There are more hotels offering breakfast included now, but you have to check. And it's often a "special" deal on hotel websites where if you mention it when booking, you'll get free breakfast just for asking.
I don't order things that do not list the price. Because of exactly that feeling. If I have to ask, it's too dear.
It's rare for tax to be included in the price because most prices for big chain stores are set at the corporate level and tax is done locally. That actually means if you live near a border with a different locality, you can pay less by shopping there.
Very few people pay in cash because it's extremely inconvenient to do so. You can usually pay with a credit card for even a $3 coffee at Starbucks. So when I eat in independently owned tiny restaurants (the majority of my dining out) and they only take cash, I usually have to buy lunch for any friends who accompany me because they don't have any real money in their wallets.
I think restaurants should pay their employees, raise the price of the food as necessary, and leave me out of it. I shouldn't be paying their employees. I also think everything should be priced with the tax included, it's not like paying the tax is optional. I don't care that the store wants to blame the government, I just want to know what it is going to cost.
My international travelling experience was different in that I got an idea what a low-priced lunch usually cost in the local currency and set that price in my head as a basic quanta for expenses. "Would I spend three lunches on a pair of jeans? Yes, absolutely, that's an excellent deal."
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Date: 2011-02-14 06:26 pm (UTC)I don't order things that do not list the price. Because of exactly that feeling. If I have to ask, it's too dear.
It's rare for tax to be included in the price because most prices for big chain stores are set at the corporate level and tax is done locally. That actually means if you live near a border with a different locality, you can pay less by shopping there.
Very few people pay in cash because it's extremely inconvenient to do so. You can usually pay with a credit card for even a $3 coffee at Starbucks. So when I eat in independently owned tiny restaurants (the majority of my dining out) and they only take cash, I usually have to buy lunch for any friends who accompany me because they don't have any real money in their wallets.
I think restaurants should pay their employees, raise the price of the food as necessary, and leave me out of it. I shouldn't be paying their employees. I also think everything should be priced with the tax included, it's not like paying the tax is optional. I don't care that the store wants to blame the government, I just want to know what it is going to cost.
My international travelling experience was different in that I got an idea what a low-priced lunch usually cost in the local currency and set that price in my head as a basic quanta for expenses. "Would I spend three lunches on a pair of jeans? Yes, absolutely, that's an excellent deal."
Breakfast wasn't included when I visited Canada.