Decoding of a category of a food in hotels and sanatoria of the world

Choosing a tourist or sanatorium ticket, we often pay attention to the type of food in the institution, where the holiday is to be spent. It is natural. After all, everyone wants to know what is included in the structure of the service on vacation, what kind of food to count on, whether it is necessary to have an additional amount of money for expenses for meals outside the hotel. The categories of food in the hotels are different, which requires some attention.

Type of food is an important criterion when choosing a hotel. Each holidaymaker chooses for himself a certain type of food, the presence of some form of comfort on vacation.

Choice of concept

In order not to make a mistake in choosing, one must be able to correctly decipher the categories of food in hotels that have a peculiar coding and short notations. But before you choose the appropriate food system, you should weigh the pros and cons, consider some of the main points and features of recreation.

1. Identify all the basic plans for recreation: hanging out, sightseeing program, eating habits.
2. It is necessary to establish whether an unlimited use of alcohol is necessary.
3. To get acquainted with the different reviews about the hotel, where the holiday is planned.
4. If the rest is family, then you need to determine the type of food for everyone. Usually, family rest is predetermined by the choice of the all-inclusive system, as each family member has his own principles.

Features

It is worth noting the place of rest. If the vacation will take place in an exotic country, with special rules for cooking, then in this case it is better to choose "half board" or "continental breakfast". Since the "buffet" for the program "all inclusive" can spoil the rest of the violation of the gastrointestinal tract.

Capabilities

It should be remembered that any service is included in the cost of recreation. For all pay themselves tourists. This must be remembered when choosing a category of food in hotels. Sometimes saving money on food can give more opportunities for a cultural program or living in a comfortable environment.

Choosing a tour for recreation, not everyone knows the deciphering of the abbreviation, which is used to designate the type of food. It is the type of food, not its assortment. Nutrition categories in hotels - this is the mode of operation of canteens at the hotel. The menu determines the category of the hotel. The higher the "star", the wider the range of dishes offered to holidaymakers.

The abbreviation of the power system and its decoding

There are different categories of food in hotels. Explanation of the abbreviation is as follows:

1. RO - Room Only. Implies living without free meals, literally translated as "just a room."

2. JSC - Accommodation Only. In this case, meals are available for an additional fee, there may be a mini-kitchen in the room.

3. BO - "without food". This type assumes the convenience of the hotel on the principle of "sleep and rest" without too much frills.

4. BB - Bed and Breakfast. Only breakfast. Catering categories in hotels in Turkey suggest a "buffet" in the main restaurant for breakfast. In the rest of the day, meals are provided at the hotel for an additional fee. All drinks are paid. There are additional classifiers of this type of food:

• BP - Bermuda Plan. Breakfast includes a varied dense food, reminiscent of lunch.
• CP - Continental Plan or CB - Continental Breakfast. Breakfast is quite light, consisting of tea or coffee, biscuits with jam and butter.
• AB - American Breakfast or American Bullet. An analogue of a continental breakfast with a complement in the form of various sausage and meat cuts, cheeses and dishes from eggs.
• EB - English Breakfast. English breakfast consisting of butter, jam, tea, milk, fruit juice, scrambled eggs or scrambled eggs with ham or bacon, toast, coffee.

5. BB + - Bed and Breakfast +. The food is carried out according to the extended scheme, while free soft drinks are possible during breakfast. Sometimes, at the discretion of the hotel, there is free access to drinking water, drinks from the machines.

6. HB - Half Board. With this scheme, guests can enjoy food and drinks during breakfast and dinner. In this case, lunch at the hotel's restaurants is available on reservation at an additional cost.

7. HB + - Half Board +. This type of food includes supplements, with the exception of breakfast and dinner, free local drinks, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic, are provided. Depending on the type of hotel, drinks can be free all day.

8. DNR - Dinner. This is a rare category of food, when only dinner is served free of charge. It can be on the menu or in the form of a "buffet". With and without drinks.

9. BD - Brunch Dinner. With this type of food, breakfast smoothly switches to lunch without a break, and then sometimes to dinner. The restaurant is open all day. Drinks while eating are free. From alcohol production only beer or wine of local production is present.

10. FB - Full Board. Meals are free, three meals a day, does not include drinks. It is possible to provide meals "on the menu" or as a "buffet".

11. FB + - Full Board + or EXTFB - Extended Full Board. This type of food, when breakfast, lunch and dinner is served in the form of a "buffet". During the meal, alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks are free of charge. Depending on the concept of the hotel, additional meals are possible.

12. All (AI) - All Inclusive. The famous "all inclusive". It is not only a full unlimited board with various drinks, with additional meals: lunch, snack, barbecue, snacks on the beach, night dinner. At the same time all local drinks are free of charge, there are no restrictions on the amount of food, or on the amount drunk. In addition , the concept of the hotel with the abbreviation "All" offers its guests a variety of services, entertainment, opportunities for sports.

13. UAL - Ultra All Inclusive. Expanded service in the style of "All inclusive". If the tour shows this type of food and service, it means that the hotel, in addition to local drinks, serves imported drinks for free. With UAL, natural juices, chocolate, ice cream are included in the free service. There are some varieties of "ultra all inclusive":

• HCAL - Imperial High Class All Inclusive. This variety means full free service, except for shops, a doctor, a hairdresser and a snorkeling.
• CP - Club Pharaoh. A distinctive feature of the usual UAL are some services: a free massage session, champagne and fruit in the room, a constant refreshment of drinks in the refrigerator.
• UAL I Wish. Addition to unlimited possibilities of free food and services is the possibility of unlimited use of imported exclusive drinks, use of Jacuzzi, sauna, Turkish bath.

These are the different categories of food in hotels. It is worth saying that most of the holiday resorts in Turkey have long switched to the concept of "all inclusive" and "ultra all inclusive". The remaining categories of food in the hotels of the country are extremely rare.