Travel Accommodation: Choosing a Bed & Breakfast
Bed & Breakfasts are an inexpensive way to stay in Saskatoon, and provide you the opportunity to see how Saskatoonians live.
Most are members of the Saskatchewan Country Vacations Association (306 731-2646), and all are
required to be licensed by the City. Here are some of their more important standards:
- Single room minimum size is 75 sq. ft., double room at least 100 sq.ft.
- Proper beds in each guest room and clothes closet or clothes butler
in each room
- $1 million public liability insurance as a B&B
- Smoke detectors located in each guest bedroom and on each floor of the home
- Bedroom windows must allow an emergency exit for guest.
- Two kilogram ABC fire extinguishers appropriately located and visible on each floor
- Individual towels available for each guest, changed and washed regularly
Bed & Breakfasts are also required by law to
have licensing and accreditation documents displayed in a common area
where all incoming guests can view them and be assured that the facilities
and it's proprietors are appropriately licensed.
This required documentation includes:
- A Province of Saskatchewan - Itinerant Use Accommodation - License:
signed by a Public Health Officer
- A Province of Saskatchewan - Safe Food Handling - Certificate:
signed by a Public Health Officer
- A City of Saskatoon - Business License:
up-to-date for the current year
- SCVA Accredited Members will have an Accreditation/Membership Certificate:
up-to-date for the current year.
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