ABOUT BOOKING
B&B finder and Petite founder Regina Ferreira, helps guests seeking quality B&B (Bed and Breakfast) apartments in Paris, Lisbon, Porto and Melbourne (more cities to follow soon).
Technological progress has made life easier but evaporated the touch and feel of actual human contact and lessened the expectation of a quality stay with so many sites being 'hit n miss'. What we need more and more today are real personal exchanges and honest reviews and feedback we can trust from an accommodation B&B expert, like Regina.
Once a home has been personally matched to you, an automatic booking system makes securing the home easy and instant online.
All B&B prices are inclusive of:
- Booking Service fee,
- WIFI unlimited usage - with your own laptop
- Heating
- Welcome wine at arrival.
- Breakfasts daily (if specified in the webpage description of the Petite home)
- Copy of our City Guide eBook
- All electricity and utilities in B&Bs and apartments
- Quality sheets, towels and linens. Soap, coffee, tea, sugar
- In private apartments: fully equipped kitchens and appliances with cooking provisions e.g. salt, pepper, cooking oil and butter.
- Cleaning is included in B&Bs, additional cost in private apartments, as indicated.
BOOKING OPTIONS:
1. Book your desired home instantly online by browsing the online catalogue
2. Schedule an appointment with Regina to discuss your B&B needs and for Regina's personalized booking service experience.
3. Email or Call Regina and leave your travel dates - Regina will send a list of availabilities.
Petite stays B&B homes are selected in accordance to a strict B&B Quality of Charter, as set out by the Paris Tourism Bureau (Paris, the birthplace of B&Bs and hospitality) and we follow these guidelines for all Petite B&Bs in Portugal and Australia.
Read about How Petite B&Bs began here.
Quick Facts about Petite B&B homes
- All Petite B&B and apartments are located in their respected cities proper.
- Metro and/or buses are within 7mins Max. walk from any Petite Stays home. It takes between 0 – 25mins max to reach the epicenter of the city via train depending on the homes central location.
- Petite homes are located in safe and secure buildings on small or major streets as indicated on their maps.
- All Petite homes are located near local village shops, cafes and amenities.
- Babies up to 2 years are free of stay. Additional cost applies for baby bed. In some cases baby beds are also free – refer to online details of each home for specific individual home details.
Quick Facts about Paris specific apartments
- Not all Paris buildings have lifts/elevators - in fact most buildings that are of the 17th and 18thC do not as they are historically listed unable to be renovated or moddify the original structure of the building. Please refer to the homes features for details.
- ALL Paris B&B's and apartments have heating but not all have air-con as specified on each homes features. Note: Paris is generally a cool city and the height of summer sees average temperatures of only 23 degrees. For this reason air con is a rare feature in any authentic Paris family home as locals see them as unnecessary. In the unlikely case of a heat wave fans are provided.
- Paris apartment levels: the Ground Floor is G or 0, taking up one flight you reach the 1st floor, and so on...
Quick Facts about Portugal specific apartments
- Not all Portugal buildings have lifts/elevators - in fact most buildings that are of the 17th and 18thC do not as they are historically listed unable to be renovated or modify the original structure of the building. Please refer to the homes features for details.
- ALL Portugal B&B's and apartments have heating but not all have air-con as specified on each homes features. Note: Despite Portugals hot summers, the buildings are traditionally made of the thickest stone walls you will ever find, for this reason air-con is NOT needed and not generally used by natives. It is only generic accommodation services that add air-con for guests but as a cultured traveller looking to live and experience Portugal the way the locals do, you will be pleasantly suprised to learn air-con is not a necessary feature at all.
- Paris apartment levels: the Ground Floor is G or 0, taking up one flight you reach the 1st floor, and so on...
- Expect bidets in the toilets :)
Quick Facts about Australian specific apartments
- Australia has a very dry and hot climate in the Summer overall and in the South, in Melbourne where our Petite B&B homes reside a very cold European-like Winter. Our homes all offer air-con and heating to assure guests are always comfortable.
- Australian apartment levels: the Ground Floor is G or 0, taking up one flight you reach the 1st floor, and so on.
- Australian homes uses PLUG-1 adaptors - 10amps.
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