The Marriott in Atlanta practices something interesting. You book a hotel with breakfast. Just the standard American fare – scrambled eggs, potatoes, bacon, sausages. Everything is buffet style, except for the drinks: they bring as many as you need, but they do bring them. In the end, you receive a bill where the cost of breakfast ($19) is itemized, there’s an optional line for tipping, and a place for your signature, which is required. In the USA, it is customary to leave a 20% tip unless there are serious reasons not to. As a result, the hotel earns tips on top of what is already quite an expensive breakfast.
By the way, I barely found the hotel. Here in Atlanta, PRIDE WEEK was happening, and everything was scooped up. What wasn’t scooped up was beyond the local beltway, and it seems they charge an extra markup on those.
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