Include Your Accommodation Now

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. The next B&B Book will be published in October/November this year.

Options for New Listings
1. Half, Full or Double Page with photographs.
2. Website listing on www.BBBook.com.au until end 2009 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 150 word Description plus 2 or 3 photographs
3. Double Page Spread - Detailed information plus 250-300 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 Gardening Shows
2008
7-9 November: Brisbane, The Good Food & Wine Show, Stand H18
2009
February: AFTA Sunday Mail Holiday Expo, Adelaide Convention Centre
February: Perth Holiday and Travel Expo, Burswood Convention Centre. .
March: Sydney Travel Xpo, Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour
March: The Sunday Mail Escape Expo, Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
Canberra Living Expo Exhibition Park Canberra Stand
April: Melbourne Travel Xpo, Melbourne Exhibition & Convention Centre, Southbank
April: Brisbane The ABC Gardening Show
April: Perth The ABC Gardening Show

Apply Now. Applications Cloing Soon.

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 20 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 workd including hundreds of Waterstones bookshops in the UK.

It is distributed by Vine House in the UK and Europe, by Pelican in the US 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 3000 bookshops, newsagents, Post Offices, Visitor Information Centres, travel and tourist related businesses. It is available at the arrival levels at Sydney and Melbourne International Airports and car rental agencies in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. 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 $525 for a half page entry in the 2009 B&B Book with incusive website listing until end 2009. Website option is now available for $295 for 12 months and includes registration (establishment/set up costs).

All Page entries include description and photograph in the B&B Book plusWebsite Listing in 2008 and 2009. .

The 2009 B&B Book will be Published October 2008.

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 modest charge: $40 for 2 images, $50 for 3 images or 460 for 4 images.

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 2009 B&B Book with Website Listing until end 2009 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 'Welcome' gate sign and B&B Decal.

Annual Discounts
You receive a 1% discount for each consecutive year listed up to 10 years.

Apply Now
Applications for the 2009 B&B Book close soon.

2009 B&B Book. Rates include GST.
1. Half page $525.
2. Full page $890.
3. Double Page $1540.
4. Website Only (12 months) $295.

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.

Annual Discounts

Hosts receive a great bonus of 1% discount for each year listed (up to 10%).

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

As hosts, we offer an extremely effective and inexpensive way of catering for tourists, while earning a modest income and meeting new friends.

A common feature which we have adopted at The Bed & Breakfast Book is the "friendly welcome of guests" and "no unpleasant surprises".

If you run a country cottage or luxury retreat that has no TV or mobile reception it could be interpreted as an unpleasant surprise and is against a hosts' interest to give a surprise because negative comments can result. So you should make full disclosure of any limitations. You can be creative and make a feature out of any limitation ie "Perfect solitude, no mobile phone reception." Regarding pets, some guests do not wish to share their getaway with pets but many do, so again make a feature out of any lively animals you have. "Friendly dogs who love to play with our guests."

"In choosing to include your accommodation in The Bed & Breakfast Book you guarantee Generous Hospitality with the following standards."

Housekeeping
Our property is well maintained internally and externally
We offer absolute cleanliness in all guest areas
We offer absolute cleanliness in the kitchen, refrigerator and food storage areas

Hospitality
We shall be present to welcome and farewell guests (unless advised in self-contained accommodation)
We treat our guests with courtesy and respect
Our guests have our contact details if we leave the premises
We advise room rates, booking and cancellation policy to guests
Local tourism and transport information available for guests.

Bedrooms
We offer bedrooms solely dedicated to guests with -
bedroom heating and cooling appropriate to the climate
fans and heating (alternatively reverse cycle air-conditioning)
quality mattresses in sound condition on a sound base
clean bedding appropriate to the climate, with extra available
clean pillows 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
wardrobe space with selection of hangers
adequate storage space
good quality floor coverings in good condition
adequate sized mirror
power point
alarm clock
waste bin
drinking glasses

Bathrooms
We offer sufficient bathroom and toilet facilities for our guests
bath or shower
hand basin and mirror
waste bin in bathroom
extra toilet roll
privacy lock on bathroom and toilet doors
power point
soap, towels, bathmat, facecloths, for each guest
towels changed/dried daily for guests staying more than one night
Towel rail/hook per guest in the bathroom or bedroom

Meals
Drinks: water, tea and coffee should be offered or be available
Breakfast: A generous breakfast must be provided (unless advised otherwise in self-contained accommodation)
Breakfast: Self Contained Accommodation should indicate if Hamper/Breakfast provisions are provided or Accommodation Only.

General
Roadside identification of property
No unpleasant surprises for guests - an honest and accurate description of listing details and facilities
Hosts accept responsibility to comply with government regulations
Include in description if hosts' pets and young children are sharing a common area with guests
All inside rooms are non-smoking unless indicated in the text
Operational Smoke Alarms
Adequate Public and Product Liability under a B&B Insurance Policy

Optional Extras
Lock on guest rooms or secure storage facilities available
Air-conditioning, particularly in hotter areas
Laundry facilities for guests
Bathroom/toilet - air freshener, tissues
Television, radio, fresh flowers, magazines, books, fresh fruit
Membership of State B&B Association
Accredited Tourism Business (Green Tick)
Independently inspected B&B (eg, by AAAT or local B&B Association)