Originally Posted by
mcgahat
This was my first thought as well. I do find it curious that it is OK to book a room rate that includes breakfast even though there is a policy against paying for breakfast......
It's not all that unusual to have a policy against reimbursing specific meal expenses while reimbursing hotel rate plans that include a specific benefit that would otherwise be a separate incidental expense.
There are hotels that include meals in some or all rate plans because it makes sense for an important segment of their customer base that wants simplified expense reporting or that is trying to comply with corporate or home governmental authorities' requirements on expenses.
Originally Posted by Often1
Who does all of this benefit? Unimportant because the property is required by local German law to produce the invoice the way it does.
Oh, but it is important who benefits from arrangements like this.
Which specific local German law requires hotels to itemize out breakfast charges for bookings that have rate plans inclusive of breakfast for some guests?