can match.
Listing Description
Photographs - The Book
You can display one image in a standard Half Page Listing, up to 3 images for a full page and 6 for a double page spread. Email high resolution images at files scanned at 300 pixels/inch.
We will display split images ie 2 or more images together so long as they fit the format of 7cm wide and 5.25cm high. We can do the editing for you if you wish for a small fee. Ask for details.
Photographs - The Website
You can upload up to 4 additional images yourself apart from your main or listing image. Web images should be jpg files scanned at 72 pixels/inch and be 200 pixels wide. Larger images may not save.
Email your images to us if you have problems uploading them.
Enjoy your B&B Guests
Bed and Breakfast offers an opportunity for guests to experience the real Australia and get to know its people. Take time to enjoy the company of your guests. B&B Book hosts are friendly and generous, and eager to share their local knowledge.
The best holidays are often remembered by the friends one makes. How many of us have loved a country because of one or two memorable individuals we encountered?
Listing Costs - New Hosts
Value
The Bed & Breakfast Book offers the greatest value to B&B hosts. Being a national publication listing hundreds of properties we are able to keep costs to hosts at a reasonable level. Sales of the book not only increase distribion through a network of thousands of newsagents and bookstores but also offset costs to hosts.
New Registrations
12 months Website listing only, or Half or Full Page Listing in the 2012 B&B Book with Website Listing until end 2012 on The Bed and Breakfast Book website at www.BBBoook.com.au with unlimited description, full contact details, links and up to 5 images . . .
. . . plus a Welcome Pack including a B&B Book and B&B Decal.
Apply Now
Applications for the 2012 B&B Book are now open.
2011 B&B Book. Rates include GST.
1. Half page $560.
2. Full page $960.
3. Double Page $1260.
4. Website Only (12 months) $295.
Annual Discounts
The B&B Book offers a 1% annual cumulative discount to hosts for each year of annual listing. After 5 years your discount will be 5%. After 15 years it will be 15%.
Payments
Listing payments are payable at time of listing/relisting. We can arrange flexible payment options on request.
First published in 1989
Since we first published The Bed & Breakfast Book in 1989 the book has grown in stature to represent the largest selection of B&Bs in Australia.
The Bed & Breakfast Book continues to offer listing information written by hosts, "so guests can read about the special characteristics of the accommodation through the eyes and words of the hosts themselves."
High Reputaion
The Bed & Breakfast Book has established a reputation as the best guide for B&B Accommodation in Australia. Covering every state and territory from capital cities to isolated farm stations The Bed & Breakfast Book is an invaluable source of information for all travellers, whether for business or leisure.
Completely updated and revised each year offering you a wonderful collection of accommodation with character covering all styles from the simple to the deluxe, the indulgent to the serene:
Wide Range of Accommodation Styles
- Bed & Breakfasts, Farmstays and Homestays
- Self Contained Houses and Country Cottages
- Private Suites and Self Contained Apartments
- Historic Inns and and Guest Houses
- Small Hotels and Deluxe Retreats
Accommodation with:
- Onsite Restaurant or Winery
- Swimming Pool or Outstanding Garden
- Eco Tourism or Onsite Activities
- Facilities for Disabled or Less Mobile Guests
- Pet Friendly Accommodation
- Child Friendly Accommodation
- Accommodation for Couples (Romantic Getaways)
Information Pack about the book
If you would like more information before submitting a new listing, please email us at info@BBBook.com.au and ask for an information pack or a copy of the present edition of The Bed & Breakfast Book.
Completely Revised Edition Every Year
Publication
The present B&B Book is now on sale in Post Offices, Newsagents and Bookstores across Australia.
The next edition of The B&B Book is due to be published in October/November this year.
Website
The Bed & Breakfast Book is published also on our Internet website - www.BBBook.com.au - and this generates a great deal of interest (and custom) from all over the world.
Each host has their own unique website address on the site or a link to their own website. You may select your own username and password to edit this information and ensure your web page is always up to date.
Our Definition of Hospitality
Hospitality is defined in the Oxford Dictionary as "the friendly and generous welcome of friends or strangers," and it is this definition with the emphasis on friendliness and generosity that we have adopted. Hosts in The B&B Book have the justified reputation of being generous with their time, energy and resources.
Freedom for Hosts
Running a B&B does not necessarily mean you need to be at home all the time. It is good policy to give your contact details to your guests. If you plan to be away for a short break invite a locum to run your B&B or redirect calls to a mobile phone.
You are also entitled to refuse a guest. Explain that it is not convenient and recommend alternative accommodation such as another B&B.
Quality Assurance -
Committed to Generous Hospitality
Properties included in The Australian Bed & Breakfast Book offer a Commitment to Generous Hospitality. Below are details of the minimum standards you can expect from any of the properties featured in The B&B Book. Or, in simple terms it means . . .
“The only surprises you will experience will be Pleasant Surprises!”
Housekeeping
The Property is well maintained internally and externally with absolute cleanliness in all guest areas, kitchen, refrigerator and food storage areas. All inside rooms are non-smoking.
Hospitality
Hosts are present to welcome and farewell guests (unless advised in self-contained accommodation)
Guests are treated with courtesy and respect, and are offered hosts’ contact details if hosts leave the premises. Room rates, booking and cancellation policy are advised to guests. Local tourism and transport information is available.
Bedrooms
Bedrooms solely dedicated to guests, with:
Quality, clean and in sound condition floor coverings, linen, bedding, pillows and furnishings
Bedroom heating and cooling appropriate to the climate
Fans and heating (or reverse cycle air-conditioning)
Bedding and pillows appropriate to the climate, with extra
available
Bedside lighting for each guest
Blinds or curtains on all windows where appropriate
Night light or torch in case of power failures
Adequate storage space including wardrobe space with selection of hangers
Adequate sized mirror
Power points, alarm clock, waste bin, drinking glasses
Bathrooms
Sufficient bathroom and toilet facilities for all guests:
Bath or shower, hand basin and mirror
Waste bin in bathroom
Adequate supplies of essential toiletries and towelling: soap, towels, bathmat, facecloths, for each guest
Towels changed or dried daily for guests staying more than one night
Towel rail/hook per guest in the bathroom or bedroom
Privacy lock on bathroom and toilet doors
Power point
Meals
Breakfast: A generous breakfast is provided (unless advised otherwise in self-contained accommodation)
Meals: Available for guests for additional charge in remote or isolated properties
Drinks: water, tea and coffee offered or available
General
Roadside identification of property
An honest and accurate description of listing details and facilities
Hosts accept responsibility to comply with government regulations including operational Smoke Alarms
Description includes if hosts’ pets and young children are sharing a common area with guests
Adequate Public and Product Liability under a B&B Insurance Policy
Optional Extras
Most accommodation also provides a number of additional extras including:
Lock on guest rooms or secure storage facilities available, air-conditioning, particularly in hotter areas
Laundry facilities, television, DVD, radio, broadband internet services, fresh flowers, magazines, books, fresh fruit and complimentary drinks.
Some are members of National and State B&B Associations, are independently inspected by AAA Tourism or are members of Accredited Tourism Business (Green Tick).
