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Oh and I forgot a critical point:

6) Much better negotiating once you answer the 3rd question on VB's intro to Hookering in Costa Rica "Where You Stay". The answer "Aqui" puts you in the driver's seat! Maybe, you can save a little more than the $10 upgrade fee...

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Every chick asks where you are staying. Obviously the cogs in their little ping-pong ball sized brains are churning trying to figure something out. But to be honest, I have never stayed at the Del Rey and I don't think it ever really has come into play in terms of pricing, duration or quality of my sessions.

Of course, my first couple of times I stayed at the Morazan, which is essentially the same thing. But in more recent trips I have stayed at the Gran Via & Sportsman's. Never had I had the idea that the girl was rushed to get back. Every session I have had has averaged around 2hrs.

In 3 years I've stayed at Presidente, Morazon, and Delray. Only downside to delray is the casino smoke drifts up even to the sixth floor. Kitchen smells no longer an issue.

I'll probably always stay at Delray. I love being able to take a nap/shower/shit/change while my buds are still in the Blue Marlin. I like to escort my Ho's back to BM and the elevator ride is much shorter than the Walk of Shame.

If the beggars disappeared I might consider Presidente again but their attitude is stiff nowadays.

I made friends with Gabby this trip and Delray was completely painless. 6 nights ran $470 including guest charges and a few drinks added to my room bill.

A) Unless you never leave the HDR, you're going to be accosted every single time you leave the building, whether its to go to another hotel, a restaurant, an MP, out on a tour etc.. They're not as bad at the Prez and they're non-existent at the SL, Castillo, Amon etc. and if you stay at one of those places not every trip you make is going to be to the HDR. So you'll probably have a WORSE problem with beggars if you stay at the HDR not less of one. Actually, I think the guys who stay at the HDR complain about beggars as much if not more than everyone else since they encounter them every time they go out. I wouldn't want to stay someplace where I'd be afraid to go out as I go to CR to see the country not hang out in a hotel.

B) I don't think guys freak out about trannies as much as they like to just joke around about them. I've stated in other threads that I pass them all the time and they don't even give me a 2nd look. But even if others really were freaking, a cab ride to the SL is still less than the HDR chica fee.

C) The hotel room is over $10 more than the CRT rate at the Prez and $20 more than the Morazon or Castillo and that is before the unavoidable $10 a pop chica fee which can add easily much more than $10/day for some guys. The HDR price is comparable to the pre-tax SL rate but from what I hear the SL rooms are MUCH nicer.

D) If I were them, would I charge whatever I could get? Sure. But the arguments are similar to the CIEN debate. I've said it before that I don't blame either the whores at the BM bar or the whores at the DR desks for charging every penny they can above the typical market rates as long as they can get away with it. I blame the fools that pay it. Their ability to charge that is predicated on the imperfect knowledge (read ignorance) of the average consumer. However, just because its right for them and they are acting in their interest doesn't mean it is right for you or in your interest.

E) You are on top of the action alright...it would actually be worth $10 more to me not to have beggars accost me everytime I leave my hotel, or to have my hotel management figuring ways they can soak me for extra dough, to be able to get away from the chicas for a few minutes out of every day and only enter the fray when I feel like it, to not have the casino noise filtering up to my room 24 hours a day so I can actually get some rest in between "mongering" and going out. For me, I'm not so lazy that a one block walk seems that much farther than the elevator. That it all actually costs $10 less and not $10 more is just a bonus.

F) Oh yeah, as for point six, I'd say it is very doubtful you'd save anywhere close to $10 for being aqui. As long as you're not a long and expensive cab ride away to someplace like the BW Irazu, a 5 minute walk or cab ride is not going to make much of a difference. One could also argue that admitting that you don't mind paying a $10 chica fees may make you subject to a higher negotiating stance then if you said you stayed at hotel known for hosting large numbers of no-cien paying CRTers.

I'm not saying the HDR is totally without merits. I agree with ruffnutz that it is an experience that every newbie should try at least once. You're paying extra for the novelty of being "on top of all the action". But once you've been there and done that, you realize that it is not the best value for the money in town (for the rooms or the girls).

I stayed at the HDR and liked it. To me its an All Inclusive Resort!!!

Stop with the Del Rey bashing.
Do I go around bad talking your hotel of choice. As it should be you select your hotel and I select my hotel. We each make a decision based on our personal needs. The next thing you know you're going to be putting out negatives about the girls I am with. You can take any ten of us and send us to the blue marlin with $100 to pay for any girl . I doubt the same girls would be chosen more than twice. It is a matter of taste and the same can be said about the hotel. Or we going to start criticizing guys for paying $90 a night for a room instead of $75. Claiming thay are going to cause the price of the hotel room to go up.

Now I am all for stating the facts. Price of room, quality of room, services offered, and environmental condition of room. This is not going out to anyone in particular it is just that I really liked the Del Rey and just like any fan even if you team is not having the best year it is still your team.
Lee
PS: do not send money.

I just booked my room for the June trip and the Prez couldn't accomodate my entire stay. So, it's 2 days at the Prez and 2 at HDR. Even after the incident of privacy leaks it's still my #2 choice. I really don't mind it at all. To me the biggest drawback isn't the slightly higher charge for the room, it's the damn car alarms going off at all hours of the day and night. And, depending on how high up you are, the casino noise can be heard until about 5am. However, on the April trip I am going to do a recon mission to the Sportsmens.

dapanz1

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Dapanz1:
Have you ever used earplugs? One of the many things I have been blessed with is the ability to sleep. Three or four R-Cokes and I can do four or five hours on the couch in the lobby. Come to think of it I did that a couple times. I was going to look into the Sportsmens to. You should always have a backup plan.
Lee




PS: Do not send money!

I always tell the girls I'm staying at the Hotel Asia.
That really stops them in their tracks.

Witling:
At least they know they're not getting a $100 out of you.
Lee