Bed & Breakfasts are an inexpensive way to stay in Vancouver, and provide you the opportunity to see how Vancouverites live. Most are members of the Vancouver Bed & Breakfast Association or the BC Bed & Breakfast Association. Here are some of their more important standards:
Single room minimum size is 75 sq. ft., double room at least 100 sq.ft.
Proper beds in each guest room and clothes closet or clothes butler
in each room
$1 million public liability insurance as a B&B
Smoke detectors located in each guest bedroom and on each floor of the home
Bedroom windows must allow an emergency exit for guest.
Two kilogram ABC fire extinguishers appropriately located and visible on each floor
Individual towels available for each guest, changed and washed regularly
Door locks or chains on individual rooms are not required.