Originally Posted by buttsfife:
“Is there a "warts and all" account of the whole process somewhere online from someone who has taken part ?”
Yes, a few - but I don't recollect anyone saying anything truly bad about their experience. One or two owners did on their FB pages (some of which had to be taken down for a while till the abuse from viewers stopped) but I expect those comments - and / or owners - are long gone. The only one I distinctly remember is
this one from 2013, a b&b / hotel from Melksham.
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I think this commentary was particularly interesting because it gave the schedule of visits and indicated that when visiting an area, the owners arrive in a non-4iaB property the night before and each couple is booked into a different hotel so they have no opportunity to meet without being overseen by the production team.