>From a tourists perspective it is quite important to know whether it is self >catering accommodation or not. It is also important to know whether it is a >single building unit (i.e. house,cottage,chalet) as opposed to a number of >units in a building (i.e. apartments). I would be inclined to use >tourism=apartments for the latter. Types of tourist accommodation do seem to >be quite country specific. There are very few tourist apartments in the UK >but they are very common in Croatia for example. I would agree that >tourism=chalet would seem to be the most appropriate tag for a gîte.
Dudley > Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 12:51:10 +0100 > From: craig...@fastmail.fm > To: tagging@openstreetmap.org > Subject: Re: [Tagging] tourism=guest_house or tourism=bed_and_breakfast ? > > On 2013-10-17 09:52, Pieren wrote: > > Could someone explain the difference between "tourism=guest_house" and > > "tourism=bed_and_breakfast" ? > > Both are suggested here: > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:tourism%3Dguest_house > > but only "guest_house" is really documented in the wiki. > > > > In taginfo, we find 527 "tourism=bed_and_breakfast" and 32382 > > "tourism=guest_house" (accidentally, taginfo says "Guest house and > > Bed&Breakfast for "tourism=guest_house") > > In UK terms, they are much the same thing. Some places refer to > themselves as B&Bs, some as guest houses, sometimes both. > Usually a B&B would be smaller, ie one or two rooms, with the owner also > living in the house, and doing most of the work. Whereas a guesthouse > may be bigger, more like a hotel, and more staff etc. But I have seen > plenty of small places calling themselves guesthouses. I don't think > there is any legal distinction. > > So it makes sense to tag both as tourism=guest_house. Plus tag the > number of rooms/beds to indicate how big it is. > > > I'm asking because in France we do have a diffence when guests are in > > an independent building (gîte [1]), usually for at least a week or a > > week-end, or just special bedrooms (bed&breakfast) as "guests" in > > private homes. So, I'm looking if we could reuse the two existing tags > > or if I should create a sub-tag like "tourism=guest_house" + > > "guest_house=bed_and_breakfast" or > > "guest_house=whatever_in_an_independent_building" > > If its a separate building (with self-catering), I wouldn't call it a > guest house. That's more like tourism=chalet. > Though maybe a more generic term for holiday chalets/cottages/apartments > etc would be good. And some way of distinguishing a single holiday house > to rent, from a larger 'holiday park'. > > Craig > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
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