You can save money when you stay at hotels that offer free breakfast.
Why Pay for a Hotel Breakfast When You Can Get It Free?
Some hotels offer free breakfast to everyone, while others only give free breakfast to elite members of their loyalty programs.
Keep reading to find out which hotels make the most important meal of the day the least expensive one!
Hotels That Offer Free Breakfast
At most hotels you’ll pay for breakfast, but you can get free breakfast at some of the value priced hotels within a hotel chain.
1. Best Western
You get free breakfast when you stay at any Best Western, Best Western Plus, or Best Western Premier hotel.
Stay at Any Best Western Like the Best Western Regency Plaza Hotel, St. Paul and Get Free Breakfast
Note: Some hotels are franchised so they may not offer free breakfast, even though they are supposed to.
2. Choice
Free breakfast is NOT an elite benefit at any Choice hotel.
But you get free breakfast when you stay at 1 of these Choice hotels:
Comfort Inn
Comfort Suites
EconoLodge
MainStay Suites
Quality Inn
Sleep Inn
Enjoy Breakfast in This Seating Area of the Comfort Suites Park Place, Milwaukee
3. Club Carlson
If you have Club Carlson Concierge elite status, you get free continental breakfast (participating hotel restaurants) at all Club Carlson hotels:
Country Inns and Suites
Park Inn by Radisson
Park Plaza
Radisson
Radisson Blu
Note: Elite status isn’t required to get free breakfast at Country Inn & Suites hotels.
Stay at Any Country Inn & Suites, Like the Country Inn & Suites by Carlson, Augusta, Georgia and Get Free Breakfast
Some Club Carlson hotels in certain cities may also offer free breakfast.
Normally, Radisson Blu hotels do NOT offer free breakfast without elite status but the Radisson Blu Resort, El Quseir (Egypt) does! You can check each hotel’s website to see if free breakfast is offered.
The Radisson Blu Resort, El Quseier, Offers Free Breakfast to all Guests
4. Hilton
As a Hilton Gold or Diamond elite member, you get free continental breakfast at Conrad, Curio, Doubletree, Hilton, and Hilton Garden Inn (choice of breakfast or points). Although some hotels provide a full breakfast (varies depending on the hotel).
Hilton Gold and Diamond Elite Members Get Free Breakfast at Doubletree Hotels Like the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Kansas City
You get free Hilton Gold elite status for as long as you have the Citi Hilton Reserve card. Here’s my review of the Citi Hilton Reserve card.
Everyone staying at these Hilton hotels gets free breakfast:
Canopy by Hilton
Embassy Suites
Hampton Inn
Home2 Suites
Homewood Suites
Free Breakfast at All Hampton Inns Like the Hampton Inn Columbia, Maryland
5. Hyatt
Hyatt Diamond elite members get breakfast at all Hyatt hotels:
Andaz
Grand Hyatt
Hyatt
Hyatt House
Hyatt Place
Hyatt Regency
Hyatt Zilara and Hyatt Ziva
Park Hyatt
Hyatt Diamond Elite Members Get Free Breakfast at All Hyatt Hotels, Like the Hyatt Regency New Orleans
All guests get free breakfast at:
Hyatt House
Hyatt Place
Hyatt Zilara and Hyatt Ziva
Wake Up to a Free Breakfast at Hyatt Place Hotels, Like the Hyatt Place Oklahoma City Airport
6. IHG
Unfortunately there isn’t a way (even with Platinum elite or Ambassador status) to get free breakfast at these IHG hotels:
Candlewood Suites
Crowne Plaza
Holiday Inn
Holiday Inn Express
Hotel Indigo
Intercontinental Hotels & Resorts
Staybridge Suites
But everyone staying at Holiday Inn Express and Staybridge Suites hotels gets free breakfast.
