Bed and Breakfasts Are Making a Comeback, and Here Are Some of the Best Towns to Find Them

Beds and breakfasts have shed their dusty image and are now attracting a new generation of travelers

Bannister's Wharf Newport, Rhode Island, known as the “sailing capital of the world,” also has many B&Bs to choose from. Noreen Kompanik/TNS

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Owners of bed and breakfasts, the immensely popular trend of the 1980s and 1990s, faced a decline in interest among vacationers for a while in the 2000s.