Juhász Gyula - Szántó András: Hotels - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1999)

strict regulations were in force, but many took in families, too. The pensions offered several types of services, sometimes even full board, which included three meals a day served in a larger room turned into a dining hall. This room would then be used as a study, a parlour or a music room during the rest of the day. The pensions in the inner city often had suites with bathrooms, but cold running water was laid on as a matter of course in almost every room. In the 1910s a telephone was a regular feature in most pensions. The comfortably appointed parlours, the furniture, the objects of daily use as well as the ornaments all suggested the pleasant atmosphere of a decent bourgeois flat. Tenants staying for a longer period of time and regular patrons were often given a discount, and permanent guests who became famous while stayThe Intim at No. 30 Maria

Intim üdülő pensip

Intim pension réc|íu'aleseenc

Budapest, Vili., tv'k^r'm éten 30.

TELE(?pN : József 42—08.

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