Free Hot Breakfast at All Staybridge Suites Like the Staybridge Suites Indianapolis Downtown Convention Center
7. Marriott
Marriott Gold and Platinum elite members get free breakfast at all Marriott hotels (except resorts):
AC Hotels by Marriott
Autograph Collection Hotels
Courtyard by Marriott
EDITION
Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott
Gaylord Hotels
JW Marriott
Marriott Hotels
Marriott Vacation Club
Moxy Hotels
Protea Hotels (you can use Marriott points starting 2015)
Renaissance Hotels
Residence Inn by Marriott
Ritz-Carlton
Springhill Suites by Marriott
TownePlace Suites by Marriott
Note: For hotels with a club lounge, your free breakfast will be in the lounge. If the lounge is closed, the hotel may give you 750 to 1,000 Marriott points.
Marriott Gold and Platinum Elite Members Get Free Breakfast at All Marriott Hotels (Excluding Resorts) Like the Columbia Marriott in South Carolina
Everyone, regardless of status, gets free breakfast at these Marriott hotels:
Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott
Residence Inn by Marriott
SpringHill Suites by Marriott
TownePlace Suites by Marriott
Get Free Breakfast at All SpringHill Suites Like the SpringHilll Suites Chicago Downtown
8. Starwood
If you have Starwood Platinum elite status you get free continental breakfast at all Starwood hotels:
Aloft
Element
Four Points
Le Meridien
Sheraton
St Regis
The Luxury Collection
Westin
W hotels
Note: Some hotels will offer a full breakfast, but it varies with each hotel.
Starwood Platinum Elite Members Get Free Continental Breakfast at all Starwood Hotels Like the St. Regis Monarch Beach
Everyone who stays at Starwood’s Element hotels gets free breakfast.
You Can Get Free Breakfast at Element Hotels Like the Element Harrison in Newark
9. Wyndham
While Gold elite status doesn’t get you free breakfast at these Wyndham hotels…
Wyndham
Wyndham Grand
Wyndham Garden
Wingate by Wyndham
Tryp Hotels
Hawthorn
Microtel
Dream Hotels
Ramada
No Free Breakfast at Wyndham Grand Jupiter at Harbourside Place for Wyndham Gold Elites
…everyone wakes up to a complimentary meal at these hotels:
Baymont Inn
Days Inn
Howard Johnson
Knights Inn
Microtel
Super 8
Travelodge
Knights Inn
All Knights Inn Hotels Offer Free Breakfast
Other Ways to Get Free Hotel Breakfast
Folks without elite status and don’t want to stay at value priced hotels, can get free hotel breakfast if they have certain credit cards.
1. American Express Fine Hotels & Resorts
Link: American Express Fine Hotels & Resorts
One of the perks of the American Express Platinum (personal) or (business) card, is the American Express Fine Hotels & Resorts program which gives you free daily breakfast (and other amenities) when you book your hotel stay.
Free Daily Breakfast When You Book Through American Express Fine Hotels & Resorts
2. Visa Signature Luxury Hotel Collection
Link: Visa Signature Luxury Hotel Collection
The Visa Signature Luxury Hotel Collection gives card holders perks when booking hotels through the program such as free daily continental breakfast.
Here are some of the many cards you can use with the Visa Signature Luxury Hotel Collection program:
Alaska Airlines
British Airways
Citi Hilton
Citi Hilton Reserve
Club Carlson
Fairmont
FlexPerks Travel Rewards
Freedom
Hyatt
Ink Bold
Ink Cash
Ink Plus
LANPASS
LifeMiles
Marriott Rewards
Marriott Rewards Premier
Ritz-Carlton
Sapphire Preferred
SKYPASS
Southwest Plus
Southwest Premier (personal) or (business)
United MileagePlus Club
United MileagePlus Explorer
Virgin America
Virgin America Premium
Free Daily Continental Breakfast When You Book Through the Visa Signature Luxury Hotel Collection
Bottom Line
Hotels with free breakfast help you save money.
Some hotels like Best Western offer free breakfast to everyone while others like Hilton require you to have elite status with their loyalty program.
But if you have the American Express Platinum (personal) or (business) card you can get free breakfast by booking your stay through the American Express Fine Hotels & Resorts program.
Folks with a Visa Signature card like the Alaska Airlines card get free daily continental breakfast when they book through the Visa Signature Luxury Hotel Collection.
Do you choose your hotel based partly on the free breakfast policy?
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