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How do Bed and Breakfast functionate?

Travel Info
Does the owner stay with you in the house?
Do you have your own private room? etc. etc.
Are they as cheap as hostels?

Travel Tips

B&B's are almost always inhabited by the owner and are always a more personable choice than a hotel. I love them for smaller cities in europe. For a large city like a Paris or Amsterdam you will definitely want to go with a hostel or hotel because a real B&B probably wont be an option in a major population center. If I have a good selection of b&bs and hostels to choose from I will probably do the b&b thing to have a room to myself for a night or two and then hostel it the rest of the time for financial reasons.
Others

Bed&Breakfasts are more expensive than hostels, especially for solo travellers, but they are more readily available.

They are what their name says: You buy a bed and a breakfast. Beds are in private rooms for your use, all else depends upon the place. The owner might live in the house and rent out only a room of it or the whole house can be a B&B with several rooms and the owner lives elsewhere.
Toilets and showers can be shared or private, it all depends upon the place. B&B's are very good value for couples wanting their privacy or small families with older children.