Originally Posted by
christianj
True or going under the impression that business travelers are going to expense the buffet anyway so they can charge what they want.
Honestly when I first saw this thread pop up I thought.....Great now people are asking about where their elite breakfast benefit is getting them the biggest bang for the buck so they can book that hotel. We all like a free breakfast but the focus on it here on the hotel forums is beyond me. People seem to go to extremes to book hotels that provide free breakfast vs booking the best hotel or the best location.
Maybe everyone works for the government. I get $7 for breakfast. I can't even buy a bougie coffee and a pastry for that.
Thanks to government rate, I can stay at some surprisingly nice places (as well as a Fairfield Inn on the side of the freeway when lady luck doesn't go my way), but man I hate being out of pocket for anything for travel. Ego, I love me some free breakfast, particularly the buffets because some of my trips are 8-4 with no lunch breaks, so I got to eat for the day. (And no, I then cannot apply my lunch allowance to my breakfast bill because of course I can't).