The Great White North gets a new fin with the West Meadows Bed and Breakfast in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

It's tough going at this B&B in Newport, Rhode Island.

A tree-lined lane is the right site for the Cleveland House in Newport,
Rhode Island. The bulky, waterfront chain competitors look like imposters by comparison.

Freshly baked specialty breads, free range eggs, and good local asparagus have earned a fin for the Greenbanks Country Hotel in Wendling, Norfolk, England.

Does a remote African tent encampment that serves food qualify as a B&B? You betcha.

We've provisionally decided to include cottages and cabins for rent in BnBShark.com, based on the observation that many people planning B&B getaway weekends would consider well-appointed cottages and cabins. We'll monitor this to make sure that this resonates with folks (or, that it doesn't).

Added a telling review of the Europa House Hotel in London, England. I hope that this traveler's experience was a statistically unusual one. Why can't more properties be like the Century House on Nantucket Island in Massachusetts? The Century House also got a new review posted today.

Added profile information to BnBShark.com blog. Updated database design powering the BnBShark.com website. Updated reviews, including new opinions of the Sweet Hancock Inn in Hancock, Vermont; the Holly Beach Hotel in Wildwood, New Jersey; the Century House in Nantucket, Massachusetts; and the Atlantis Inn in Ocean City, New Jersey.