I was rather excited yesterday to receive a tweet from someone with a link to a Daily Mail article describing Hopton House as one of the best Boutique B&Bs in the UK! The article is here if you'd like to read it.
I must admit that I've always shied away from calling Hopton House a boutique B&B. I'm never too sure what the term actually means and I'd rather guests chose us based on what they see on our website and on review sites such as TripAdvisor, rather than because we have been labelled in a certain way.
For the same reason I am slightly ambivalent about our star rating. It's great to be recognised for all the hard work we do but some people have said to me that they don't normally do 5 star B&Bs because "they can be a bit too formal or stuffy".We certainly don't do formal or stuffy at Hopton House! And feedback from VisitBritain has been around our customer service, levels of comfort, great breakfasts & attention to detail.
One rather unusual thing that has been said to me is that people don't trust places with 100% excellent reviews on TripAdvisor as they don't believe they're all genuine. It can sometimes feel like you just can't win in this business! I can promise you that all our reviews are real and I have been able to identify which of our lovely guests wrote what.
All that aside, I am very pleased to be included in the Mail article. Hopefully you'll be able to tell enough from the website and blog whether we are the right B&B for you.
