A bed and breakfast is generally a private house where the guest is given a place to stay in at night. In some cases the bathroom is in common with other guests. Breakfast is usually included. Besides the private houses there are also the bed and breakfast Inns where more rooms are available as well as further meals and other services can be offered . it is the different features that distinguish a structure from another giving a peculiar identity to each of them.

A bed and breakfast is not of course the reason why a tourist visits a place. But thanks to the provided adverts of B&B tourists are attracted by a particular structure so that they schedule a stay in a geographic area that otherwise would be neglected. Tourists are attracted by the cultural, historical and entertainmental aspects of a place. Work-travellers, above all women, look for a B&B instead of hotels, flat on rent, or motels available in the nearby. The B&B offer the travelers an experience of location different from the traditional ones.