Vacation Rental or Bed and Breakfast?

5 Factors To Consider When Choosing Your Next Niagara Stay

Niagara’s robust collection of vacation rental and bed-and-breakfast options can make narrowing down your choices for your upcoming stay seem like a tall order. One easy way to begin shortening your shortlist is to decide whether you’d prefer to stay in a vacation rental or a bed and breakfast. Here are four considerations to help make that first choice.

Where in Niagara would you like to stay?

Niagara has five distinct regions: Niagara Falls, Niagara-on-the-Lake, the Niagara Benchlands, St. Catharines, and Niagara’s South Coast, and the makeup of their accommodation options varies across them. Niagara-on-the-Lake, for example, has an abundance of bed and breakfasts. Niagara’s South Coast, on the other hand, is known for its beachy vacation rental properties. Deciding which part of Niagara you’d like to use as your home base for your trip is a great starting point for determining your accommodation options. Fortunately, Niagara is a small enough region that wherever you stay, you’ll be able to easily get out and explore all of the parts of the region you want to see.

What’s Your Hospitality Vibe?

If chatting with your host, getting local recommendations for wineries, restaurants, and attractions, and enjoying a delicious homemade breakfast in the company of other guests sounds ideal, a bed and breakfast is probably an excellent choice. If you prefer to find your own way on your day’s adventure and enjoy quiet mornings at your own pace, a vacation rental may be the better route.

How Many Travellers Are In Your Group?

Bed and breakfasts tend to cater to singles and couples, making them a great option for solo touring or a romantic getaway for two. Vacation rentals can accommodate a wide range of group sizes, making them an excellent choice for family trips and group travel. If you’re bringing a particularly large group to Niagara, be sure to read our The More The Merrier blog post, which highlights Niagara vacation properties that can accommodate 12 or more guests.

What Are Your Dining and Cooking Preferences?

Travellers who enjoy being served a beautiful breakfast and receiving helpful recommendations for Niagara restaurants where they can enjoy delicious lunches and dinners will appreciate the bed-and-breakfast experience. Visitors to Niagara who enjoy cooking and are excited to take a more hands-on approach to the region’s farm-to-table scene by shopping at local produce stands and farmer’s markets will likely have more fun staying at a place that allows them to do some of their own cooking.

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