Originally Posted by lost_in_translation

The important thing to me is that welcome amenities are commensurate with the quality of the hotel, otherwise the hotel might as well not bother, IMO. If you’re staying in a PH / RC level property and the welcome amenity is an $8 bottle of red wine that the average guest would never buy themselves it’s pointless / poorly thought out and the hotel might as well not bother (offer a decent bottle of wine / champagne or nothing at all). In contrast, that would be a fine welcome amenity in a limited service property.