LIH Prem

how many bunk in a room at that youth hostel for 50 EUR a night?

I get your point, but I don't think it's really a valid comparison, and no, I am not defending HP.

-David

zxsuxr

Are you serious?? A hostel? Remember the people who stay at HP are business folk. They aren't interested in sharing bathrooms or showers with strangers. Majority of us business travels look for a consistent product. I don't think any business travel would stay in a youth hostel unless they are used carpet salesman...lol

jayer

Not a valid cost comparison at all between the average Austrian youth at a hostel who will be concerned about not being too packed to bike and the average overfed AARP member in America who is only concerned about fitting through the door of a Buick.

steve64

I've had 2 recent stays at Hyatt Place (Tempe, AZ and Ft Worth, TX City-view) and both had disgusting scrambled eggs and sausage as the complimentary breakfast offering.

I hope this is just 2 properties going rogue and not an official HP policy change. I respect that many didn't like the "skillet" sandwiches, but I did. And they seemed to be made from "real" ingredients. The eggs at both properties were obvious made from powdered eggs. Ft Worth at least had some hot sauce to try and give them some flavor. The sausage at Tempe was sitting in a skillet soaking in their grease while at Ft Worth they were dried out and also seemed to be reconstituted in some fashion. I don't see how many folks could prefer the chemical eggs/sausage to the sandwiches.

I also checked both the generic Hyatt Place and Ft Worth websites. Both still listed the complimentary breakfast as "Skillets (hot breakfast sandwich, hot sweet item.)"

777 global mile hound

Hmm love disgusting dry curdled fake eggs my favorite
I respect that Hyatt continues to want to put a sub-par breakfast product into the limited service properties while the owners get to charge a premium on rates.
I say that as many times the full service properties are on par with a similar rates/ADR. Though of course not all the time.

Having said that I still think they could fix upgrade the cold part/continental breakfast easily enough though they seem unwilling.
I see continued down grades in most everything on the breakfast front. Elimination of individual chilled yogurts at some properties with the big soupy room temp bowls of yogurt, generic institutional cereals in chutes that fall all over the floor as guests try and dispense
All eyes of the beholder of course. Nothing can save powdered eggs the are insult to diners and chefs the world over.

I've given up excepting any improvement after a half decade plus on the breakfast front with the limited service properties.
Hilton Garden Inn to their cerdit for that low end buffet simply does a reasonably better job.

At the end of the day cost control is more important than guest satisfaction.The brand was essentially built without full kitchens like a Hilton Garden Inn.
I respect that from a financial savings and putting more say into the hard product.
For me its simply never going to make me a satisfied breakfast customer the way I find great joy in the full service Hyatt properties and consider a wide variety to have the true Hyatt gold standard touch when they hit their mark.

What I would like to see Hyatt do is give elites the option to opt out of the breakfast entirely and earn points and be able to do away with the breakfast entirely.
I'd opt in permanently with rare exception and stay with the brand more regularly than avoiding it as much as I can now
I really like Hyatt Place where they aren't one of the more select failed former troubled Ameri Suites properties with noise issues that went unaddressed in the conversion process

neo_781

Sara Lee will be happy to know that their efforts to make their processed food look real may be working in some cases. Check this timely article out that shows some of the lengths they are going to make artificial food look more natural.

777 global mile hound

Interesting article Thanks for sharing!
Who knows before long canned SPAM and powdered eggs will be considered artisan,organic,hand carved and rustic

Lets just hope the trend doesn't spread to the full service brands!
Hyatt built its distinctive legacy on unique design, dedicated professional service and quality food and beverage I hope they don't start throwing in the towel
In regards to the breakfast service at Hyatt Place the bar has clearly been lowered long ago in lines of Holiday Inn Express with better presentation

GeorgeJ

Hyatt Place Blue Ash OH had skillet andwiches last week but also had scrambled eggs and sausage. Since I try to eat low-carb I went with the eggs and sausage. Luckily, I didn't find them to be disgusting..

So it looks like the additional items have been rolled-out nationwide? Or just at selected locations?