Readers recommend

Maine: bonnie B&B;

Blue Harbor House, 67 Elm St., Camden 04843; (800) 248-3196, www.blueharborhouse.com. “Delightful B&B; is a short walk to downtown Camden. Comfortably decorated rooms have private baths. Wonderful breakfasts. Owners are a delightful family from Scotland.” Doubles range from $95 to $205, depending on season.

Lynn and Harvey Shields

Mission Viejo

Canada: island idyll

Aston House Bed & Breakfast, 205 Quarry Drive, Salt Spring Island, B.C. V8K 1J2; (866) 538-1868, www.astonhouse.ca. “This new luxury B&B; has two elegantly decorated bedrooms with fireplaces and a view of beautiful Vesuvius Bay from the bedrooms, balconies, terrace and gazebo. Eric and Mariette Klemm’s many years running their own Relais & Chateaux resort has helped them create the best B&B; we’ve ever encountered.” Doubles from $144 to $154, depending on season.

Elliot and Charlene Elgart

Los Angeles

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