Life goal: to be wealthy enough that hotel $25 breakfast buffet seems reasonable
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Anonymous
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With kids, it's sometimes just so much easier to eat at the hotel, especially if there's a decent buffet and decent service.
For example, we've stayed at a quite nice Hilton in North Scottsdale that was about $25 for adults for the buffet and half that for the kids. It included custom omelets, but the kids can grab stuff from the buffet to nibble on while they're waiting. Was it amazing? No, but a decent value and we all get fed without negotiating where to go and risking long waits on weekends. Is it more than I'd like to spend? Yeah, but convenience is worth something and we'd be good and well fed for HOURS. Of course, the breakfast entrees were nearly the same price as the buffet once you added the $4 coffee (which is included with the buffet), so it was relatively reasonable. Now I'm wondering if there's a credit card that would've mostly paid for itself after a few of these brunches. We don't tend to stay with the same hotel chain - it's always about location and value. So perhaps that's not for us. |
Anonymous
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If I'm traveling in the U.S. with a car, a $4 McDonald's breakfast sandwich hits the spot.
Obviously this wouldn't apply if I'm staying in a walkable city, but I'd 100% leave a suburban Holiday Inn for a drive thru breakfast before I'd pay $25/person for rubbery buffet eggs that everyone has been breathing on. |
Anonymous
The Big 3 US-based hotel chains all provide free breakfast at various status levels, some of which can be obtained with the status that comes with their branded credit cards. The easiest is Hilton since you only need Gold status. But this only works if you stick to Hiltons. |
Anonymous
| We have lifetime status with a hotel chain. We only hotel breakfast if it is free, which it often is. |
Anonymous
| I stayed at the Hyatt in Muscat in Oman and I still dream about their brunch. I have no idea how much it cost (I’m a teacher and very budget conscious) but it was worth it. |
Anonymous
| Much better to aim for status and get free breakfast |
Anonymous
+1. We have a pretty high net worth and expensive breakfast/brunch is just not worth it to us. |
Anonymous
Yup. So was one at Tiffany's in NYC. |
Anonymous
what's your NW PP? |
Anonymous
| I agree. It’s too expensive for what you get in return. For a family of 4, that’s too much for low quality eggs and bagels. Who wants to pay $100+ for a subpar breakfast? |
Anonymous
| I don’t like it, but I’m comfortable enough that I might pay it. If we’re traveling and going to be sightseeing all day, everyone eats a good meal at the buffet, goes up to the room to get ready, and we head out on our day, grab something like an ice cream for a snack, and then we go out for a nice dinner. The buffets at nice hotels can be absolutely fabulous, and are usually way more than that. If I’m somewhere for business, then maybe egg bites and coffee at Starbucks. And even at the chain hotels in the US, I found that after I tipped nicely at the first meal, I often didn’t get rung up for all the breakfasts (like just one for two people) because even the servers know that most people get them for free. |
Anonymous
| Sometimes, do the math. When I book, check the rack rate per person with the “bed and breakfast” deal, and then figure out how much just the room is if you pay for breakfast yourself. “Free” isn’t always cheaper. |
Anonymous
| I dislike buffets. I would rather order off the menu. I get the item that I prefer and it comes out piping hot. |
Anonymous
| $25 is fine. I've seen more that are like $35-40 which is pushing it. Breakfast at Starbucks is around $10 a person. |
Anonymous
A lot. I never say the amount because inevitably some troll will argue it’s not a lot. |