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Hotel Madness: No free breakfast vs. Expensive minibars
This first round Hotel Madness match-up is all about food. Our #6 seed is No free breakfast, a killer when you just need some fuel to power you through a day of conferences, meetings or sightseeing. It's battling #11 seed Expensive minibars. All too often, we find ourselves with late-night cravings for snacks. We'd satisfy it by raiding the minibar but it always seem to cost more than our hotel room did!
Take a closer look at this battle of hotel peeves below. Then cast your vote for the one that bothers you the most. The winner will advance to the second round of action.
Take a closer look at this battle of hotel peeves below. Then cast your vote for the one that bothers you the most. The winner will advance to the second round of action.
(6) No Free Breakfast
Not everyone is a foodie. Sure, some people require that every meal, snack and crumb that they savor on a trip be culturally poignant. Other people, however, just need fuel. Or coffee. Easy enough to just stop in the lobby before the big conference/hike/day at the beach and fix yourself a simple breakfast. Sadly, your hotel offers nothing more than some instant coffee in your room. No continental breakfast. No omelet station. Certainly no buffet. Just a few teabags and non-dairy creamer. There's a Starbucks across the street, though. $8 should get you some burnt coffee and a satisfactory to adequate muffin.
(11) Expensive Minibars
After a long day of meetings/sightseeing/tolerating your wife's family at her nephew's bris, you just want a nightcap and some M&Ms. You're exhausted and everything in town is closed anyway. Of course, you can always snack in your room thanks to the ever-convenient minibar. Just grab a mini-bottle of rum, a can of cola and a bag of M&Ms and invite them all to that party in your mouth. Oh, just a heads up: those 50 milliliters of rum, 12 fluid ounces of cola and 3.27 ounces of chocolate with a hard candy shell will run you about $30. You're also not going to feel well in the morning.
Which food foul bothers you more? Do you resent having to forage for your own breakfast or get ticked off by $10 Tic Tacs? Vote now!
First round voting ends at 11:59EDT on Sunday, March 20.
More Hotel Madness action:
#1 No free Wi-Fi vs. #16 Annoying hotel TV channel
#2 Bad front desk service vs. #15 Everything about TV remotes
#3 Expensive parking vs. #14 Tightly tucked-in sheets
#4 Resort fees vs. #13 Early housekeeping visits
#5 No airport shuttle vs. #12 One-ply toilet paper
#7 Bad water pressure vs. #10 Small towels
#8 Room not ready on time vs. #9 Early checkout times
Follow along with the Hotel Madness tournament here.
Not everyone is a foodie. Sure, some people require that every meal, snack and crumb that they savor on a trip be culturally poignant. Other people, however, just need fuel. Or coffee. Easy enough to just stop in the lobby before the big conference/hike/day at the beach and fix yourself a simple breakfast. Sadly, your hotel offers nothing more than some instant coffee in your room. No continental breakfast. No omelet station. Certainly no buffet. Just a few teabags and non-dairy creamer. There's a Starbucks across the street, though. $8 should get you some burnt coffee and a satisfactory to adequate muffin.
(11) Expensive Minibars
After a long day of meetings/sightseeing/tolerating your wife's family at her nephew's bris, you just want a nightcap and some M&Ms. You're exhausted and everything in town is closed anyway. Of course, you can always snack in your room thanks to the ever-convenient minibar. Just grab a mini-bottle of rum, a can of cola and a bag of M&Ms and invite them all to that party in your mouth. Oh, just a heads up: those 50 milliliters of rum, 12 fluid ounces of cola and 3.27 ounces of chocolate with a hard candy shell will run you about $30. You're also not going to feel well in the morning.
Which food foul bothers you more? Do you resent having to forage for your own breakfast or get ticked off by $10 Tic Tacs? Vote now!
| No free breakfast | |
|---|---|
| Expensive minibars |
First round voting ends at 11:59EDT on Sunday, March 20.
More Hotel Madness action:
#1 No free Wi-Fi vs. #16 Annoying hotel TV channel
#2 Bad front desk service vs. #15 Everything about TV remotes
#3 Expensive parking vs. #14 Tightly tucked-in sheets
#4 Resort fees vs. #13 Early housekeeping visits
#5 No airport shuttle vs. #12 One-ply toilet paper
#7 Bad water pressure vs. #10 Small towels
#8 Room not ready on time vs. #9 Early checkout times
Follow along with the Hotel Madness tournament here.
Filed under: Food and Drink, Hotels and Accommodations
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Simon Mar 15th 2011 1:49PM
Surprised "Controlling Bedroom Lighting" didn't make the top 16!
Fumbling around ornate lamps working where the switch is - trying to locate which lightswitch does the bathroom, or the 'mood lighting'... trying to turn on your bed lamp in the middle of the night if you need to get up...
Grrrrrrrr
Mike Barish Mar 15th 2011 1:50PM
Oh man, that's a good one, Simon! So true. Was hard to settle on the 16. Your idea is right up there with the lack of electrical outlets!