Originally Posted by
roberino
I'd wholeheartedly disagree with that. Free hotel breakfasts are usually devoid of any culinary value - powdered egg, lukewarm greasy bacon, long-life bread, flavourless fruit, and cereal with UHT milk. Having it once or twice in a week is tolerable but beyond that it actually starts making me feel ill. Imagine if your employer replaced your entire per diem with McDonalds vouchers and then refused to pay for you to eat anywhere else. Unacceptable.
Depends on the hotel. I try to avoid staying at the really ...... hotels. I travel a lot internationally (or I used to) and I'm usually pretty happy with the free breakfast. Most European hotels have freshly baked bread, good butter, fresh eggs made to order, good coffee/espresso, a selection of cold cuts and cheeses, smoked salmon.
I've taken pictures of the really impressive breakfast spreads. Let me see if I can dig up a photo.