Recession Proof Your Vacation With Built in Freebies

If you are short on cash for a vacation this year, build in some free stuff. Bottom-line - stay at hotels that offer free food and drinks!

Hotels like Embassy Suites offer free hot breakfast buffets. And it is all you can eat folks. Embassy's are part of the Hilton family, so you can use your AAA club number to get a discount on the stay. The hot breakfast buffet is very good featuring eggs to order with assorted toppings, pancakes, waffles, breakfast meat, hot/cold cereal as well as juices, coffee and tea. A family of four or more can save lots of money staying at a hotel with free hot breakfast. Also, the Embassy Suites has free manager's reception with free cocktails and soft drinks.

Some smaller economy hotels also offer free breakfast. Hampton Inn has free hot breakfast. No cook to order eggs, but you can toast or make waffles, make hot/cold cereal, assort pastry, toast and bagels. You can get free juices, coffee and tea as well. Days Inn now offers free breakfast too. It is mostly continental but you can get enough pastry, cereal and toast/bagels to make a good breakfast.

Comfort Suites also offers free continental or hot breaakfast depending on the location. Some of Comfort Suites have waffle irons to make your own Belgian Waffles. But at certain times of the morning, the line of the waffle service is long.

As with anything free, try to get to the breakfast area early. People pile down in the area in large numbers to get their freebies. Also, if there are individual cereal containers or yogurts, think about taking a few with you as a snack. But don't let the hotel staff see you.

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