FB power: do not be hungry and save the figure

The long-awaited vacation for many is connected with a trip to the sea, during which you want to forget about all the worries and worries of everyday life. Cleaning and cooking take a lot of energy, so most of the holidaymakers prefer not to think about them on vacation. Choosing a hotel and type of food is not an easy task. How to save money and get high quality service? Hotels in Turkey and Egypt often work on the system "All inclusive", and the tourist has no choice but to go and pay for what, perhaps, he does not need. And many, having "enjoyed" such a service, prefer another vacation. In Europe, most hotels offer HB, FB, but there are a lot of such hotels where you can only settle for BB. So what do these magic letters mean?

Types of food in hotels

These designations are abbreviations, and of course, they came from English. BB means bed & breakfast. Well, in the case of HB (half board) and FB (full board) it is a semi- full board. The first is breakfast and dinner included in the price of accommodation, which sometimes, by agreement with the administration, can be replaced by lunch, and the second is nothing more than the usual three meals a day.

In all cases, free drinks are served for breakfast, but for having to drink juice, tea, coffee or something stronger for lunch or dinner, you will have to pay out of your own pocket. But there are exceptions. You can define them by additional symbols. So, if FB food has an additional "+" sign, hotel guests are offered free drinks (often defined) during all meals.

Sometimes this symbol can replace others, or a similar mark may be absent altogether. In this case, reliable information should be obtained first-hand, namely, from the hotel staff.

FB power - a way to save and not save a figure

Often, many tourists complain that they gained a few extra pounds while staying at a hotel where meals are organized according to the principle "take as much as you want and when you want." Indeed, how difficult it is to deny yourself a rest in anything, because between breakfast, lunch and dinner snacks are offered ice cream, sweets, potatoes and other goodies. A lot of tourists spend their holidays on the principle of "tearing off to the full". Hence the abuse of not only food, but alcohol.

Another thing is that FB is a type of food that will not make you fat, because the temptations to intercept something on the way from the sea to the room in this case will not arise. And the second important point is saving on the cost of the voucher. Well and on what to spend the saved means, on a trip always will be.

HB and FB food - important to know

Another subtlety that not all tourists know about. More often than not, FB food implies a so-called "buffet", that is an unlimited number of approaches and a wide range of dishes offered.

However, some hotels depart from this principle, offering vacationers food "a la carte." In this case, the day before or during breakfast you need to decide what will be served on the table for lunch or dinner, choosing from the menu. But in these hotels cold snacks and salads are often offered on the principle of "buffet".

Many tourists are disappointed to learn that the hotel they chose offers menu meals, fearing that they will go hungry. This opinion, of course, is mistaken. Yes, probably there will not be such a huge daily choice, but on the other hand, in this case you can get a much higher quality food, and this is also important. After all, in this case, the probability that you will have to eat pasta for breakfast, their own in the salad for lunch and in the form of a casserole for dinner, almost equal to zero.