Is a good free breakfast important to get you to stay at a hotel?|153090

I work at a little inn and the owner keeps cutting back on breakfast. He has even mentioned getting rid of it entirely. We currently serve Costco bagels (with cream cheese), costco muffins, sliced apples and oranges, grapes, OJ, Folgers coffee, and tea. Do you think this is an acceptable breakfast? Our rates range anywhere from $69 (a special during the off season on a weekday) to $250 for a nice room with a view on a weekend in the summer.

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The _free_ breakfast price is built into your room rate already. So, most guests are wising up and going to hotels that offer breakfast as an option, like in a restaurant or room service. Also some guests have become more germaphobic this year, with H1N1 floating around. Eating off a free buffet breakfast seems dangerous to some. With all of the dietary restrictions there are out there, the definition of _good_ will vary greatly between guests. Best to have options, but drop the breakfast if there are local restaurants around, and drop your prices accordingly. Everyone is trying to save a buck.

It sounds OK. I think it could use some hot options, like at the very least bread for toast, or packets of oatmeal.

I think breakfast is one of many important services for a hotel to offer. If someone is staying at a hotel, they may not be familiar with restaurants in the area, and even then breakfast or brunch places tend to have slow service. Busy tourists or business travelers may not have time to go out for breakfast. A continental breakfast is the least a hotel can offer - I would expect no breakfast only at the very cheapest motels.

There might be other ways to save money on breakfast. For instance, buying fruits that are in season - in the spring and summer, apples and grapes are imported from Chile and can be a lot more expensive.

It_s not something that is a requirement when I stay at a Hotel or whatever, but it_s definitly nice. If it_s one place over another though, the one with free breakfast will usually be my choice. You should maybe suggest breakfast just on weekends or something, and not everyday. Then you could get an idea of what to expect if you were to eliminate it or not.

PS that is a decent breakfast. I wouldn_t complain

No it is not important,I have found that most of the bagles,muffins,or donuts are usually stale,and I don_t eat fruit.So I just get a cup of coffee and go on down the road to a Cracker barrel for a full breakfast.

The last thing I want in the morning is the crap that most hotels put out and call breakfast. If I am on vacation, I want to be able to order what I want, not what someone is willing to put out for free.