TicaFan wrote:
Ruff, we phuck hookers for crying out loud. Shit happens and the most important thing is that we cover our asses and stay safe. What we're only talking about some money(allegedly) and a couple bugs- some cultures actually eat the damn things. I'll be damned if I'm going to a foreign country and acting I'm owed something for spending my powerful dollars in their weakass economy mostly in fact because I get bargain priced box- but that's just me..
Yes, that is just you. I AM owed something, which is simply the serivce or quality comparable to the price I'm paying. MOST people will want the best quality and service that they can get for their hard-earned money. All things considered, I would think that a REASONABLE person would expect a room that costs $89 to, at a minimum, have non-sticky sheets, be insect and rodent-proofed, and be of decent quality. If I were staying at a $7 hostel (as I've done before in Amstrerdam in my younger days), then I would almost expect that kind of thing, but for a room that's quoted at $89 dollars, you've got to be fist-fucking me!?! You're argument on the weak economy further validates my argument, as $89 is A LOT over there. I'm a travelling businessman and most of my rooms at Hampton Inns and Courtyard Marriotts are at the $99 mark... only $10 more and the rooms are fantastic... I know the comparison is apples to oranges due to locations, but the concept I want to take home is that if someone has the audacity to quote $89 on a room, it should be of a quality that reflects $89 dollars. I hate to do this to you again, as I know it irks you, but guess what you get at Sportsmans for $89 a night?? Guess why most people refuse to stay at the Del Rey after their first or second stay... because of the very fact that the quality of the rooms and service does not reflect the quoted prices (among other issues, such as noise, outrageous chica fees, etc.). That's why people WOULD rather go back again and again to the Prez, to the SL, to the ZB... because you GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR...
This is simple. Horse is dead. I see where you are coming from in your argument, but I stand by my review and hope others take heed to it. They'll be severely disappointed to have an $89-a-night room reserved only to find a dingy imitation-pine-sol reeking, cheap rugged, roach infested, shitty cable, tiny bathroom, sticky sheeted hole-in-the-wall that shouldn't be charged at anything over $40 a night. That's all I want people to take home from this overextended post.
Get what you pay for, pay for what you get. We CAN put a hurtin' on the businesses that try to overcharge the "rich gringo"... Do I need to put examples of where CRT has helped rapidly grow a business due to good treatment, just as much as how some businesses fell through or are falling apart due to lack of support from CRT... think hard, folks. Granted, some well-established places like DR/KL are untouchable (for the time being), but most others can literally explode in growth or just get by due to the opinion of this board. Shit, even certain chicas have thrived on strictly CRT recommendations and word of mouth... Rocio, SEVERAL ZB gals, one or two Del Rey gals (think ticas of the month)... I think this is where this board serves it's most important function... to keep everyone informed and help avoid others from getting phucked over, be it by bad service, bad quality, dishonesty, thievery, etc etc. We should have more discussions on this kind of thing, which actually helps everyone who reads it and get away from the ever-boring "I think I'm in love with a whore, and I just know in my bones that my situation is special and unique somehow... any advice?"
TicaFan wrote:
Castillo's website discloses their pricing. CRT members are given a 25% discount for paying cash(I believe). Did you have a kitchenette outside on the first floor or were you on the second? The kitchenettes' published rate is $79 and deluxe is $74 with a $5 charge for an extra person plus tax. I'm not sure what taxes are(16 or 19%?)I think they do room plus tax then take 25% off to arrive at CRT price. It just doesn't seem very possible that the guy at the front desk could have let you occupy an expensive room but cover it the next day, somehow keeping the difference; or put you in a $40 dollar room inside and "snuck" it by. But it is certainly possible I suppose. If you were outside the pricing seems right. You say they took you at your word that you are a CRT VIP even without presenting a card. That seems nice and outside of what might be reasonable so that's a plus. You can call Castillo and see if the guy put down the $70 cash received because whether or not he stole any money seems like the only fact left to establish.
http://www.hotelcastillo.biz/rates.htmlThe $40 rooms are inside and for a single although in the off season I did get a room outside at the $40 rate once, I think. There is no chica fee for "guests" from what I remember but if you check in with an extra person I believe they charge $5.
I'm going to take your word on the prices quoted on the web and say that my friend must have been given some super-ninja-special discount that I was not extended and that maybe the price quoted of $89 was, in fact correct, so there is still a distinct possibility that I wasn't jipped or ripped off (I'm sure Admin1 will ultimately find out)... but I still stand behind the fact that the room is still overpriced for the quality (or lack thereof) provided and I strongly recommend to the newer members try to find the other places where you will pay the exact same amount and get MUCH MUCH MORE (ahem, you-know-where for example).
A business is only as good as the customers willing to throw money into it... Business Darwinism 101.
ONE VOTE, ONE VOICE! ROCK THE VOTE, BITCHES! I'm just one little ol' person saying what I experienced...If the place actually rocks, then play your part and say so! This is what the board is for!! I truly HOPE others will opine one way or another based on their own experiences. I've let myself be heard... everyone else should do so as well.
Ruffnutz
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