Preface 
T HE Travel and Industrial Development Association of Great 
Britain and Ireland has undertaken, in the interests of foreign 
visitors, the compilation of this Hotel Guide with the co¬ 
operation of the leading hotels in Great Britain and their 
Associations. 
The aim of the book is to make clear the prices charged by hotels of 
all descriptions so that visitors may select hotels providing accom¬ 
modation suitable to their purses and thus avoid the unpleasantness 
of arriving at an hotel and finding that its charges are higher than 
they expected. An examination of the list will reveal the fact that 
Great Britain has hotels of good standing with charges graduated to 
the needs of every class of tourist and business visitor. 
It is believed that this Guide will demonstrate that the average of 
hotel prices in Great Britain is no higher than that of similar hotels 
in other countries. Equally, there is no “profiteering” in respect of 
foreign visitors, the charges being those which are made to British 
and foreign visitors alike. 
During the last two years there have been radical improvements in 
the equipment of the hotels generally, and statistics show that in 
that period more than a thousand hotels have installed running water 
in their bedrooms and in other ways have brought their services to 
a standard expected by the traveller. Many old inns in country 
districts which are not capable of being fitted with modern 
improvements offer compensation in their beauty of surroundings 
and historic associations. 
Throughout the country British hotel managers will be able to 
advise visitors as to opportunities for visiting historic places in the 
neighbourhood and to assist them as regards facilities for golf, 
tennis and other sports. 
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Explanatory Notes 
All prices are given in shillings 
A T the top of each column in the Guide will be found a Key 
number corresponding with the numbers of the following 
explanatory notes. 
1 The number of bedrooms in column i gives an indication of the 
size of the hotel. 
2 The letter L in column 2 indicates that the hotel is licensed to 
sell alcoholic beverages. The letter U indicates that alcoholic 
beverages are not sold on the premises, though the management 
will in most cases obtain them on request. 
3 An A in column 3 indicates that hot and cold water is laid on 
to all or the majority of the bedrooms. 
4 The prices quoted in two columns under 4 are the minimum 
and maximum for a single room including use of bath and 
English Breakfast. 
5 The prices quoted in two columns under 5 are the minimum 
and maximum for a double room including baths and English 
breakfasts. 
6 Breakfast in England is a meal of two or three courses. The 
letter B in column 6 indicates that the hotel makes a special 
reduction for visitors requiring only a 4 ‘Continental 55 breakfast, 
i.e., coffee, tea, rolls or toast, butter and jam or marmalade. 
7 Inclusive charge for seven days, including the English custom of 
afternoon tea. 
8 Price of luncheon. 
9 Price of dinner. 
The numbers in brackets after the names of towns indicate their 
position on the maps on pages 4 and 61. 
GRATUITIES 
Hotels in Great Britain do not make an addition to the visitor’s 
bill for service though many will do so on request. Visitors wil 
find that the most satisfactory procedure is to divide a sum roughly 
equivalent to 10% of their bill according to its size among those 
who have given them personal service. 
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