What hotels offer free breakfast?

[Luanne Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Luanne]

Any idea where the chart is? I think some Residence Inns provide breakfast and some don't...there are two in Alexandria, and one seems to and the other doesn't seem to. Oh, wait, I went and looked and now I see "buffet breakfast" listed under Complimentary Services on the second one, halfway down the page. The other one puts it at the top of every listing.

We're traveling with my MIL and she likes the whole breakfast thing....maybe I'll just stick with my Marriott reservations and get the points...

Here is what was printed. And it's not by location, just by the various Marriott chains.
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Looking at the products in my own relative price order:

JW Marriott, Marriott, & Renaissance brands are full service hotels with commensurate higher prices & wider services, especially bars & restaurant(s) -- no free Internet here unless you gain access to the CL. A pricier product, but one might find "deals" here in a relative sense if your travel plans are definite & you grab pay in advance rates.

Spring Hill Suites is the next tier down in the hotel product line from the full-service hotels. By their own words SHS offers 25% larger rooms ( studio-sized suites ), free Internet, & in-room microwave, fridge & BF nook. A modest free breakfast buffet is served at SHS.

Courtyard a more modest hotel product than SHS, while offering free internet access & a new spread out & relax public area. Food service is not quite cafeteria style, but it too is of limited scope and there is a charge -- unless you are MR platinum ( and I think MR gold -- other TUGgers might help clarify this as I am not 100% sure about this ) .

Fairfield Inn is the final tier of what I call the Marriott hotel product. Rooms are . . . well, they're like a hotel room ( or an MVC lock-off ). Free Internet and free wifi here as well as free continental BF.

Residence Inns are a quasi hotel product & a quasi timeshare sort of product intended for those who want to spread out a bit or those business folks doing extended stays. Rooms are suites or 1-2 BR units. Full kitchen, full fridge etc. BF is free here and most RIs also have "social hours" 4 weeknights a week serving modest dinner fare, wine/beer.

Towne Place Suites is the other Marriott en-suite product. It too offers larger living space for extended stay folks and a full kitchen. Complementary wireless Internet. No BF served here.

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

Here is what was printed. And it's not by location, just by the various Marriott chains.
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Looking at the products in my own relative price order:

JW Marriott, Marriott, & Renaissance brands are full service hotels with commensurate higher prices & wider services, especially bars & restaurant(s) -- no free Internet here unless you gain access to the CL. A pricier product, but one might find "deals" here in a relative sense if your travel plans are definite & you grab pay in advance rates.

Spring Hill Suites is the next tier down in the hotel product line from the full-service hotels. By their own words SHS offers 25% larger rooms ( studio-sized suites ), free Internet, & in-room microwave, fridge & BF nook. A modest free breakfast buffet is served at SHS.

Courtyard a more modest hotel product than SHS, while offering free internet access & a new spread out & relax public area. Food service is not quite cafeteria style, but it too is of limited scope and there is a charge -- unless you are MR platinum ( and I think MR gold -- other TUGgers might help clarify this as I am not 100% sure about this ) .

Fairfield Inn is the final tier of what I call the Marriott hotel product. Rooms are . . . well, they're like a hotel room ( or an MVC lock-off ). Free Internet and free wifi here as well as free continental BF.

Residence Inns are a quasi hotel product & a quasi timeshare sort of product intended for those who want to spread out a bit or those business folks doing extended stays. Rooms are suites or 1-2 BR units. Full kitchen, full fridge etc. BF is free here and most RIs also have "social hours" 4 weeknights a week serving modest dinner fare, wine/beer.

Towne Place Suites is the other Marriott en-suite product. It too offers larger living space for extended stay folks and a full kitchen. Complementary wireless Internet. No BF served here.

Thanks! It's funny, the Springhill Suites we've stayed at--the rooms are NOT all that large. They're the kind of "suites" where it's a room about the same size as a large hotel room, but one end has a wall unit thing that separates a sofa bed from the main bed. It's not really private at all.

Meanwhile, the TownePlace Suites we stay at every so often has HUGE 1brs, just enormous, and the bedroom is really a separate room with a door. And that one serves breakfast, too!

Good to know about the WiFi situations, too. Thanks! I usually do opt for Marriotts if I have a choice.

[Spence Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Spence]

I'm trying to figure out a 2.5-star Hotwire hotel in Alexandria, VA. I've read everything on Better Bidding and Bidding for Travel...now I'm hoping you guys will be able to help me figure this out. What hotel chains offer free breakfast?

I know some Marriott brands offer it, but not all. Are there any other big chains that offer free breakfast?

When are you traveling?

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

January 15, just for the weekend. We're going down for a funeral and now we're meeting up with some relatives, so it's looking like we'll go with a nice cancellable Residence Inn.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Wow! Y'all schedule your funerals a ways out!!!

I like to use Hotwire as a bidding guide for Priceline. It normally works, but when it hasn't I just took something from Hotwire.

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

I realized how weird that sounds AFTER I posted it. It's a memorial service, not a funeral, but there was no funeral, so the family is calling it a funeral among the family. Does that make more sense?