Originally Posted by
CPRich
When I travel with my family, the hotel is the place we want to spend the least amount of time. We will get breakfast (free) at my "chain" hotel, then hit the city/town/slopes/beach/etc of the destination to experience the culture and offerings of the place we have chosen.
What part of that do you think doesn't apply to everyone else CPRich? Which part of it do you think is only provided by chain hotels?
I want to spend the least amount of time in an independent hotel, for the same reasons as you do in a chain hotel and yes they give me a free breakfast as well. But what you seem to not be considering is that you
do have to spend time in the hotel. If it really didn't matter what the hotel was like, then why not just stay in the cheapest hotel you can find? If you have to spend time in a hotel, then does it not make sense to spend that time in the nicest hotel you can find within your budget constraints? There is no logic in saying that spending as little time as possible in the hotel is a reason to pick chain hotels over independent hotels. The only logical argument that spending as little time as possible in a hotel might support is that you should stay in the cheapest hotel possible. One star with a clean bed, why pay for more?
As an example, if you were to decide to visit Davos, Switzerland in June, you could stay at the Hilton Garden Inn. See here:
Hilton Garden Inn Davos - Guest Reservations Or you could stay at the first hotel I linked in my OP. See here:
https://bellevuewiesen.com/hotelbell...llevue-wiesen/
Take a look at the photo galleries for both. The location of the hotels is not comparable. One on a busy main street next to a supermarket, in the city and the other in a quiet mountain village with great scenery all around you and visible from almost every window. The Hilton will cost you more. The rooms are quite comparable. The Hilton is large, cold and impersonal, the other has only 21 rooms and if you stay more than one night, you will actually get to know the staff and get personal service.
Consider just this alone in terms of the time you have to spend in the hotel CPRich. In the HIlton, you will probably sit here to have a drink after you return from a day of hiking in the mountains.
In the other you will probably sit here:
Now you tell me which you prefer during the time you
have to spend in the hotel.