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Im used to Quality Inn's, Drury Inn, and Best Western, Holiday Inn free breakfast. Its weird, that 2-3 star hotels can give you free eggs, toast, bagel, oatmeal, waffle, cereal, fruits, and 4-5 start hotels give you nothing or you have to pay $15-25 dollars for breakfast at heir restaurant.
Keeping in mind I usually am one that looks for the midscale hotel that includes breakfast in the rate (and I prefer Hampton being a Hilton guy, but a side point), a few points...
All the chains you mentioned are not offering truly "free" breakfast, it's just included in the room rate you pay.
The breakfast they offer, while usually very palatable and convenient, isn't (usually) the same level as the full service hotels. It's a buffet and usually prepackaged food. The full service restaurants are usually offering a server, made to order, actual china and silverware versus paper plates and plastic. It's not the same breakfast...
Now, whether it's worth the price they're asking? That's another question...
Keeping in mind I usually am one that looks for the midscale hotel that includes breakfast in the rate (and I prefer Hampton being a Hilton guy, but a side point), a few points...
All the chains you mentioned are not offering truly "free" breakfast, it's just included in the room rate you pay.
The breakfast they offer, while usually very palatable and convenient, isn't (usually) the same level as the full service hotels. It's a buffet and usually prepackaged food. The full service restaurants are usually offering a server, made to order, actual china and silverware versus paper plates and plastic. It's not the same breakfast...
Now, whether it's worth the price they're asking? That's another question...
Agreed, but if im paying $200-300 a night, they can offer a free buffet, if the 2-3 star hotel/motels can. Im not really in the mood to pay $30 for breakfast for 2 people including tip daily if its a nicer hotel, thats why I look into suites and try to cook my own breakfast, because those powdered scrambled eggs dont agree with me.
I just think that breakfast is absolutely overpriced at expensive hotels. Often they have nice breakfast buffets with fresh stuffs and made to order omelettes etc. but if you end up with $30 plus tip and tax (once I had like $80 breakfast bill for two) it is just not worth it. I anyways prefer buffet style breakfast as it is served in most European (even high class) hotels, with some hot dishes, breads and pastries, fruits, whatever you may want to try. Intercontinental hotels in Europe often have nice breakfast buffets.
The free Holiday-Inn Express breakfast at least includes fruits (bananas and apples), yoghurt, eggs (boiled, scrambled or omelette), some sausage, biscuits with gravy, toasts and bagels, muffins, cereals, warm cinnamon rolls, often waffles or pancakes. Its not superior quality and atmosphere, but its just a good deal for starting the day. After staying in different HIX hotels for like 10 consecutive nights, I got annoyed by that kind of food though.
But its same for everything. The expensive hotels often charge extra for parking, they even often did charge for Wi-Fi if you are not signed up for their loyalty programme. Maybe people who stay at $300 hotels just don't mind to pay $80 extra for any other amenities.
But its same for everything. The expensive hotels often charge extra for parking, they even often did charge for Wi-Fi if you are not signed up for their loyalty programme. Maybe people who stay at $300 hotels just don't mind to pay $80 extra for any other amenities.
In the US there's a little bit of a distinction now between a hot breakfast and a continental breakfast. The continental breakfast will usually only feature instant/already prepared foods (juice, fruit, cereal, muffins, bagels, etc.) I've also seen some include a waffle maker. When you start adding eggs, pancakes, breakfast meats, etc. you're staying at a pretty good place
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