A guesthouse or guesthouse is a kind of constantly functioning small hotel. It is deprived of reception, therefore, tourists who wish to stay in the guest house, it is better to contact its owners in advance and agree on the details of their stay. The owners of the guesthouse live somewhere nearby or occupy one of the rooms of their guesthouse.
Guests are not required to clean the temporary accommodation. This is the responsibility of the owners. The owners of the guesthouse or their hired assistants spend 2-3 hours daily cleaning the guest rooms.
Room requirements are not very strict. If in hotels the meter of apartments and the availability of personal hygiene kits in them are strictly regulated, then the guesthouse can be equipped in accordance with the financial capabilities of the owners. Therefore, living in a guest house is much cheaper for travelers, and the rooms are much more modest than hotel rooms.
European guesthouse: what is it
Guesthouses in different countries differ from each other. For example, European guest houses consist of 5-15 rooms. It is difficult to call them a budget option, but they do not reach star hotels. In Europe, it is not customary to subdivide the level of comfort of guest houses into categories, and one guesthouse differs from another only in a set of amenities and pricing.
Guesthouses on the islands
The islanders (owners of guest houses) charge not only for accommodation. They will provide foreign tourists with not only a roof over their heads, but also food and a cultural and entertainment program, whether he wants it or not. It mainly stops those vacationers who can not afford a hotel. The guesthouse on the island is 30-40 rooms. But even if they all turn out to be busy, the owners will always find a place for new guests.
Poor romantic lovers risk harming themselves if, planning a vacation on the islands, they choose the cheapest guesthouse. What is it, they will find out when they are in the closet, where, in addition to the furniture bed, there is only a mosquito net and there is no hot water. This is the case with the cheapest guest houses.
The advantage of island guest houses is that an unpretentious traveler who wishes to stay here for a long time will be provided with all available concessions, including a substantial discount.
Georgian guesthouse: what is it
From the capital's complex of apartments Giorgis GuestHouse to Freedom Square is only 700 m. Rooms (there are only 5) are rented daily from 14 to 12 hours. To get to the
Shota Rustaveli Theater, guests of the Georgian capital will need to overcome only 1.1 km. The Georgian Opera and Ballet Theater is 1.2 km from the guesthouse, while Tbilisi International Airport is 14 km away.
Guesthouse in Tbilisi provides its guests with free private parking and free Wi-Fi.
What you need to know when opening your guesthouse
The idea to open a guesthouse has not been new for a long time. An increasing number of tourists, having admired the beauties of Sri Lanka, Bali or Cambodia, find themselves thinking that it would be nice to have your own guest house on a hot tropical island.
The main problems faced by novice businessmen are ignorance of the laws of the country with which they plan to associate their business, and the cunning of local businessmen. In any case, judging by the reviews of people trying to open their business on the islands, there have already been cases when, having bought an already working guesthouse, the new owner found out that his property was simply re-registered for one of the islanders.
In the event that the transaction was successful and the new owners of real estate can begin to perform their functions, most of them make the same mistakes. For example, they can’t (or forget) mentally draw a collective image of a guest who chose this guesthouse to relax. What is a collective image of a guest?
For example, a guesthouse is conceived as a hotel for youth involved in sports. It means that:
- the building should look more like a hostel than a hotel;
- Guests will need to provide a hearty breakfast;
- one of the rooms will have to be converted into a pantry for storing sports equipment.
If the new owners of the guest house plan to host elite accustomed to luxury, then the decor of the rooms, the range of dishes and the availability of auxiliary rooms will have to meet completely different standards.