sukiduper

Some hotel websites list half board or full board in Italy? What does it mean?

Thanks,
Sukiduper

RonZ

Two meals included, breakfast and lunch or dinner.

Steve_James

It's usually dinner rather than lunch.

Steve

amy_zena

Half Board - breakfast and dinner
Full Board - breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Alec

Half board (mezza pensione): Breakfast and one other meal usually dinner included
Full board (pensione completa): Breakfast, lunch and dinner included

This is quite normal at resort hotels (but rarely in cities) in high season, where either is often compulsory. Often pensione menu offers fewer choices than regular menus, and there may be supplement for more expensive dishes.

sukiduper

Thanks everyone! Now what if we just want breakfast because we're travelling to another town? Is that an option?

amy_zena

Ask the hotel if they will just do bed and breakfast

Alec

If you are talking about half board, you take the dinner on the day you arrive and finish with breakfast the following day. If mezza pensione is compulsory, you eat at the hotel or you forfeit the cost, as there is no reduction if you don't take it.

sukiduper

Thanks everyone.

Alejandro_Arashi

Very good info on this thread, thank you.