Antebellum mansions, country inns and manors, historic homes and farms, log cabins, mining camps and a deconsecrated church. Kentucky bed and breakfasts have many different names and they are located all across the state, from its river and lakes regions to its fabled horse country and rugged Cave Country to its Appalachian region and beyond.

Kentucky Bed & Breakfast Association members have different views and vistas, but they all have individual style and personality and meet and exceed exceptional quality standards for cleanliness, safety, hospitality and comfort—not to mention signature breakfasts that will leave you asking for more. This fall, member B&Bs are rolling out their welcome mats with packages that invite you to relax amidst Autumn’s burnished palette:

Member B&Bs are all about the unique experience: the former stained glass laden church now Christopher’s B&B in bustling Bellevue in Northern Kentucky; the country elegance of Gambill Mansion Bed & Breakfast in the Kentucky Appalachians; a private cabin at Paw Paw’s Landing in southeastern Kentucky; Barthell Mining Camp B&B and the 1869 Shaker Tavern in the southern part of the state; Whispering Winds Inn Bed & Breakfast, a contemporary inn with a resort vibe that puts guests within steps of boating, fishing, hiking, camping, horseback riding and golf in the western reaches of Kentucky; the River House that overlooks the Mighty Ohio not far from Owensboro; the 1888 Historic Rocking Horse Manor in the Derby Region’s “Old Louisville” neighborhood; and the Doctor’s Inn in arts-centric Berea in the heart of the Bluegrass.

These B&Bs, as well as all Association member B&Bs, have fall packages (click “Specials” on the website) that also celebrate the unusual: “Fall Color & Wildflowers Getaway” at the organic farm B&B, Snug Hollow, in central Kentucky; a “Fall Getaway-The Ultimate Adventure & Spa Package” on a working alpaca farm, fiber farm store and studio at the award-winning 1851 Historic Maple Hill Manor in Springfield; “Kentucky Horse Park Fall Special” at the Bryan House B&B—known as the “jewel of Georgetown”; a “Ghostly Getaway” at the DuPont Mansion or Inn at the Park in Old Louisville that includes a tour of the “most haunted Victorian District in America”; a Fall Wine & Murder Getaway at Springhill Winery & Plantation in Bloomfield; and Camp Springs House Kentucky Wool Festival (Oct. 3-5) Package.

With the Association’s “Frequent Stay” program, members welcome visitors to sample the state’s treasure trove of unique B&Bs, from one region to another. Download a “Passport to Kentucky’s Fine Southern Porches” to earn a Buy 1 Night/Get 1 Night Free Voucher by staying at a member B&B any three leisure times or any combination of five leisure and business times.

Just visit the website, print off the “Frequent Stay” passport and present it to any BBAK Innkeeper where you have just stayed. The innkeeper will place a stamp in one of the boxes with the inn’s name, innkeeper initials and date of your stay. (Consecutive nights do not count for more than one stamp.)

Upon collecting and fulfilling the required stamps, guests mail their passports to BBAK for a Buy 1 Night/Get 1 Night FREE Voucher, valid for one full year from the issue date.

For visitors who want to share their unique B&B experiences with others, BBAK also offers gift certificates. Because they have no expiration date and can be issued in any dollar amount for use at participating member inns (individual inn policies apply), they are a versatile gift for all occasions, including as a “thank you” to employees. Gift recipients will long remember being treated to a relaxing, amenity-rich, only-in-Kentucky B&B experience. Not only that, when visitors to the BBAK website sign up for the Association’s newsletter for discount offers and Hot Deals announcements, they will be eligible to win a free night at a member B&B during the Association’s Free Night Stay B&B Giveaway. Sign-ups for the giveaway are available through Thanksgiving Day.

Guests who’ve sampled and savored breakfast at a Kentucky B&B and want to extend the experience to their own dining room tables can now do so with the new cookbook, Room at the Table: A Collection of Recipes from the Premier Bed and Breakfasts of Kentucky, published in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Bed & Breakfast Association of Kentucky. Blending the finest ingredients together—travel, history and food—the book is as satisfying a read as is a stay at a member B&B. The cookbook, published by McClanahan House, was organized with the help of innkeeper Marsha Burton at the gothic beauty, Inn at Woodhaven in Louisville, and innkeeper Devona Porter at the antebellum Tucker House, also in Louisville, and features gourmet B&B recipes and beautiful color photography of the Bluegrass by master photographer Robin Victor Goetz of Northern Kentucky. It may be purchased through the BBAK website at a cost of $24.95 plus tax and shipping/handling.

Book a room at a cottage, a mining camp, a farm, a plantation, a manor, a manse, a winery or other uniquely Kentucky B&B lodging and make the kind of memories you get when experiencing the unusual and distinctive. Look for the BBAK’s gold seal carrying the words, “All inns inspected and approved” to be assured of a quality stay. Besides the special brand of hospitality B&Bs are known for, you’ll enjoy fine Kentucky breakfasts, a rewards program and a chance to win a free overnight at a member B&B.

The Bed & Breakfast Association of Kentucky is a professional association of Kentucky innkeepers, dedicated to providing a unique, quality-assured bed and breakfast/small inn hospitality experience. It is a non-profit, statewide organization that is member driven and committed to the advancement of the bed and breakfast industry. The BBAK includes more than 100 bed and breakfasts, each of which must meet criteria and standards for membership that set the stage for the Association’s unparalleled level of quality accommodations and guest satisfaction.

B&Bs are found in each of Kentucky’s nine regions, in antebellum mansions, Victorian manors, country estates, “gentleman’s” farms, organic farms and horse farms, 19th century rowhouses, a renovated church, a mining camp and log cabins and other historic, renovated structures. For more information about the Bed & Breakfast Association of Kentucky, its “Frequent Stay” program, Gift Certificates, Free Night Stay B&B Giveaway and new cookbook and to download the free Member Directory, visit www.kentuckybb.com or call 1-888-281-8188.