What Exactly is Self-Catering?
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- Aparna Patel
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- 25 Jul, 2023
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A self catering apartment, hotel room, hostel, vacation place, etc, is one where guests have facilities for making their own meals and cooking, and are allowed to do so.
Normally a hotel might give guests a kettle and some coffee/tea, maybe some biscuits, and usually a dining room with menu, sometimes also room service.
By contrast, a self catering apartment/room might have a small “galley kitchen” – for example a fridge, a hob or cooker, or microwave, some basic kitchenware – plates, cups, bowls, cutlery, a sink suitable for washing up, and so on. The self catering facility can be in the room/apartment itself, or a communal shared kitchen facility for all visitors. A galley kitchen isn’t large, it fits in the corner of an ordinary hotel room.
We went to Spain some time ago, and the hotel had self catering apartments as well as a dining facility with buffet. We enjoyed the buffet breakfast most days but cooked our own fish and made our own salad from local bought produce, one evening, and ate it on the room’s balcony. It was delicious!
Self-catering is a widely used term. It implies 1) that meals are not provided, but also 2) enough equipment is provided for guests to cook their own meals.
Exactly what equipment is provided can vary. There will be at least a fridge and some way of heating up meals, eating utensils, a table and chairs and somewhere to eat. Most will have a stove, an oven and a microwave. In places like the Seychelles a barbecue is almost universal, and the eating area may well be outside. At the extreme bottom of the price range some or all of the facilities may be shared. At the upper price end the accommodation will have its own well-equipped kitchen. Food is usually not provided, although there might possibly be some basic non-perishable staples like salt or oil.
You should check exactly what equipment is provided before renting.
Credit:stackoverflow.com‘
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