Gadling

While free internet is important to be, but sometimes I'd prefer to pay for a quality connection not some shared DSL or cable connection for the entire hotel. In those cases the connections can be almost unusable in the evening.

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Don't care about continental breakfast in hotels
I never want to get up and go to a stale lobby and eat sugar laden crud that's been layed out and sneezed over by the Brady Bunch's grimy handed kids and the nonstop coughers and nose rubbers.

But I DO want my internet connection.

I will glady stay in my room and surf versus visiting the freebie sugar germ food layout.

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I'm always annoyed when i stay at a 5 star hotel and they not only charge for internet, resort fee etc, but charge a lot for it!

i've actually been using http://www.Cityskoop.com to find which hotels and airlines are having specials.

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I work at a small hotel and we offer both free and for those who don't want all the sugary stuff we offer fresh waffles that people cook when they want them not frozen ones.

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The oldest trick in the book.... Remember the beginning of the Sugar embargo??? They raised the price on candy bars because the price of sugar went up... Then, they cut the size of the candy bars... And, they been using the same trick ever since... Gas goes up, food goes up, services go up, and the worker takes it on the chin..... AGAIN

SKIP

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Personally I think that if you are on vacation, why would you need to be on the internet. If it's work stay your butt at home til it's done. I work in a resort and I can't tell you how many people ask "Do you have wifi?" or "Will I be able to use my laptop?" I thought the whole point of vacation was to get away from everything that you are surrounded by at home. Instead of parents taking the kids out to see and do the stuff that is around them, they just let them waste the day away on the computer, or parents who have business to take care of instead of being with the family on VACATION!!!!

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To reply to Nikruz, the reason people might want Internet access at a resort is very varied. Internet access is really the new "telephone" for so many, myself included. Many might use it to send a brief letter to friends and family. Or perhaps they have a digital camera, wish to upload the photos to ther laptop, and then e-mail some to friends and family. And yes, some do take their work with them on vacation but that obviously has happened way before even the idea of a wi-fi access in a hotel or resort. Maybe some of your patrons do sit in their room all day, but many I'm sure only spend a few moments on their PC, but then do exactly what you suggest, go see the sites (and if they brought kids with their kids) in and around the resort. Finally..for some a vacation might actually be using the Internet..but in a location that isn't home. Maybe at home it's work or work related. On a vacation they can do fun things on the Internet..and not have to do anything involving their job. (As an aside, a LOT of computer games are played with Internet access...go "google" the term "MMORPG" for instance). It might sound odd that someone may go somewhere else and pay to be at a resort to play on their computer, but my final question is this..if it's their vacation, does it matter how they spend it or what they do on it? If it was relaxing and enjoyable for them, isn't that enough?

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Nikruz, I'm with you. Everyone is so obsessed with being connected all the time. I refuse to even have a Blackberry, iPhone, or any of the newer variations, because I simply don't need to have 24-hour, constant internet access. It's absurd! Our technology is beginning to control us. If I'm on vacation with anyone it is about enjoying the place we are visiting and our time together. A free breakfast is infinitely more valuable to me than internet access!

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THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ME IS..... TO WAKE UP IN MY OWN BED. 30+ YEARS OF TRAVELING, I'M ENTITLED TO RETIREMENT, AND BETTER STILL.... AT 54. I MUST HAVE SCREWED UP AND DONE IT RIGHT.

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