Originally Posted by
Dave Noble
I don't see that from checking online- he was quoted a price for the room and then quoted a price for breakfast - he was not quoted a price for a room inclusive of breakfast
Just picking a hotel in Frankfurt, it quotes the hotel rate as EUR100 per night
It also has a checkbox that says
Would you like to add breakfast? (optional) + 23.00 EUR / Night
I can see no way that that is offering a rate for room inclusive of breakfast for EUR123, but offering a room for EUR100 and breakfast for EUR23
There are other rates such as Dinner bed and breakfast rate which state in rate description "Breakfast included" and "Dinner included" which would be a rate inclusive of meals
IHG sees it differently. You add 23 EUR a night and get a free breakfast for or one or two. These 23 EUR have nothing to do with the restaurant price of market value of breakfast. Your roomrate is EUR 123 and it includes breakfast. German tax authorities see it the same way. And the room/breakfast portion of the rate will be even different depending on the number of guests:
For one guest the room rate portion will be 123 EUR minus restaurant price of one breakfast as the roomrate portion
For two guests te room rate portion will be 123 EUR minus restaurant price for two breakfast a the roomrate portion.
I had it last weekend in Frankfurt. First night I traveled alone, the second night my wife joined me. Very cheap IC weekend rate. For the second night the room rate was less than 50 EUR, the rest went into the breakfast portion. For the first night, the room rate was 75 EUR with a smaller amount in the breakfast portion. Don't try to argue or understand, this is German tax law at its best and the hotels are more than concerned that charging too less for (higher taxed) breakfast will bring them into real trouble. And it well could be: They would be liable for the difference in VAT if they kept the breakfast portion too low.