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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 9:36 am
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Originally Posted by lewende
By all means, I 100% agree - HI breakfast sucks...if I have a chance, I will evade to Hilton Garden Inn even if I have to drive extra miles to be there. Unfortunately, HI is still my only choice at some middle of nowhere towns.
Agree on all counts.

Originally Posted by cblaisd
It didn't use to be like this; five years ago, Hampton breakfasts were much better and local management was allowed to "personalize" the breakfast with local offerings.
I know of one Hampton where the manager quite agrees and adds some very nice "non-brand-standards" items to his breakfast fare. He told me that he has to hide the stuff related to this whenever "corporate" comes to inspect.
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