So, you have decided to have a rest abroad.And sent to the travel agency for the permit.With the country of holiday you are more or less defined.But as with everything else?A travel agent can advise you hotels, where the price for a room varies depending on the category of the room, institution or star luxury resorts.What food?Here you also have the right to choose.Many hotels offer several types of food.They are designated mysterious Latin bukovkami: B & amp; B, HB, FB, AI, EALL, UALL.What do they all mean?We will talk about this in this article.Most likely, the travel agent will seduce you with the last three abbreviations, such as trips to the power systems are more expensive.Below we look at the pros and cons of all inclusive, as well as clarify the issue as indicated by the power "All Inclusive" in the prospectus hoteliers.
Behind abbreviations
Let's start with the simplest pleasures package overseas.B & amp; B literally stands for "bed and brekfest", meaning "bed and breakfast".Such a system is provided in the supply of cheap hotel with 1 or 2 stars.But this does not mean that it is not in expensive hotels.In a very decent airport hotel where most travelers stop in transit, this type of food - morning meal - is justified.HB pronounced "hav-board."This half-board.You can choose between breakfast and lunch or morning and evening meals.When choosing a power HB must be borne in mind that the drink will be paid for dinner.Half often practiced in Spain, Italy and other European countries, where the tourists will have a rich tour program, and there is where the meal outside the hotel.FB - this is three standard meals a day (breakfast, lunch and dinner).Well, as indicated by the power "All inclusive"?This «all inclusive».In other words, AI.
What is included in "All Inclusive»
type of food «all inclusive» (pronounced as "all inclusive") provides three main meals.What is it different from the full board?According to the system FB clients often have to pay a separate drinks for lunch and dinner.And if AI packages are already included in the price.Not only that: a bracelet that will put you on a hand when you check into a hotel on an "all inclusive" will give you the right to use many kinds of services outside of the restaurant walls.What is it?It depends on the hotel.In some hotels it is using saunas, spa or tennis courts.Or maybe with the bracelet you will miss the water park, if there is one on site.And apart from the usual three meals, you poured cold drinks at the pool bar.Or maybe even alcohol - though local production.As you can see, "All Inclusive" - is not only the type of food, but also a certain system maintenance.
«All inclusive» and other "bells and whistles»
As indicated by the power "All Inclusive" in the French lineup Hotel Club Med, the first in the world to launch this concept?"You pay for the complete package of services at home and in the resort without spending a dime!" Paradoxically, in France itself, "All Inclusive" almost never practiced.Still would!France is not a country where you want to spend your entire vacation at the hotel.But in the colonies, where the local population lives in poverty, and in catering establishments can pick up E. coli, «all inclusive» really caught on.In some countries, the tourists feel unsafe to go outside the hotel.Some hotels are whole mini-towns, where there is everything your heart desires: boutiques, hairdressers and so on.. In pursuit of customer hoteliers come up with different bells and whistles, and overhangs to «all inclusive».So there were a "super all-inclusive", "ultra", "Extra" and so on.These packages can include, for example, learned to surf instructor, visiting restaurants a la carte, massage courses and excursions.
Pros "All Inclusive»
So is it worth to choose when buying tickets type of food «all»?Let's first look at the advantages of the rest.If you worked hard throughout the year and is now on vacation want to relax as much as possible, to enjoy the sea and the beach just about anything not to think or plan to be spending the type of food «all inclusive» just created for you.There are also some countries (eg, Cuba and India), where you have no choice.On Liberty Island population indulges himself chicken once a month, but from a street cafe in Goa, you risk to go straight to the hospital.At the same time in hotels all the products fresh.In the Middle East and North Africa all depends star hotel, although, in general, the level of service in Turkey is higher than the power in Egypt."All inclusive" on the Anatolian coast provides ice cream, pastries and juices throughout the day.And in Egypt, the service is often reduced to instant beverages.
Cons
To understand the shortcomings of «all inclusive», it is worth considering how hoteliers manage to not go broke, given the voracity of Russian tourists?Often chefs introduce austerity when "all inclusive".Vegetables, left over from breakfast, cut and served as a salad for lunch.And if not then eaten - the dinner.If you stay long, delicious food, enjoyed it so much the first day of your stay, a week-old cause.And in Turkey or Spain so much to tempt outside the hotel!I want to try something local, with the colors.And you begin to spend money ... So it is worth to think three times as indicated by the power "All inclusive" on your vacation.
