Hey Hyatt Globalists, Do You Add Gratuity To Your Free Breakfast?
A question to my readers who are World of Hyatt Globalist members, do you add gratuity when signing your breakfast bill even though gratuity is included?
Hyatt Globalist Breakfast Gratuity: Do You Add It?
For years, I’ve added gratuity to my breakfast bill…I figured I had to sign for the breakfast, why not sign for the gratuity too? My concern was that if I did not, the waiter or waitress would end up with the short straw and get nothing.
Here’s how Hyatt defines its Globalist breakfast benefit:
When staying at a participating hotel or resort that has a Club lounge, Globalists will receive access to the Club lounge. When staying at a participating hotel or resort that does not have a Club lounge (or if Club lounge is closed), Globalists will receive daily complimentary full breakfast (which includes one entrée or standard breakfast buffet, juice, and coffee, as well as tax, gratuity and service charges) for each registered guest in the room, up to a maximum of two (2) adults and two (2) children. The age cut-off for a “child” is determined by each hotel or resort in its sole discretion.
As you can read, tax, gratuity, and service charges are included…
Some hotels make it very simple. For example, the Hyatt Regency Chicago O’Hare does not even present a bill for it breakfast buffet for Globalist members. But most do and I’ve always added the gratuity unless it was already added (some hotels add gratuity automatically but still leave an extra line for an additional tip).
But during my last trip report, a reader questioned the practice, saying he never leaves a tip because it is included and if not, he has to argue to have it removed during checkout.
Yes, there have been times in which the breakfast bill has been removed but the gratuity, but my Globalist concierge has always taken care of it…and at least for me, it does not happen all that often.
Am I doing this right? Do other Globalists also leave a line-item tip? How often do you have to fight to get it removed from your final folio?