If you travel a lot something you'll have noticed is that the nicer the hotel, the less free amenities. You stay at a Hampton Inn, Hyatt Place, Holiday Inn Express, Embassy Suites, Candlewood Suites, Drury, even the Choice hotels and you're getting breakfast, free wifi, heck, sometimes you even get a managers reception with complimentary two-buck chuck and some pretzels and meatballs.
Stay at a Hilton, Marriott, Doubletree, Renaissance, Westin, etc. and you've got a 10.95 minimum fee for wifi per day, definitely no free breakfast--usually their half-assed attempts at expensive modern food, and oftentimes no pool. boo. and double boo if you have kids.
My take is that unless it's an incredible landmark proferring an intensely unique experience, like the Hotel Del Coronado or Waldorf-Astoria, or has some particularly amazing ambience--like the Blackstone in Chicago, or has a to-die-for location, I'd always go midrange. In fact, if it's for practicality and NOT for the experience, choosing high-end hotels is like waving a flag that says "I'm a moron and I like to waste money." we should station robbers outside of them.
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