“For a bellhop or breakfast attendant, anything in the $5 to $10 range is appropriate,” Keller says. “For housekeeping, you want to tip $1 per occupant per night.
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Free Breakfast Entices Travellers To Book Hotel StaySo, a complimentary breakfast is offered by hotels to entice travellers to book stays with them. A satisfying breakfast is a guaranteed way to encourage travellers to repeatedly book their stay with them.
Continental breakfasts are light, typically free meals that are often associated with hotels. Here's how The Food Lover's Companion, the definitive guide to all things food and cooking, defines continental breakfast: A light breakfast that usually consists of a breadstuff (such as toast, croissants, pastries, etc.)
About one-third of all U.S. hotels (35 percent) offer complimentary breakfast, according to hotel researcher Randy Greencorn, who maintains a website that tracks hotel fees. Slightly fewer (31 percent) charge for breakfast. The rest offer no on-site breakfast options.
First, you could try asking the front desk if they have any special offers or discounts for breakfast that may be available to guests. You could also look online for coupons or deals from local restaurants that might include a free meal with your stay at the hotel.
“Expensive hotels don't give you free breakfast because they don't have to,” said Bobby Bowers, a hotel analyst at the hotel research company STR. “The guests who stay with them, whether it's for work or pleasure, aren't as budget conscious and don't care about it as much.”