How do you want to rest abroad was very good and not too expensive. Many different factors affect the impression of rest: weather, quality of service, distance from attractions or the beach, entertainment and food. Many of them can not be influenced by anyone, but the choice of a hotel and the right type of food depends on you. Modern hotels offer such types of food: All inclusive, Ultra all inclusive , Only breakfast, Full board, Extended full board, Half board, Extended half board, No meals.
In this article, consider what it is half board, like the type of food in the hotel, and how it differs from full boarding.
What does half board include?
Choosing a hotel with half board, you should look for the designation of HB, which means Half Board.
Half board is such a system of food in the hotel, in which the cost of the tour includes the provision of rooms and two meals a day, namely:
- breakfast - a variety of food (eggs, croissants, pancakes, omelets, different salads, fruits, muesli, sausages, vegetables, yogurts, porridge) and soft drinks (tea, coffee, water, milk, juices);
- dinner - only food (fish or meat, also salads, bread, sweet), rarely serve water in a pitcher.
The table is often Swedish, with several hot dishes to choose from, the time is limited and predetermined, for example: from 8 to 10 am and from 18 to 20 pm. In some hotels, you can change dinner for lunch. For everything else (drinks for dinner, lunch, snacks during the day near the pool and on the beach) will have to be paid separately, but not immediately, and at the end of the holiday - on departure you will be given an account for all the days.
Still there is such type of a food, as the expanded half board, is designated as НВ +, what is it such? This is the same two meals a day as half-board, plus drinks are added during dinner (lunch): alcoholic (only locally produced) and non-alcoholic. The list of drinks and their number depends on the hotel.
What is the difference between a boarding house and half board?
These two types of food differ from each other, only by the presence of dinner, because full board means three meals a day: breakfast, lunch, dinner (buffet) and free soft drinks only at breakfast.
If you are not comfortable with half board
If you have found few drinks or food for this type of food, you have two options:
- in the hotel, after paying a certain amount, you change your type of food to another: full board or all inclusive;
- eat in cafes, restaurants and buy refreshments and alcoholic drinks outside the hotel, but in Turkey and Egypt, you probably will not be able to carry them to your room, because there it is prohibited.
Feasibility of booking half board in hotels of different countries
Because of the differences in the development of the infrastructures of the countries where the hotels are located, it is not profitable to choose half-board at all the resorts.
It is advantageous to choose a half board in the resort cities of Europe and Asia, as there are a lot of bars, cafes, restaurants where you will be very deliciously served, or when you plan to actively explore local attractions, and not just lie near the pool or on the beach.
In hotels in Turkey and Egypt, it is better not to take half board, as here they usually go to rest near the sea, so most of the time they spend on the territory of the hotel, and to pay extra for everything separately, it turns out more expensive than immediately paying for another type of food. Due to the fact that most hotels with well-developed infrastructure here, the "All inclusive" system is not that expensive.