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...addition to their warmth and charm, urban B&Bs often offer a more welcoming price, 10% to 20% less than standard hotels with similar services, Hardy says. That price may include such extras as a fireplace in your room and a whirlpool tub. And it's not uncommon to get Internet access, which is especially convenient for business travelers...
...attractions that visitors want to see. That's often perfect for an active city tourist, who is likely to be sight-seeing, attending special events or spending time with family or friends. Also, security is a major issue for innkeepers in the city--a big difference between urban inns and their country counterparts. "A rural bed-and-breakfast owner may not even lock the front door. This is not the case in the big cities," Hardy says...
...look inside many of these inns reveals not only a more personalized atmosphere but also an homage to the cities in which they are located. The Windy City Urban Inn in Chicago's trendy Lincoln Park features such memorabilia of the city as old photographs and World's Fair items. The inn consists of two separate buildings that date to 1886, with four guest rooms in the main building and three apartments in the coach house. Rates range from $145 to $225 a night, including breakfast, and about 70% of the guests are 50 or older...
...some instances, urban B&Bs aren't just small structures with limited numbers of rooms available. The Hopkins Inn in Baltimore, Md., which is a converted Spanish Revival apartment building dating to 1911, features 25 guest rooms, according to Mike Marshall, president of Marshall Management Inc. in Salisbury, Md., which operates the property. A management company called Joie de Vivre runs four B&Bs in San Francisco, ranging in size from 10 rooms to 23 rooms, says Greg Horner, brand marketing manager...
Large or small, urban B&Bs almost always have one thing in common: personal service. An innkeeper can get to know you and over time develop a sense of what you like and don't like. Yes, at a large hotel there is a record of your last visit and whether you lodged a complaint, but that's altogether different from arriving in a city and finding someone who remembers you and your taste in art or food or wine. Barry Knox, 63, a retired investment banker from New Canaan, Conn., says everyone knows him when he walks...