Meal Plans

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There 5 meal plans in Hotel Industry and in Travel Industry we uses only
4 of those
Every meal plan by default has accommodation as part of it
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E.P - European Meal Plan

Only accommodation no meals
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C.P - Continental Meal Plan

Only Breakfast
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C.P is known as BnB or B & B also which also means Bed and Breakfast

B.P - Bermuda Plan

Only breakfast. Here the difference in B.P and C.P is that in C.P the
breakfast given is lavish breakfast whereas in B.P the breakfast is very basic
and cold breakfast
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M.A.P - Modified American Plan

Breakfast + any 1 major meal
Breakfast + Lunch or Dinner
90% people like to go with Dinner
M.A.P means
Breakfasts and Dinner
If it is not specified then always consider that Dinner is part of M.A.P
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M.A.P is known as H.B - Half Board

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A.P - American Plan

All meals
A.P known as F.B also which means Full Board
Breakfast, Lunch, Evening Snacks and Dinner
The confusion is that many hotels they won’t give Evening Snacks but
when we are talking about resorts or theme based accommodation then
evening snacks is part of A.P
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Let's count.

Assume you have made 6 Days Travel Package of Bangkok and Phuket in
which you have given Hotel of Bangkok on CP basis and Hotel of Phuket
on AP Basis. Now see how many breakfast, lunch and dinners your client
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First of all convert days into nights. If it is 6 Days it means it is 5 Nights. If

it is 5 nights it is very obvious that it would be having 2 Nights in Bangkok
and 3 Nights in Phuket
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Day 1 - Bangkok - No meals. First day there is no breakfast

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Day 3 - Bangkok - Breakfast and Checkout and Arrival in Phuket. Lunch
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Day 4 - Phuket - Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5 - Phuket - Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 6 - Phuket - Breakfast - Departure
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Breakfast Lunches Dinner

5 3 3

You can count in above mentioned rough itinerary made only for counting
the number of meals client is getting after taking 2 Nights Accommodation
in Bangkok on CP Basis and 3 Nights Accommodation in Phuket on AP
Basis
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Read this document 4 times and give scenarios to yourself and count
number of meals. After practicing this 5 to 6 times your concept will get
clear.
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Meal plans are basics for Hotels and Travel Packages also. It is asked in
interviews as well. Understanding, using and even writing them while
communicating with Hotels and Suppliers is very important for getting
lower rates.

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