I love a good breakfast but I think that the situation with breakfast charges especially in Europe is really getting out of hand. 28-48 Euros is becoming the norm for a breakfast in European 5* hotels and I think that's just ridiculous. So nowadays I only have breakfast in the hotel if it's included or when there really is nothing anywhere close to go to like IC Berchtesgaden.

So you prefer to be overcharged for dinner but not for breakfast? Interesting....

Why not venture outside your hotel for dinner & breakfast. ;)

I've had some pretty awful hotel breakfasts that would have cost and arm and a leg had I paid for them. However, one thing hasn't been mentioned yet, and that is small children.

Since we've had our little one, 'venturing out' on an empty stomach is much more of an ordeal, and we will either get the hotel breakfast (if either reasonably priced, included in rate or due to elite benefits, or spectacular) or try to get a few simple items and a fridge in our room. Not always possible.

tb

If you're willing to pay $100 for dinner, $25 for breakfast seems like a bargain. :confused:

I only did an expensive breakfast ($20+tax+tip) once. The more recent time was I took a bump in summer 2010 with UA out of SFO & UA gave me a total of $15 in food vouchers plus I was able to use it at the SFO Hyatt. ^ Including a generous tip, I paid a total of $10 out of pocket. It was a very nice breakfast/brunch buffet.

I usually find inexpensive alternatives or just wait until lunchtime to eat. I would prefer a low carb/low starch/low salt meal and it is quite hard to find that for breakfast.

For some people, breakfast is never worth more than 10 bucks, but a quality $100 dinner can be.

Why do you think that's impossible? :confused:

If the foods were the same then, yes, $25 instead of $100 would be a bargain. But the foods are not the same. Typical breakfast fare is scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, bread, cereal, fresh fruit, and juice drinks. There's no reasonable way these are worth $100 per person regardless of what time of day they're served. Even $25 is a stretch at many places considering what they offer.

By contrast, the $100 dinner people are thinking of is most likely fine steak and/or fish, gourmet prepared vegetables, and wine, beer, or cocktails. Serve it at 9am and it's still worth $100. It's not the time of day or name of the meal that counts, it's the type and quality of the food.

Yes. Breakfast is a formality but to many of us a nice dinner is an experience well worth $100 or more

Diners were made to serve a good, cheap breakfast. Sometimes you need to spend $6-8 on some eggs/pancakes/greasy meat/toast etc. to get your day started. However, I will not pay for hotel breakfast ($5.50 for a bagel and cream cheese? No way!) and I can see the resentment there.

And Brunch, now there's a meal worthy of top dollar.

Considering that over the past 25 years, I've always been a stockholder of any company I worked for, I generally resent being ripped off by Hotel F&B charges (for ANY meal) whether or not I or the company I worked for was footing the tab. Charge me $7-12 for a good Breakfast and I'm fine with it, but $25 and I will definitely not be partaking, unless I am having a business meeting at the meal.

I'd pay a certain premium for room service brekkie as do not really enjoy mingling with others first thing in the morning. Also for a traditional and quality oriented British fry up with offal included or then German/Scandinavian/Scottish style fish and eggs plus other condiments.

I don't resent it , but I do find it amusing looking over the prices. Who sits around and decides? I would love to be in on that meeting. Probably a breakfast meeting they can expense.

Hi,

If I am in Las Vegas ( on strip hotels) or disney I do not mind paying $25 for the breakfast buffet ( but that would be my limit for a good buffet) as I would then have a light lunch ( and no snacks in the morning normally) before a dinner buffet but anything more and I would downgrade ( on the places with a la carte the meal itslelf may not be too bad but the coffee and orange juice which I have certainly adds a few dollars to the bill)

Regards

TBS

first no mention of hotels, but then a mention of hotels.

quality and value vary.

I don't travel on business but I can certainly speak.
first it depends on what hotel your staying at whether it's a comfort inn, ramada, sheraton or a Ritz carlton a Marriott court yard or a fancier Marriott.

coffee , cereal, pancakes, orange Juice, toast at a hotel like a Ritz carlton
will cost more than a comfort inn.

But I can understand that 25 dollars for breakfast can be way to much for breakfast in most hotels.