We use a real old fashioned wicker picnic basket and has plastic returnable plates & cups with real picnic style utensils. Being that you're in an urban center, is there a park where they can explore? For you, I would probably use one of those picnic backpacks so they can take it with them after breakfast, give them directions to a few beautiful locations to have lunch. Everything in our basket is returned back to us minus the food.Okay, like the idea. Where do you get the silk rose petals and the flutes? Fondue sounds nice, but messy and not all the rooms have space to eat. The picnic basket, can you expand on what you put in? Do you have a real basket? cutlery?A cheese/fruit tray is always a popular item. Be prepared to also offer it on the fly at check-in. Our food extras are very popular. I don't do the cheese/fruit tray because I'm too far from a store and don't want to always take at least an hour out of my day to go to the store for just some pretty fruit. You're in a big city, so you won't have that problem.
If you focus on the really small stuff it turns out to be more hassle than what it's worth. You just can't charge enough to make it worthwhile.
Location and area specialties will be different, but here are the add-ons that really work for us:
Anniversary/Honeymoon package: champagne/sparkling cider, chocolate truffles, keepsake engraved champagne flutes, personalized card and silk rose petals on the bed. ($55.00)
Cheese Fondue ($35). It only takes about 15 minutes to prepare and about $8 of product
Picnic Basket ($45).
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Our basket has local cheddar cheese, choice of sliced meats or smoked salmon, hot soup in a thermos, loaf of crusty bagette, chocolate truffles, sparkling cider and a choice of potato or macaroni salad. They are all items we can easily keep on hand or make.
JB has a similar basket, but it's not a big seller for her. Depends on your demographics. Before we got our restaurant license and started selling in room dinners, guests used to order a picnic basket for their dinner and just eat it in their room.
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I saw a picnic package recently with the picnic lunch being twice what we charge, so then I wonder if I am underpricing ours?Breakfast Diva said:We use a real old fashioned wicker picnic basket and has plastic returnable plates & cups with real picnic style utensils. Being that you're in an urban center, is there a park where they can explore? For you, I would probably use one of those picnic backpacks so they can take it with them after breakfast, give them directions to a few beautiful locations to have lunch. Everything in our basket is returned back to us minus the food.
Our basket has local cheddar cheese, choice of sliced meats or smoked salmon, hot soup in a thermos, loaf of crusty bagette, chocolate truffles, sparkling cider and a choice of potato or macaroni salad. They are all items we can easily keep on hand or make.
JB has a similar basket, but it's not a big seller for her. Depends on your demographics. Before we got our restaurant license and started selling in room dinners, guests used to order a picnic basket for their dinner and just eat it in their room.
I sell about one per month. Now that is pathetic, since we have waterfalls, mountains, lakes, scenery galore. I will keep working on it, the inside of the basket is super delicious, and people have no idea what they are missing!