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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In our day-to-day lives, my family eats pretty healthfully and we eat out only occasionally, but on vacation, we splurge (money and calories).  Hotel breakfast at a nice resort (I'm not talking about the powdered eggs and stale donuts in the Hampton Inn lobby) feels so indulgent and really makes me feel like I'm on vacation!  My kids are adventurous eaters and we all enjoy going out for local cuisine for lunches and dinners.  We aren't wealthy.  We budget and save for our vacations including meals out. [/quote]

PP here adding that we're a busy, on-the-go family in daily life so on vacation we're happy to take a more leisurely pace rather than rush out to "start the day."[/quote]

+1 I totally get that people are different but part of our goal in traveling is to smell the roses and hop off the grind a bit. Choking down yogurt and granola in the room at 7am so that we save time and can “start the day” is exactly the opposite of the pace we choose. The lovely breakfast IS part of the day for us. Not every single day. But yes, if I’m in Amsterdam and they are known for pancakes or stroopwafels, no I am not having a clif bar in the room. [/quote]

"Choking down yogurt and granola"

Why does having it in the room make it "choking it down"? If we are sharing a hotel room there's one bathroom, so some of us eat and watch tv or chat while someone else is in the shower, then we switch. And yes then we have more time to visit the area we are in. Don't dramatize having snacks or breakfast in a hotel room just because you don't do it, it's really not that big of a deal. Do it how you want, and let other people do it how they want. No extra drama needed. [/quote]

I said choking it down for two reasons. One is that I personally have a texture aversion to yogurt, so I’ll own that. The second reason was just to indicate that it was being eaten with speed at an early hour by an early rising person who thinks that being out the door early and active and on the go is the best/superior way to travel. It wasn’t with judgement, although I can see how some might take it that way. That’s not how I like to travel at all. I think there are some people who think their way is the only good way. I think there are multiple good ways, but I resent the implication that eating a relaxing, potentially indulgent breakfast on VACATION is bad or whatever. Fine if you never want to relax or indulge ever, but that’s a “you” choice/preference, not a universal truth. [/quote]

+1 I would travel with this PP and none of the PPs who think going out for a leisurely, hot breakfast (that somebody else cooks and cleans up!) is "wasting the day" on VACATION.  Eating yogurt in shifts in the hotel room doesn't appeal to me, and isn't enjoying the local fare part of the fun of vacation?  [/quote]

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