Hi All,
We are a family of 4 traveling with our kids next summer (they will be 13 & 15 years old). Does anyone know of a B&B with a family room or 2 rooms that offers breakfast and might NOT be on one of those many booking sites? I don't mind contacting the owners directly.
Thanks in advance.
So folks can make relevant suggestions, you really should define "inexpensive" numerically.
$150-200 per night
to put that into local terms, you're looking for two rooms and breakfast for a total of €129 - €170 total per night or €65 - €85 per room. I'd call that inexpensive. I don't know anywhere that cheap in Bruges. Sorry.
Your financial plans may not be realistic for a high-end destination that has tremendous demand almost year-round. I think it's even a honeymoon destination, it's considered such a romantic place. I personally would not try for that price range, but you might have more success in a "college town" like Leuven or maybe even Gent. Are you aware that it is entirely practical (if not as "romantic an experience") to visit Bruges as a daytrip from the nearby cities, by unreserved, very frequent trains? There is also a large range of housing in Antwerp, but I hesitate to recommend it for you because there might be some really low-end places there (?) Antwerp is a much bigger city than the places named so far. BTW, also know that the beautiful medieval cores of all these places are surrounded by banal, low-rise, modern cities.
taking an idea of Tim's there is a Campanile south of Gent (Ghent) about 40 km from Bruges, for a random date in late August including breakfast they are about €95 per room, one adult and one child in each of two rooms. That's as cheap as I can get, and that when adding in transport will bust your budget.
There are two hostels in Bruges in the RS guidebook - looks like one has closed. But the other one is open - they may have private rooms or dorms with bath where you could book the entire dorm. Appear to be in your price range.
Check out Hotel Patritius - they have a Quadruple room and it includes breakfast. I stayed there in April and it's a nice location on a quiet street with very friendly staff. The price may be more than you'd like though - it's €288 per night for the quad room on a random night in August. Honestly, for a family room, this doesn't seem like a terrible price.
Years ago we stayed at B&B Dieltens (now named Amaryllis Dieltens and looks to be a different couple running it), but it was in a great location and the included breakfast was amazing. I couldn't find prices on their website, but you could email them. They don't have a quad room, so you'd need to get two separate rooms.
Good luck!
