Once you arrive in Matamata you'll find a few older, no-frills motels and a smattering of bed-and-breakfasts catering to Hobbit visitors, including the new Chestnut Lane Cottage, where the charming owners greeted us with warm scones slathered in orange jam and whipped cream.
The residents, led by Tara Klein, who is involved in community projects, said they had plans and financing in place to buy the Forster House and turn it into a bed and breakfast and catering operation.
As the nation's first bed and breakfast inn catering to medical marijuana users, the Compassion Flower Inn is receiving more attention for its opening than a five-star hotel.
Mr. Cheren, who died in 2007, also created a bed-and-breakfast here catering mainly to gay customers, and it remains busy today, with a more diverse — but still more than 50 percent gay — clientele.
· Seven nights in a three-star hotel from £750 bed and breakfast, £575 self catering.
Doubles start at €170 with breakfast and self-catering cottages start at €400 per week, with short stays also available.
From €60 for a double with breakfast goshorty82 Self-catering apartment (a converted hayloft) full of character in the mountains near some of the best paragliding sites in Europe.
Other options include the seven-bedroom farmhouse at Denbies (01306 876616; denbies.co.uk) near Dorking, with doubles from £98, including breakfast; and self-catering cottages at the Camel Valley vineyard in Cornwall (01208 77959; camelvalley.com), costing from £400 for a week for two.
Loans have been made to about 950 households, mostly in urban areas to people selling bread, preparing breakfasts and other small catering businesses.
Lodging JERSEY : Jersey has a free brochure listing accommodations, from modest bed-and-breakfasts to self-catering to luxury hotels.
