Originally Posted by
Mossdog
Teesdale has been thronging with visitors this week so far, and in Barnard 'Spec Savers' Castle this morning it was packed. I meet up with a few friends (don't worry we were less than 7!), two of whom run holiday cottage businesses. They were very pleased to announce that they're fully booked up, one well into March 2021! This, in their experience, was exceptional.
However, we got to thinking, how would the local hospitality industry cope (presumably similarly all over the UK), when pubs, restaurants and cafes, and the like, have vastly reduced capacity. I can't envisage so many visitors/tourists being satisfied with remaining in their B&B rooms or holiday cottages, when they might want to be eating and drinking out during the day or of an evening.
However, no longer are you able to simply stroll in through a pub door and elbow your way to the bar. You have to be seated. Consequently, there will be a much stricter limit on how many customers might be accommodated. You might also imagine pubs, restaurants and cafes being none too pleased when a 'Jonny/Jenny-no-mates' arrives at the door to occupy a whole table to themselves with his or her lonely coffee, when the family of four waiting at the threshold for a table might set the till ringing with their orders.