British hotels, we are pretty constantly being reminded, are bad
and indifferent as. well as good. I doubt whether they deserve serious criticism as a whole, except perhaps by comparison with those of a purely tourist country like Switzerland. And I am impressed (and record my impression even though it means giving gratuitous commendation to a commercial concern—in which I have never had the smallest interest) by what the Trust Houses, in particular, are doing for the reputation of the hotel industry in this country. Thanks to their central management and the high standards it sets, one can always count on getting from a Trust House all that a good hotel may reasonably be asked to offer. It may or may not be actually the best hostelry in a particular town or village—the good " individual " British hotel is a hotel at its best=but you know in advance that it will "not let you down, and very likely you know nothing at all about the other houses. Various other advantages accrue from the relationship of the Trust HOuSei to the central body and to one another, and the fact that they are run on the principle of disinterested management is a strong point in their favour.
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