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B&B sites

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Without going into too much details of why im asking this, is there websites that specialize in B+Bs ? I dont see too many of them on Kayak or Airbnb. Im looking for temp digs for 5 weeks in the Coventry area, i dont want to share a house or bathroom and i dont want to stay in a basic hotel for that time. A room only b+b would be fine with a private bathroom.

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  • kitty1941
    kitty1941 Posts: 108 Forumite
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    Have a look on booking.com for prices and then ring the B&B direct as you may get cheaper rates as you are looking at a long stay.
  • daveyjp
    daveyjp Posts: 13,483 Forumite
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    Have a look at smoothhound.co.uk.
  • mystic_bertie
    mystic_bertie Posts: 592 Forumite
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    thanks for the suggestions guys, booking.com is incuded when you use kayak for searching, its searches all the bighotel sites. Smoothhound seems to be a clone of one of the big hotel sites.

    I had a 6 days stay at a cracking b+b in weston super mare, £36 a night, it was a really nice victorian house, it was super clean and very comfortable surroundings. I cant find anything similar here. Any b+b prices are way over £40 a night. It is mostly hotels that are on these sites though.
  • PenguinOfDeath
    PenguinOfDeath Posts: 1,863 Forumite
    Maybe charging so little, they (hopefully) have small margins, so don't want to pay the commission involved in being represented on such sites.
  • mystic_bertie
    mystic_bertie Posts: 592 Forumite
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    thats an interesting point, i dont know how they all work.

    The hotel in in just now and have spent quite a few nights in, the hotel prices are the same as booking on the hotel website, some hotel sites are more expensive so looking for a bigger cut. However the b+b in Weston Super Mare charged me less paying directly, i booked 2 nights through a booking site then asked to stay longer and the price was less by a few quid a night.
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