Continental Breakfast

Updated: 2017-11-30.

A continental breakfast is a small breakfast, offered usually at hotels and holiday accommodations, including items such as coffee, tea, juices, pastries, bagels, rolls, and fruit.

A continental breakfast is typical in lower-rate hotels and motels, as well as in Europe. As opposed to perhaps the American Breakfast.

A continental breakfast may be included in hotel room board basis plans such as the Continental plan, American plan, and modified American plan.

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