Texas, USA
Texas bed and breakfast hospitality in the Lone Star State
Everything is big in Texas. The tourism industry is gigantic and the Texas bed and breakfast industry is huge. Millions of tourists spend well over $44 billion in Texas annually visiting more than 100 state parks, bed and breakfasts and recreation areas. Most Texas B&B lodge and inn visitors stay nearby to points of interest such as the Gulf Coast resort area, the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, the Alamo in San Antonio, the state capital in Austin and the Big Bend and Guadalupe Mountains National Park. There is a Texas bed and breakfast for every kind of visitor of every persuasion, from the couple looking for an intimate B&B lodge or inn to a family wanting to hop from B&B to B&B right across the state.
Texas cities are huge too. One could spend a vacation in a bed and breakfast in one of the state's big cities namely Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston or San Antonio and still not see all the sights available in a twenty mile radius. Texas bed and breakfast travelers are advised to combine Texas city B&B lodge or inn stays with visits to bed and breakfasts in the less urban areas: The countryside offers so much variety -- the wildflowers alone are worth a drive and there are Texas bed and breakfasts well-located near wild flower country -- and the huge blue sky is best appreciated from the wide open spaces.
If you are a snowbird from the North, you will absolutely love Texas bed and breakfast hopping across the state in the nice, mild climate in Texas. B&B visitors are advised to experience the large variety of wildlife and beautiful lakes and scenery in Texas. The prices in Texas are reasonable and, best of all, Texans are friendly. Actually "Friendship" is the state's motto. Its nickname "The Lone Star State", perhaps one of the most recognized nicknames of any state and there is many a B&B lodge inn or bed and breakfast incorporating the nickname.
As your Texas bed and breakfast host will tell you, the moniker comes from the symbolism of the star on the 1836 flag of the republic, the "National Standard of Texas." The single golden star on a blue background signified Texas as an independent republic and was a reminder of the state's struggle for independence from Mexico.
Many Texas bed and breakfast visitors are there on business. Texas is known internationally for its energy and aeronautics industries, health care research and institutions, and its shipping industry at the Port of Houston. B&B lodge and inn hosts are proud of the fact that Texas is home to the most Fortune 500 companies in the US. It is the leading oil producer in the nation and there are bed and breakfasts near the oilfields too. More beef is produced in Texas than in any other state so beef is usually on the menu at Texas bed and breakfast establishments.
