For the short story see The Boarding House. " The Boarding House " is a short story by James Joyce published in his 1914 collection Dubliners.

A boarding house can also be called a "rooming house" (mainly in the United States) or a "lodging house". The United States of America —commonly referred to as the It is a house (often a family home) in which people on vacation or lodgers rent one or more rooms for one or more nights, and sometimes for extended periods of weeks, months and years. House generally refers to a Shelter or Building that is a Dwelling or place for Habitation by Human beings. Lodging or a holiday accommodation is a type of residential Accommodation. Lease Renting is an agreement where a payment is made for the temporary Years ago the boarders would typically share washing, breakfast and dining facilities; in recent years it has become common for each room to have its own washing and toilet facilities. Breakfast is the first meal of the day The word derives from the idea of break ing the '''fast''' of sleep Such boarding houses were often found in English seaside towns (for holidaymakers) and college towns (for students). Lists of holidays The words holiday or vacation have related meanings in different English-speaking countries and continents but will usually refer to one of A college town or university town is a community (often literally a Town, but possibly a small or medium sized City, or in some cases a Neighborhood

In the United Kingdom, the boarding houses were typically run by landladies, and the practice was that boarders would arrange to stay bed-and-breakfast (bed and breakfast only), half-board (bed, breakfast and dinner only) or full-board (bed, breakfast, lunch and dinner). The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Especially for families on holiday with children, boarding (particularly on a full-board basis) was an inexpensive alternative and certainly much cheaper than staying in any but the cheapest hotels.

Bed and breakfast accommodation (B&B), which exists in many countries in the world (e. Bed and breakfast, also known as B&B, is a term originating in the United Kingdom, but now also used all over the world for an establishment that offers accommodation g. the UK, the USA, Canada, and Australia), is a specialised form of boarding house in which the guests or boarders normally stay only on a bed-and-breakfast or half-board basis, and where long-stay residence is rare. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.

Apart from the worldwide spread of the concept of the B&B, there are equivalents of the British boarding houses elsewhere in the world. For example, in Japan, minshuku are an almost exact equivalent although the normal arrangement would be the equivalent of the English half-board. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. A is a type of Traditional Japanese Inn dating from the Edo period ( 1603 – 1868) when they served travelers along Japan's highways In Hawaii, where the cost of living is high and incomes barely keep pace, it is common to take in lodgers (who are boarders in English terminology) that share the burden of the overall rent or mortgage payable. The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the A mortgage loan is a Loan secured by Real property through the use of a Mortgage (a legal instrument

In fiction

• Our Boarding House - American newspaper comic strip that ran from 1921 to 1981, starring Major Hoople. Our Boarding House was a gag panel launched September 16. 1921 by Gene Ahern.
• Hey Arnold! - Cartoon in which the main character lived in a boarding house. Hey Arnold! is an American Animated television series that aired from October 7, 1996 until June 8, 2004 on
• Maison Ikkoku, from the manga/anime Maison Ikkoku, is a boarding house. ˈmɑŋgə is the Japanese word for Comics (sometimes called komikku コミック and print Cartoons In their modern form manga date from shortly (anime in Japanese, is a Seinen Manga by Rumiko Takahashi which was serialized in the manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from 1980 through 1987
• The Birthday Party and The Room - Two Harold Pinter plays that take place in boarding houses. The Birthday Party (1958 is the first full-length play by Harold Pinter and one of Pinter's best-known and most-frequently performed plays The Room is the title of the first play written by Harold Pinter.
• "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" - Play by August Wilson that takes place in a boarding house
• In the 1951 science fiction film The Day the Earth Stood Still the central characters live in a Boarding Hourse in Washington, DC. Joe Turner's Come and Gone is a play by American Playwright, August Wilson, the second installment of his decade-by-decade chronicle of the African-American The Day the Earth Stood Still is a 1951 Black-and-white Science fiction film that tells the story of a humanoid alien visitor who comes

See also

• List of types of lodging
• Boarding School

This is a selected list of types of lodging. Items on this list should be types of Lodging, however loosely defined A boarding school is a School where some or all pupils not only study but also live during term time with their fellow students and possibly teachers

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