Hotels are doing what they can to fill rooms as travel slowly starts to recover. In addition to Hyatt’s excellent promotion for stays this summer, the company is also rolling out lower rates that include free breakfast.
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Hyatt’s 20% off plus breakfast rates
Hyatt is offering free breakfast and discounts for stays at participating properties over the coming months. To take advantage of this:
- Book by September 8, 2020
- Check-in by December 20, 2020
- World of Hyatt members can save 20% on the cost of stays, while non-World of Hyatt members can save 15% (everyone should be saving 20%, as you can sign up for World of Hyatt for free); note that this discount is compared to the standard rate, and not compared to the AAA rate, senior rate, etc.
- Complimentary breakfast will be included each morning during the stay when booking through this promo
- This offer is subject to availability, and blackout dates may apply
- This offer isn’t valid at Hyatt Ziva, Hyatt Zilara, Hyatt Residence Club hotels or resorts, some Destination Residences, Alila Ventana/Big Sur, Miraval Austin, and Miraval Tucson
There’s no special promo code required to take advantage of this promotion, so you should see it when just executing a normal search through Hyatt’s website or app.
Keep in mind that breakfast offerings may differ from what they used to be due to the coronavirus pandemic. Many hotels have adjusted breakfast offerings, so it might not be the same as in the past.
Hyatt is also offering extra flexibility
This isn’t new, but also keep in mind that for the time being Hyatt is offering a flexible cancelation policy. Reservations can be canceled up to 24 hours in advance with no penalty.
There will be some limits to this flexible cancelation policy, like properties over festive season, Small Luxury Hotels of the World properties, etc., so always check the terms when making your booking.
Bottom line
Hyatt is offering 20% off plus free breakfast for stays at participating hotels over the coming months. You should see this discounted rate when doing a search, as there’s no promotion code required.
Since this promotion is publicly available, I suppose it’s possible that some hotels raised rates prior to discounting, though based on what I’m seeing from a few searches, the savings do seem to be fairly legitimate. Then free breakfast is the icing on the cake (though this is of limited value to Globalist and Prive guests).
No one really cares about breakfast if they drop the quality this much. Prepackaged muffins and cup yogurt isn't going to convince me.
I hope more hotels load these rates in the coming days as I’m not seeing them in quite a few non-excluded brands.
Hyatt’s summer rates in Kuala Lumpur are crazy expensive. Hilton has slashed its room prices in Malaysia to at least get some guests in their hotels. Meanwhile Hyatt's “breakfast rates” are obscene (even with their promotion).
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Yeah... not sure about the executing. Staying at Centric San Francisco later this week, and Brick and Beam is not open. 500 points/night instead. Not sure that's an even trade: 10 breakfasts (me+spouse) for 2500 points?
Gonna be a long year.
This is called a marketing scam... I booked a Hyatt stay about 10 days ago. They then raised their prices and are now discounting 20% - which is still higher than when I booked.
I am probably the minority here but I really couldn't care less for breakfast in most of my hotel stays. If I am staying for business I rather walk to the closest coffee shop and get a real latte/cappuccino and a pastry and start my day than spend time in the hotel restaurant. If I am vacation, I prefer to explore local coffee shops for local food than eat cereal and omelets.
You should have used a picture of your recent breakfasts...to go bags and self serve boxed cereals.
No one is having buffets for a long time.
Covid 19 reduced breakfast choices of pre-made defrosted sandwiches, cereals and boxed juices are hardly good breakfast choices and offer no inducement to book this rate.
Declined the breakfast options on recent stays. Points substitutions would make the benefit more credible, when the options are not edible.
You should add that this stacks with the Chase 15% off offer!
Laughable as most properties in the US are trying to skirt the breakfast benefit for globes.