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In the earliest days of Colonial America, lodging establishments were few and far between in the 1700s. Apart from a few "coaching inns" (an even smaller number of which survive today), travelers relied on strangers to provide a bed for the night. During the Great Depression, homes offering "tourist" rooms provided cheap lodging for the traveler and welcome income for the host.
After World War II, Americans traveling abroad experienced the European-style bed and breakfast for the first time, and many were inspired to open bed and breakfasts of their own after returning home. Increased interest in bed and breakfast lodging coincided with an increasing interest in historic preservation, spurred by the U.S. Bicentennial, the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, and the Tax Reform Act of 1976, which provided tax incentives for the restoration and reuse of historic structures.
Through the 1980s and 1990s, bed and breakfasts increased rapidly in numbers, evolving from homestays with shared baths and simple furnishings to meticulously renovated historic mansions with luxurious décor and amenities. Today bed and breakfasts are found in all 50 states, in major cities and remote rural areas, from modest cottages to opulent mansions, and in restored historic structures from pre-colonial carriage houses and cabooses to lighthouses and log cabins.
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