This is the first book to give recognition to this distinct, economically important and expanding form of tourism business by, bringing together recent and international research on this common form of commercial tourism accommodation.

Paul Lynch is Senior Lecturer in Hospitality and Tourism Management at the University of Strathclyde, UK

Alison McIntosh is Associate Professor in Hospitality and Tourism Management at the University of Waikato, New Zealand

Hazel Tucker is Senior Lecturer in Tourism at the University of Otago, New Zealand

1. Introduction 2. Bed and Breakfast, Homestay and Farmstay Accommodation: Forms and Experiences 3. Hosts as Entrepreneurs: Female Commercial Home Entrepreneurs in Gaeltacht Areas in the West of Ireland 4. Farmstay Enterprises: (Re)Interpreting Public/Private Domains and 'Home' Sites and Sights 5. Sharing Space with Visitors: The Servicescape of the Commercial Exurban Home 6. Exploring the Importance of Setting to the Rural Tourism Experience for Rural Commercial Home Entrepreneurs and Their Guests 7. The Discourse of Home Hosting: Examining the Personal Experiences of Commercial Home Hosts 8. Time to Trade? Perspectives of Temporality in the Commercial Home Enterprise 9. Behaving Appropriately: Managing Expectations of Hosts and Guests in Small Hotels in the UK 10. The Cave Homes of Göreme: Performing Tourism Hospitality in Gendered Space 11. Rural Dimensions of the Commercial Home 12.The Hospitable Muslim Home in Urban Malaysia: A Sociable Site for Economic and Political Action 13. The Monastic Cloister: A Bridge and a Barrier Between Two Worlds 14. The Diversification of the Commercial Home: Evidence from Regional Australia 15. All at Sea: When the Commercial Home is a Sailing Boat 16. Conclusions and Research Considerations