My experience at Doubletrees (since they generally don't have lounges) is that regardless of whether the property issues vouchers or not (I've been to some where the wait staff check a list when you sit down), I'm presented with a zeroed out bill at the end that very clearly is for me to add a tip to. I can't recall ever being at a Hilton property where the tip for Gold/Diamond breakfast in the restaurant was included.
My experience is the opposite. Admittedly it's probably because most of my travel is within Europe, where most hotel breakfasts are buffets and you often get your own coffee, so you pay (or turn in your voucher, or get checked off the list) at the hostess desk and tipping is pretty much not done.
On a recent visit to the DoubleTree Portland, OR I got coupons for breakfast which didn't say whether they included a tip or not. Some days, the server brought the check with the $0 total, other days he/she just took the coupons, brought coffee, and said no more.
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I don't usually carry too much cash and only $20 bills. Yeah 90 points is not a lot, but there will be 3 of us for meal and 2 or 3 meals a day at resort. Also there will be pool side drinks and snacks. I probably tip about $30 a day at a resort and that's 900 to 1200 points (if there is a double points promotion) a day.
Depends on the property and how they code things. I've had tips coded as non-earning before (in Hiltons and DoubleTrees) which is probably not meant to happen but could be due to some obscure local law where I stayed.