Originally Posted by
IggySD
you can find equal or better food outside the hotel for about 25% of the price so the value you’re getting is primarily convenience, not quality.
Huh?
What does the price have to do with quality? Who cares what the hotel price is if you aren't paying for it?
The advantage they you get has nothing to do with convenience
or quality. It comes from not paying $100+ for breakfast for 2 adults and 2 kids after tax and tip.
Look at a popular travel destination in the US (for example, either a big city or somewhere near a popular beach), look at a nearby breakfast place, and look at the price for their standard breakfast combo (2 eggs, choice of breakfast meat, home fries, and toast). Maybe $15. Then add the $4 they are going to charge for coffee and the $6 they are going to charge for OJ. Now we are at $25. 8% sales tax in many places -- so the total bill is $27. Leave a standard $5 tip and we are at $32. And that's per person (or at least per adult).