MAP Mystery Solved

Have you ever wondered why we describe our rates as MAP or BP? MAP, or Modified American Plan, is how the Europeans have described American hotel rates since the 18th century.

The first American hotels, successors to the early inns, differed from their European prototypes by charging a fixed fee for food and lodging (American plan). The modern hotel in America dates from the early days of railroad travel, when modest hostelries become more spacious and efficient to accommodate the greater number of people traveling by rail. Hotels were built near railroads and offered a full day's meals with the lodging; hence, the rates were named the "American Plan" by the Europeans. For many years $1.00 per day was the accepted price!

The Modified American Plan (also called "Half Board") typically covers breakfast and either lunch or dinner. That descriptor continues today throughout the hotel industry worldwide.

Our hotel rates include breakfast, afternoon tea and dinner, and are called the MAP as is the tradition. On occasion we offer BP or Breakfast Plan, which includes breakfast only. So now you know!