Announcing our 2012 Best of BedandBreakfast.com Award Winners

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Yesterday, we announced the winners of our eighth annual Best of BedandBreakfast.com awards! These awards recognized 30 of the top guest-reviewed inns around the world; 10 in the U.S., 10 in Canada, and 10 internationally. They were selected through an analysis of the quantity and quality of the traveler reviews received in the past year. We chose inns that had a nearly perfect overall rating and over-the-top traveler reviews that showcase why the inn is so special.

With only 30 awards, many top-notch B&Bs that weren't able to be recognized. This is why we do monthly awards, which give other inns the opportunity to be in the spotlight. Check out our publicity opportunities page to see the upcoming awards and information on how to contact us if you think you might qualify for the topic.

Top 10 B&Bs in the United States

• Bed & Breakfast on Tiffany Hill in Mills River, North Carolina
• Belfast Bay Inn in Belfast, Maine 
• Bufflehead Cove in Kennebunkport, Maine
• Chestnut Hill Bed & Breakfast in Orange, Virginia
• Historic Webster House in Bay City, Michigan
• Hoyt House Bed & Breakfast* in Amelia Island, Florida
• Port d’Hiver Bed and Breakfast in Melbourne Beach, Florida
• The Farmhouse at Veritas in Afton, Virginia
• Twin Pine Manor Bed & Breakfast in Ephrata, Pennsylvania
• Villa D’Citta in Chicago, Illinois

Top 10 B&Bs in Canada

• Abbeymoore Manor Bed and Breakfast in Victoria, British Columbia
• A la Carte B&B in Montreal, Quebec
• A Touch of English Bed & Breakfast in Kelowna, British Columbia
• Binners’ Bed and Breakfast in Victoria, British Columbia
• Cartland Estate Bed and Breakfast in Niagara Falls, Ontario
• John Lewis House in Victoria, British Columbia
• Queen Anne Inn in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
• Sweet Dreams Luxury Inn in Abbotsford, British Columbia
• The Refuge Bed and Breakfast in Mont Tremblant, Quebec
• Trout Point Lodge of Nova Scotia in East Kempville, Nova Scotia

Top 10 International B&Bs

• Bed & Breakfast Pegaso in Valeggio sul Mincio, Italy
• Casa Lima Bed & Breakfast in San Jose, Costa Rica
• Casa Roa in Mexico City, Mexico
• Estinfil Guesthouses in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
• Le Roulage in Longueville, France
• Lippergüt’l in Füssen, Germany
• Los Artistas B&B in Ajijic, Mexico
• Maison Maurice in Biron, France
• Suites Plazza del Popolo in Rome, Italy
• Villa Los Paraisos in La Puebla de Cazalla, Spain

By Emily Starbuck Crone

Changes to Our Traveler Reviews Program

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We are excited to announce a change to our traveler reviews program that we think our members will really like!

Previously, when a traveler went to review a property, each of the five categories (rooms, service, value, cleanliness, dining) showed three stars as a default baseline. Travelers could keep the three-star rating, or they could click and change each one to a higher or lower rating. However, we heard complaints from innkeepers that many travelers kept the three-star rating by default and were concerned that this kept travelers from choosing a higher ranking since a value was already chosen for them.

We have just removed this default ranking, so when a traveler goes to review your property, there are no stars already selected. Travelers will be forced to pick their own rating. You can see below what this now looks like. We hope this change will lend even more credibility to our reviews. We now have well over 200,000 traveler reviews on our site!

Several other changes to the reviews will be coming in the following months. One is that we will make the "Write a Review" button easier for travelers to find on your listing.

What do you think about this change?

By Emily Starbuck Crone