Originally Posted by
Delectatio
While the idea of the 241 and 442 rates is nice, for me it is only usefull for hotels that always include breakfast (we find breakfast important on leisure stays).
Many hotels that offer the 241 rates turn out more expensive -per night- than booking the prepaid breakfast inclusive rates if you want to add breakfast in the hotel (often 25-28€ per person per night).
That is where Concierge status becomes useful. Breakfast is very important on family leisure stays. I get breakfast for 3 kids and 2 adults most of the times. Rare cases like in Netherlands got me breakfast just for 1 room. 2-4-1 and 4-4-2 makes great sense for our family travels.
What bothers me is that more and more hotels exclude whole high season from these rates. 2016 examples are Nice (France), Reykjavik (Iceland), Longyearbyen (Norway) during the summer. They all offer 0 availability even year in advance.