So, you have decided to rest abroad.And heading to the travel bureau for a ticket. With a country of rest, you are more or less determined. But what about the rest? A travel agent can advise you on hotels where the price per room varies depending on the category of room, star rating or the prestige of the resort. What about nutrition? Here you also have the right to choose. Many hotels offer several types of food. They are denoted by mysterious Latin letters: B & B, HB, FB, AI, EALL, UALL. What do they all mean? We will tell about it in this article. Most likely, the travel agent will seduce you with the last three abbreviations, because vouchers with such food systems are more expensive. Below we will look at the pros and cons of all inclusive, and also clarify the question of how “All Inclusive” food is designated in hoteliers' avenues.
What is behind the abbreviations
Let's start with the simplest package overseaspleasures. B & B literally stands for “bed and breakfast”, that is, “bed and breakfast”. Such a power system is provided in cheap hotels with 1 or 2 stars. But this does not mean that it is not in expensive hotels. In very decent hotels at airports, where the majority of travelers stop in transit, this type of food - the morning meal - is fully justified. HB is pronounced "Hav-Bord". This is half board. You can choose from breakfast and lunch, or the morning and evening meals. When choosing food HB must be borne in mind that drinks for dinner will be paid. Half-board is often practiced in Spain, Italy and other European countries, where tourists can enjoy a rich excursion program, and there is a place to eat outside the hotel. FB is three standard meals per day (breakfast, lunch and dinner). Well, what is meant by “All Inclusive”? This is "all inclusive". In other words, AI.
What is included in the "all inclusive"
Тип питания «all inclusive» (произносится как "All Inclusive") provides for three main meals. What is it different from full board? Under the FB system, customers often have to pay separately for drinks at lunch and dinner. And with the AI package they are already included in the price of the voucher. Not only that: the bracelet, which you will put on hand when checking into the hotel in the "All Inclusive" system, will give you the right to use many types of services outside the restaurant walls. What exactly? It already depends on the hotel. In some hotels it is the use of saunas, spa centers or tennis courts. Or maybe with such a bracelet you will be allowed into the water park, if there is one in the hotel. And, in addition to the three usual meals, you will pour refreshments at the pool bar. Or maybe even alcohol - though locally produced. As you can see, “All inclusive” is not only the type of food, but also a certain service system.
"All inclusive" and other "freaks"
How is the all-inclusive meal inthe French hotel line Club Med, the first in the world to launch this concept? “You pay for the full package of services at home, and do not spend a penny at the resort!” Paradoxically, in France itself, “All Inclusive” is hardly practiced. Still would! France is not a country where you should spend your entire vacation in a hotel. But in the colonies, where the local population lives poorly, and in catering establishments you can catch E. coli, “all inclusive” is very rooted. In some countries, tourists consider it unsafe to go outside the hotel. Some hotel complexes are entire mini-towns, where there is everything your heart desires: boutiques, hairdressers, etc. In pursuit of a client, hoteliers come up with various bells and whistles to “all inclusive”. So there were “super all inclusive”, “ultra”, “extra” and so on. These packages may include, for example, surfing instructor lessons, visits to à la carte restaurants, massage courses and excursions.
Pros All Inclusive
So is it worth choosing when buying a package?food "all"? Let's first consider the benefits of such a holiday. If you worked hard throughout the year and now on vacation you want to relax as much as possible, enjoy only the sea and the beach, do not think about anything and do not plan for any expenses, then the “all inclusive” type of food is right for you. There are also such countries (for example, Cuba or India), where you have no other choice. On Liberty Island, people indulge themselves with chicken once a month, and from a street cafe in Goa you risk going straight to the hospital. At the same time, in hotels all products are fresh. In the Middle East and North Africa, everything depends on the star hotel, although, in general, the level of service in Turkey is higher than the food in Egypt. "All inclusive" on the Anatolian coast provides for ice cream, pastries and natural juices throughout the day. And in Egypt, this service often comes down to instant drinks.
Minuses
To understand the disadvantages of "all inclusive", it is worththink: how hoteliers manage not to go broke, given the voracity of Russian tourists? Often, cooks introduce austerity mode with “all inclusive”. Vegetables left over from breakfast are cut and served as salads for lunch. And if they are not eaten then, then for dinner. If you rest for a long time, then the tasty dishes, which you liked so much on the first day of your stay, cause a bitterness in a week. And in Turkey or Spain there are so many skills outside the hotel! I want to try something local, with flavor. And you start to spend money ... So it is worth thinking three times how the “All Inclusive” meal is indicated on your holiday.
