Off-topic:
Originally Posted by
travel.flier
They've never run out in the lounges I've been in. I'm not sure why someone should buy food when it's provided for free as part of our benefits? That's like saying a 1k who gets so many upgrades shouldn't take their UDU even if F is open and no others on the waiting list because we get so many of them anyways.
Evening appetizers are part of the bennies in lounges. However, nowhere does it say evening
dinners are part of the bennies. Nor is it reasonably expected that someone is going to eat 15 mini beef pot pies. I'm sure Marriott does an expectation (as does anyone in catering) of people eating 'x' amount of nibbles when they're calculating & I doubt 15 is the amount expected. Also, when someone takes more than their share, that leaves less, if anything, for fellow travelers.
I know the GM of a European Marriott hotel hotel who deliberately scaled back on munchies in the evening because people in the lounge were making the evening offerings their dinner, & thus was impacting his restaurant revenue. I know a different UK Marriott family hotel who beefed up their offerings and people were easily making meals out of them. While I appreciated the extended offerings/choices, I personally thought the mgmt was nuts to do so due to the restaurant revenue reason.
On-topic:
It's nice to know about the 7days/week cont'l brekkie (note, it doesn't say full brekkie
) outside the US/Canada. Hopefully Marriott will get both portions of their website to match.
BTW - is anyone else interpreting this as 7days/week only for hotels that don't have exec lounges? That's how I'm reading it. I'm not reading it as if the lounge is closed on the weekends you get cont'l brekkie.
Cheers.