Madeleine
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I guess I'm still up in the air about the pricing. We know there are innkeepers on here charging under $100/night who are doing pretty much the same thing as places charging over $200/night. A lot of it is location and expectation. And charging what the market will bear.and Seashanty, like you I would have probably just said "anything is fine" and not even voiced a preference. Surprise me!is it possible they don't know they are making unreasonablerequestsdemands? i suppose it is possible ... but i don't think so.
i don't believe it that 'all innkeepers ask what they want the next day.' do they stay where there are little restaurants within the place? do they stay where they are the only guests?
i've stayed at more than a few places and mostly i have been served cook's choice. (i really like that phrase) at a big place, four mornings of quiche in a row and i opted for the cornflakes. i was not asked what i wanted.
at a very small place, i was the only guest, and the innkeeper asked me if i wanted scrambled eggs or pancakes the next morning. that was the exception to what i've experienced..
There are people who are used to people doing what they say, all the time, they don't break this way of being when they go for a weekend getaway. Should they get their way if they pay twice what they pay elsewhere? Maybe. I am just bringing this up, if the location is very pricey, then there better not be hershey chocolates. haha And if they get it as a Groupon deal, youbetchya some things have been cut, they need to be cut!
But I agree, if they had experienced this they assumed it was what all the inns do. I can see that.
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We serve pretty much the same breakfast/snacks/chocolates when the rooms are $195/night as we do when they are $115. Sure, we make a lot less profit (close to 0), but I have a hard time cutting things out when the prices go down seasonally. And I don't add anything when the prices go up. (Exception being those berries I won't have any use for after tomorrow's breakfast.) But the rest of the breakfast is the same: fruit course, french toast & bacon, juice, coffee, tea.