Originally Posted by
puchong
I just checked into a 4P in the US and am pretty pissed at being told that there will be no breakfast the next morning as their restaurant is closed. I am definitely a breakfast person and was looking forward to a no fuss breakfast at the hotel; instead I will have to waste time and effort and drive around in search of an alternative breakfast venue; not to mention the additional expense.
If the cost of a breakfast is significant to you, or you find the unexpected difficult to deal with, may I suggest that travel generally may not be for you.
Originally Posted by
puchong
Needless to say there was no notification of this or else I could have easily booked a different hotel.
Speaking for myself, I find it hard to fault the hotel without knowing more about the circumstances. If the restaurant is closed because of, say, a plumbing or electrical problem that started months ago, I'm completely with you. If, however, the restaurant is closed because of a problem that occurred an hour ago, I come down on on the side of the restaurant.
Originally Posted by
puchong
What would be the best way to deal with this?
Understand that things sometimes happen when you travel. Years ago, my flight home from SXM was cancelled when a volcano on a neighboring island erupted and spewed ash that closed the airspace for several days. Even longer ago, my checked bag once ended up on a different flight from the one I was on (due to the cancellation of the original flight IAD-LAX) and some passengers were rebooked on one alternate IAD-DEN, while some were booked on another, but the checked bags all went on the other flight, which was hijacked to YVR by an escaped mental patient -- true story, I swear!
I've always looked at occurrences like that as part of the adventure of travel!