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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work for an org that is planning a multi-day event at a hotel in Puerto Rico.  It is a large, major chain hotel in San Juan.  Our meeting planner reviewed our food and beverage orders with the hotel today today, and since she and I are both tea drinkers, she confirmed what type of black/breakfast tea they serve.  And the hotel told her that they don't have black tea.  Not that they are out-- they just don't stock it at all. I told her that is unacceptable and they have to either get some, or discount our beverage service rate if I have to purchase tea for all of the tea drinkers at the event.

Am I being unreasonable to expect that a major hotel that hosts large events should have breakfast tea available? I am accustomed to being given limited/bad tea options at restaurants so I always carry some in my bag, but I've never been told by a hotel that they simply don't carry it.

I realize that in the grand scheme of life this is not a big deal, but I have been attending/managing conferences for 20+ years and this is not an issue I've ever dealt with.[/quote]

Buy a big ol' box of Lipton from Giant and bring it with you and call it a day.[/quote]

Would you say the same if a hotel said they didn't serve black coffee?  Just bring a big ol' box of Nescafe?[/quote]

I thought bringing a big box of tea is a great idea.  And really, how many people drink tea? I think bringing one large box should more than cover it.[/quote]

+1. It's not even that expensive. You can even bring a few boxes of different kinds of tea, if the hotel is not able to provide it. In fact, if they are so clueless about tea, whatever the hotel buys is probably not going to be good tea. So I would just bring a variety of good tea if you care that much. [/quote]

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