Why Local Accommodation is Here to Stay

After booking a flight, the next question comes in: where are we going to stay??

The global hospitality market is expected to grow from over $3.9 billion to over $4.5 billion in 2022 globally.?

With more travelers making conscious decisions to travel sustainably, more choices are now available for the types of accommodation available.?

First, let us outline the different types of accommodation services available and their differences.?

Serviced accommodation is defined as where staff caters to the needs of the guests during their stay. This can include anything from housekeeping to catered services and more.

Non-serviced accommodations are a type of facility where only the stay is provided and the rest is on you. Think of big booking accommodation services, you know which ones, starting with an A and ending with a B.

However, within serviced and non-serviced accommodations, there are many subcategories in between.?

There are many ways to book your stay, whether it is through a fully serviced hotel, motel, guest house or known as local accommodation, hostel, chalet or cottage.?

Or, you may be the adventurous type and even opt for an RV or Van, however, we are to talk about the importance of local accommodation or guest houses.?

However, today, we are here to discuss and present to the jury, local or guest house accommodation.?

Now, local or guest house accommodation isn’t a unique form of accommodation. It has been around for many years and rose to popularity in the 21st century.?

With the accessibility to technology, the traveler went from luxurious and convenient to interacting and conceptual home away from home hospitality.?

The hospitality industry, similarly to the travel and tourism industry, has needed to expand and evolve to the different needs of people.?

With local or guest house accommodation when visiting a destination, there is a more intimate connection between the guest and the host. Travelers are able to fully immerse themselves in the experience of connecting with new people, seeing how locals live and trying the gastronomy available.?

Moreover, some local or guest houses can truly be luxurious in nature and can have aspects that are even more enticing than serviced hotels or motels, in general.?

For instance, one of our peak destinations is Kyrgyzstan.?

Kyrgyzstan is the land of non-negotiable nature. Nature is one of the most highlighting and enticing parts of visiting the country.?

Next to its nature, comes the semi-nomadic living still practiced by its locals today.?

Therefore, local and guest house accommodation is even more important to truly gain all the best aspects of this destination versus a hotel.?

The Yurts are a portable round tent that are covered with skin or felts and provide full services, such as full meals, local hosts and a chance to truly experience life as a semi-nomadic Krygyz person. The Yurts themselves have an open concept with restrooms outside.?

However, some options in Kyrgyzstan include a full services such as restrooms inside?

These types of accommodations are comfortable, but also too, provide a great opportunity for you to try something new.?

On the other hand, mixing fully serviced hotels and local accommodation is a fun way to see both parts of a destination.?

It doesn’t need to be exclusively one or the other. Maybe when you’re on the cityside, you can choose something a bit more posh and then venture for a day or two in the countryside where local accommodation makes more sense.?

But the true importance of local accommodation has to be that it provides more opportunities for the local economy to strive.?

When visiting any local homestead and getting the home away from home experience, you are also contributing to the betterment of people’s homes and local communities.?

Moreover, the final contribution of local accommodations has to be that it ties into all parts of everything travel and tourism related, from its gastronomy to its sightseeing, which can have an overall sustainable impact on both.?

Local accommodation isn’t just merely about staying in a guest house and contributing to the travel and tourism hospitality industry, it also breeds more opportunities for the intersectionality of everything a destination needs in order to strive.