Type of Meal Plans at Hotels

Meals are much important components of one’s tour plan. You need to decide whether you will take them at the hotel or not when booking a hotel room. The most common meal plans are as below.

American Plan

American Plan often abbreviated as AP means that apart from your room rent, quoted hotel tariff includes all three meals as well that is Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner. This is also known as Full Pension or Full Board Plan. This plan is good for tourists visiting remote places where availability of food outside/nearby or hygiene could be an issue.

Modified American Plan

Modified American Plan i.e. MAP means quoted rates include two meals a day, namely breakfast and either lunch or dinner. This plan is also referred to as Half Pension or Half Board Plan.

Continental Plan

This plan is abbreviated as CP, this plan, room rent, and complimentary free breakfast are included in the tariff. And in case you decide to have dinner and lunch at the hotel, you always have the option to pay extra. Continental Plan is supposed to include a continental breakfast i.e. foods which are not clocked such as bread and butter, coffee/tea etc.

European Plan

European Plan or EP will mostly have the lowest tariff in a rate card simply because it includes only room rent and no meals. This gives you the option of trying local food and save some money as well. You always have the option of paying and having food in the hotel. Another advantage of EP is that since almost every hotel has more than 1 restaurant, you are free to try and choose the one you like.

The table below illustrates an example of how the quotation varies.

Hotel Tariff Effective From 1st April, 2015 to 31st March, 2017

Meal Plan	EP	CP	MAP	AP
Room Type	Room Only	Room + Breakfast	Room + Breakfast + One Meal	Room + All Meals
Standard Room	Rs. 7,480	Rs. 8,800	Rs. 10,340	Rs. 11,880
Superior Room	Rs. 8,470	Rs. 9,900	Rs. 11,550	Rs. 13,200
Kashmiri room	Rs. 9,680	Rs. 11,000	Rs. 12,650	Rs. 14,300
Additional / person	Rs. 1,100	Rs. 1,800	Rs. 2,680	Rs. 3,300
Per Child 3 to 10 years without bed	Free	Rs. 660	Rs. 1,320	Rs. 1,980