Editing Boarding house (section)

==Arrangements==
[[File:Miners boarding house.jpg|thumb| Early-20th-century dinner in a miners' boarding house in northern [[Canada]]]]
Formerly 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. Such boarding houses were often found in [[England|English]] seaside towns (for [[tourism|tourists]]) and [[college towns]] (for students). It was common for there to be one or two elderly long-term residents. "The phrase "boardinghouse reach" [referring to a diner reaching far across a dining table] comes from an important variant of hotel life. In boardinghouses, tenants rent rooms and the proprietor provides family-style breakfasts and evening dinners in a common dining room. Traditionally, the food was put on the table, and everyone scrambled for the best dishes. Those with a long, fast reach ate best."<ref name="ark.cdlib.org">Groth, Paul. ''Living Downtown: The History of Residential Hotels in the United States''. Chapter One – Conflicting Ideas about Hotel Life. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft6j49p0wf/</ref>

Boarders can often 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). Especially for families on holiday with children, boarding (particularly on a full-board basis) was an inexpensive alternative and much cheaper than staying in all but the cheapest hotels.