| If you're thinking about booking accommodation | | | | • Attitude - boutique attitude always puts the |
| for your next holiday, or perhaps just a short city | | | | guest first. These hotels understand that the last |
| break, why should you go for a boutique hotel? | | | | thing you need is to argue over the wrong bottle |
| When you go on holiday, where you stay is as | | | | of wine, bad food or poorly prepared rooms. |
| important as where you go. It forms an essential | | | | That's why their energy goes into ensuring that |
| part of your holiday experience, so it's surprising | | | | everything's exactly how you want it, all the time. |
| that most people don't really pay much attention | | | | • Rooms - a boutique hotel still has to work |
| to the type of hotel they are going to be staying | | | | with the basic premise of all hotels - guests have |
| in for the duration of their trip. Package holidays | | | | their own room and share public areas. For |
| use hotels that are virtually identical from one | | | | boutiques, this means that the rooms have to be |
| resort to the next. Bedrooms look the same, | | | | special and individual; places where people are |
| bathrooms have standard fittings and to the | | | | happy to spend time. That's why many boutique |
| staff, you are just another tourist. | | | | hotels concentrate on the size of the rooms, |
| Take a risk | | | | rather than the number. It allows them to |
| Chain hotels may be a safe option, but for the | | | | incorporate really good bathrooms, large beds and |
| same price or only slightly more, you could be | | | | spacious areas for relaxing. This focus on turning |
| staying in a hotel that cares about the way it | | | | your hotel room into somewhere you want to |
| looks and makes a real effort to ensure that | | | | spend time rather than a room you'd rather stay |
| your holiday is as good as it can be. What | | | | out of, is why everyone should try a boutique |
| distinguishes a boutique hotel from all the others? | | | | hotel at least once. |
| • Thought - big hotel chains follow a simple | | | | Make a difference |
| theme; everything is the same. You could be in | | | | Staying in a boutique hotel really will make a |
| any city in the world, and your room, its fittings | | | | difference to your holiday or business trip. Rather |
| and its public areas are indistinguishable from any | | | | than spending your time noting the negative side |
| other hotel. Boutique hotels have thought and | | | | of your accommodation, you'll find yourself |
| creativity behind them, resulting in no two being | | | | impatient to tell all your family and friends to go |
| the same - even if they are owned by one | | | | boutique themselves. |
| company. | | | | |