Staying at a Spencer, Iowa, Bed and Breakfast is a fantastic experience. You get great food, friendly hosts and an atmosphere you can’t find in a traditional hotel or motel. (Spencer’s only hotel has closed, so in Spencer, Iowa, your lodging choices are motels or bed and breakfast inns. Go for the B&B!) Here is 6 reasons to stay at a Bed and Breakfast instead of a motel when visiting Spencer, Clay County, IA:

1. Home cooked breakfasts made with organic or natural ingredients
Like the name suggests a bed and breakfast includes breakfast in the price of your overnight stay! Clay County bed and breakfast owners take great pride in their breakfasts offering a wide variety of dishes to fit your needs or requirements. This may include fresh organicall grown fruit, hot meals, cereal or other delicious foods. Make sure you let your host know about any special dietary requirements.

2. Free extras (Wireless High Speed Internet & jacuzzi)
At both of the Spencer B&Bs, you can have free Internet access or if you stay at the Hannah Marie County Inn, every room has a jacuzzi. Spencer bed and breakfast includes them as part of the experience. What a great way to relax after a long day of sight seeing! Check your email and then soak in the jaquizzi.

3. Bed and Breakfasts are friendlier
Why stay in a motel room where you are just another customer? Bed and breakfast owners appreciate you. They want you to have a good time and will make your stay an enjoyable one. Bed and breakfast owners offer you a unique insight into the local community. They can tell you about places to visit, special events, or just offer you the chance to make a new friend. And, if you want privacy, you’ll get it.

4. Unique Experiences
The bed and breakfast experience is unique. In Spencer, the two B&Bs are at opposite ends of town. The Hannah Marie Country Inn is south of Spencer, while Connie’s B&B is north of Spencer in the rural community of Fostoria. They exist in different locations, and offer different services. For example, Connie’s bed and breakfast offers packages to hunters, because they have an excellent kennel just down the road.  And, at Connie’s B&B you can also stay for longer periods of time at a great savings as Connie’s B&B also offers the features of a traditional Boarding House.

5. Comfort and quiet
Both of these bed and breakfast inns offer you peace and quiet. Both of these inns have beautiful garden areas. You can spend your days just relaxing and enjoying the beauty of nature.

6. Near the Iowa Lakes area
Both of these bed and breakfast inns are within driving distance of the Iowa Great Lakes recreation area.  Connie’s is just 10 minutes from the shores of Lake Okoboji, and the Hannah Marie Country Inn is within driving distance of Lost Island Lake and about 20 minutes from th shores of Lake Okoboji.

You’ll find, when visiting Spencer, Iowa, that both these inns offer far more services than a traditional motel chain, higher quality food and a personal touch that cannot be beat!