2. Your free breakfast isn’t really free
Free continental breakfasts are so popular among hungry visitors that several hotels are going all out with their morning offerings. Is that dish of eggs and waffles, on the other hand, truly free? Perhaps not.
For starters, the cost of the meal is simply included in the room rate, yet eating at the hotel may still be less expensive than taking the entire family to IHOP.
Then there’s the matter of your complimentary coffee’s hidden expenses. Free hotel breakfasts imply fewer wait staff employment, more waste damaging the environment in the form of all those throwaway plates and cups, and the health ramifications of the generally unhealthy cuisine you’re eating.
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6 thoughts on “8 Things the Hospitality Industry Is Hiding From You”
what a crazy crazy world we live in to too twp many people not liking the general PUBLIC who sorta sorta help pay their wages….MOST HOTELS do reallllllllyyyyyyy SUCK.
I have experienced the filth of a hotel room from the linen the mattress to the coffee pot and I don’t mind telling you it was The Ahoskie Inn in Ahoskie N.C. so be aware. This is not the first time I have told this story because it was that unbelievable. We were there for a wedding under the name White.
Everything should be washed included pillows. You want CLEAN EVERYTHING. NOT SOME ONES LEFTOVERS. GERMS. MY THOUGHTS
Im off to a hopefully stress free 48 hours at greensprings resort up in Williamsburg Va I’m from the beach area and have four boys and my Aussie shepherd and hubby so that’s a lot like taking my stress with me yet I have high hopes that this not to horrible pick will be not better than wolf lodge just at least a weekend getaway yet not away
So True!
Even major chains (like Marriott) have hotels that are very questionable. Just spent a night in a hotel in San Luis Obispo, CA; highly rated and recently became a Marriott property. The stay was horrible in that when you showered, the entire bathroom area flooded. Water everywhere; took many many towels and time to mop up the water to ensure safety and usability of the room! Have you tried to walk on a floor that’s full of water? Notified hotel staff and Marriott but neither party has offered to adjust the rate which came close to $400.00 a night with all the tacked on fees! Additional insult to us was, staff was aware that some of their rooms had the flooding problem. Am a “Marriot Bonvoy member” but, loyalty membership doesn’t guarantee satisfaction!!!
Great article!
As a Hotel employee for 10 years in every depart from the Valet department to housekeeping department, oh boy from the time I make my 1st step into the housekeeping depart till foray I’ve promise my self no to stay in one whatever the prize is and how courageous the front dear attendant is.
Been there seen all Disgusting short cut to satisfaction to guests just to get $$$
Come you bed/
Might be the same Comforter from three months ago never know how long it’s been there.
Pillows! The most thing most hotel don’t wash.
Hand/face/towels used to scrub the toilet after spraying with chemicals.
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