AirBnB - Bed no breakfast?!

[Teapleasemilknosugar]

Not sure whether IABU but I'm miffed! Stayed in an AirBnB last week and there was only B, no B! First time I've stayed in an AirBnB where this has happened.

We arrived 5pm too (unavoidable delays) so we're too late to head out and forage for breakfast foods, but thankfully I had packed a box of cereal from our kitchen at home so at least kids were happy. We were left 1pt of milk in the fridge. We were staying a whole 6 nights.

Is this the norm? It's literally in the name; I book an AirBnB and expect BnB. Or did I misunderstand?!

I haven't written a review or feedback yet

Jesus. Just don't eat it.

They do experiences too. A friend of mine is a private chef that you can hire through AirBnB. Is she supposed to provide a bed?!

yes, and it must be an air bed.

plus, she can only cook breakfast.

I booked into a youth hostel and there wasn't anybody there under 30. I want my money back.

On a Sunday supermarkets close between 4/5. In a rural location you may have a co-op or spar, but in our area, the co-op is normally out of the basic by late afternoon, and forget trying to buy milk, eggs or bread by 11am on a Sunday (don't know if it's poor stock control, lack of staff or just local manager forgets the population quadruples in august) it's a right pain.

Yeah, I'm in Scotland and our local supermarkets never seem to close. I've been caught out on holiday by English supermarkets shutting at 4 on a Sunday!

I don't know where this place is – could be remote, yes, or it could be a town, or a village with a shop or two.
And yes, of course I too would come with a contingency plan for if there was no food left for me.

I've said all along that I'd not eat it. Partly as I'm intolerant to some ingredients.

I think I'm being pretty reasonable saying I don't like to eat food (cakes etc) cooked by the owners. I don't expect cakes etc as part of the 'welcome'. I also appreciate it's a 'kind gesture' but sometimes misplaced.

You're being a bit touchy when I suggest you could be wasting time and money making scones that guests might not want.

Carry on cooking as long as you don't mind if they end up not being eaten.

This is all irrelevant.
The OP wanted breakfast, not an evening meal, so there'd be time the next day to go to a shop.
The kids could wait for a slightly later breakfast.
Or if it was the UK there may have been the option of a delivery at 7am.

As a pp said, what does "air" mean? Did you have to travel by Air? Stay in the Air?

You are quite bonkers - most people would be delighted with home made scones. If you are on a diet or ill or allergic to diary then obviously you wouldn’t eat it, so you can leave it or shove it in the freezer.

As an Airbnb host the PP knows what people generally want far better than you do.

BT has branched out a bit from telecoms..

The brand name is a brand name not an advert.

When you go onto the site it’s very clear there’s a filter system for what you want. Some places do breakfast and you can pick those.

This is beside the fact that it’s a massive brand, like Apple, and the vast majority of people know what it is, same as they know not too look for fruit in an Apple Store

Why is there a side argument going on in this thread about bloody scones?

Because this is Mumsnet and that is what happens.

chickentikka I was replying to another poster who was questioning shops not being open at 6pm on a Sunday, in our area all supermarkets close early on Sundays, and the local village store, whilst open, is nearly always sold out of essentials by mid morning on a Sunday. I wasn't saying OP couldn't have gone off to get food when she woke up today, just pointing out that in England, big shops legally have to close early on Sunday, and small village stores can run low on stock / have archaic opening times.

An air mattress, from its early days when you kipped on someone's floor.

Airbnb = rental house. I don't think it's ever meant you actually get breakfast!!

So you're complaining about no Breakfast in your AirBnB but you've obviously been supplied with an Airbed? I understood the name to have evolved from students/skint travellers using an Airbed in student digs? Or spare rooms?

The only breakfast I ever got in an Airbnb was a few slices of rather old bread, an end of a rancid butter block, and the last of a jar of jam. Plus tea or coffee. Utterly inedible. The room also had no lock (we jammed a suitcase under the handle) and had a cat in it when we checked in - who was NOT happy about moving out. The bathroom was nice and newly refitted, but came complete with dirty cat footprints in the bottom of the bath.

I left a truthful review, and I noticed that the whole listing was withdrawn shortly after.

I know , it's nuts! It's because I said that if you provide breakfast you need a food hygiene certificate. The poster then told me that she absolutely wouldn't believe that someone
a.) Had a food hygiene certificate
b.) Would follow the rules even if they had done the course and had the certificate.

She then latched on to the fact I said I need to have a food hygiene certificate to give my scones to people. She seems a bit obsessed with hygiene!

I have always assumed it was just self-catering, no breakfast. Nice if they left you a pint of milk. Sometimes with a holiday let I have been left some cereal and bread as well - which I have replenished on leaving. I always take food with me.

You don't need a food hygiene certificate to give your scones to someone. You do need one if you are selling them commercially.

I’m afraid this is completely your misunderstanding. Unless you are staying in a room in someone’s home and they have specifically said they would provide breakfast, AirBnB does not include breakfast, it’s just a self catering room/ home rental. You might be lucky and find previous renters have left behind teabags, half a jar of coffee etc. or you might not. Some owners kindly leave milk, most don’t.

I suggest you read the description of the booking the you’ve made, if for some reason you didn’t read it before making the booking - and base any reviews on how the facilities matched the description provided.

I've stayed in dozens and never ever had a breakfast. It's just a play on works. I've been left bits but more often, nothing

@Teapleasemilknosugar I would have assumed an AirBnB included breakfast, because it is in the name. Are all the PPs saying not to take the name literally going to be happy if they arrive at their AirBnB to find no bed either? 🤔

You do need a food hygiene certificate. For breakfast, scones- anything you 'give' as part of a stay in a holiday let.

It is seen as selling it because they have paid for their stay.

I know this because it is on lots of holiday let advice websites. And because my local environmental health officer told me.

All ingredients also need to be labelled to comply with Natashas Law.