Quality Assured
When booking with a member of Scotland’s Best B&Bs, you are guaranteed that the standard of accommodation and service will be the best that Scotland can offer.
VisitScotland Quality Assurance
To become a member of Scotland's Best B&Bs, each member has to attain four or five star status under the VisitScotland quality assurance scheme. All of our members also offer accommodation for only up to 6 guests which means that you can know that you are getting personal attention from your host in their own homes.
VisitScotland quality assurance advisers assess the standard of each member’s accommodation with a rigorous inspection to give a clear idea of the standards of hospitality, service, cleanliness, comfort and food to make your holiday as perfect as possible for you. These assessments are often done by staying overnight anonymously so that you can have the reassurance that every detail has been checked and you can enjoy the best that Scotland has to offer.
VisitScotland's quality assurance schemes help you distinguish between the qualities of the accommodation that are on offer. Scotland’s Best B&Bs can demonstrate that by being at the level of 4 and 5 star, VisitScotland classify our B&Bs as excellent and exceptional respectively. There is a new Gold award being introduced and you will see that a few of the SBB&Bs' members already have this award to add to their 4 or 5 star awards. This recognises a consistency to achieve the highest levels of customer care and hospitality within their VisitScotland star grading and a real commitment to service development and training.
For absolute peace of mind, you can be assured that VisitScotland’s assessments are impartial and objective and guarantee that you are staying with quality when you choose to stay at one of Scotland’s Best B&Bs.
To learn more, go to www.visitscotland.com/quality-assurance
Quite a number of Scotland’s Best B&Bs members belong to other VisitScotland specialised schemes which offer you even more help in planning your holiday.
VisitScotland's Green Tourism Business Scheme (GTBS) encourages tourism businesses to be environmentally friendly and many of Scotland’s Best B&Bs have joined this scheme, so look out for the award.
The GTBS has over 700 members, all of whom are rigorously assessed and given a Bronze, Silver or Gold Award, depending on the level of energy-efficiency they achieve. Members are encouraged to introduce measures which are designed to lessen the impact of their business on the environment. These can be as diverse as using low-energy light bulbs or corridor lights which go on when people approach, or using local produce on menus, or promoting wildlife walks and cycle hire in their area.
VisitScotland also offer other quality schemes and many of Scotland’s Best B&Bs members have been assessed for providing these schemes. The range of Welcome Schemes have been developed by VisitScotland whose aim is to guide consumers with a range of specialised interests. These interests might as an example include angling; art; golf and horses and you can find out more about what is on offer by going to http://www.visitscotland.com/quality-assurance/welcome-schemes/
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