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59Vette, yes I am having a good time and refuse to accept your guilt trip for circumstances beyond my control. I booked this trip last week and had 5 days to find a room, the first 3 hotels called were full and DI had 1 room left so I gladly took it. Bktuna posted his announcement the following Tue.
"Show some class" Give me a break how about you show some intelligence, I'm just trying to post current info that people keep PMing me for. As far as "the power of the CRT network" I've been trying to say IMO that power is limited and has little effect based on past calls for boycotts and that at any given time the number of active CRT members in the gulch is a small percentage. How many members actually keep up with everything posted and contribute here? I'd guess the core group is less than 100. Regardless we all have a choice, patronize where you want and I'll do the same.

I will give you a break on your staying at the Done Inn. Just do not report you are having a great time at the Dunn. lol Anytime you go to Costa Rica you should have good time. I apologize to come down on the messenger so hard. I truly care about the employees of the Dunn and I would not want to be Guy trying to fill BK/Tuna's shoes. As I stated these people that work for the Dunn have no Job security with owners that worship the almighty dollar. Yes it is business but loyalty works both ways.

59Vette,

I appreciate you finally ceding the point for some of us, since not all of us have luxury to drop the reservations at Dunn Inn and book elsewhere when the time constraints are short for it. I am also going to be staying at Dunn Inn, and I already have it all booked at this time, after dropping HLH for Dunn Inn before BKtuna's departure have been annouced. Not all of us are familiar or good friends with him, but it is business and it happens to some people in general.

If I knew him personally, I would drop DI myself, but at this time, I do not have much time or energy to change it around again after dropping HLH in the first place. So I appreciate showing some understanding to some members who do not have the luxury to change, but allow us to enjoy our stay regardless. I do hope that Boyd do get involved in something new that would be better than what he have put in at Hotel Dunn Inn in the first place. I just feel that what happened with him, it may be bogus, but considering that management did not give much investigation into the allegations with him, it is unfair for him. But it is business, and it happens, since it happened to me twice over the past 20 years of remote system adminstration business with various businesses I have been involved in. So I know how he feels, but do not take it out on everyone who stay there, since there are others who is also working there, and is sort of indirect causality of his departure. So give it some time, who knows, DI might be good in long run or not without Boyd, and Boyd might get involved with differnet venture that will out-compete against DI to put them in shame.

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Reply to sincity when you quote me as you did .you left out the Lol . It was meant to be a stab at humor I guess you do not understand. Only time will tell if The Dunn makes it. At least get it right I respect that every Crt has a point to express.

Seeing all this call for support to CRT brother Boyd/BKTuna, if I got stranded at SJO airport headed home after a trip and had to choose a room at either DI or HDR, I would choose HDR in support of Boyd/BkTuna, if there were no other rooms available in San Jose.

First off I know both Boyd & Kathy and have enjoyed going out with them and gambling with Boyd.

I for one do not know all the Facts of this situation as some of the Annointed Clicksters seem to yet keep it to themselves without sharing as they do with many issues or questions that members or newbies have and that is there right.

But to Ask or TELL us to Drink the koolaid and follow the Pied Piper, well not me I will hold off judgement and my business for the moment until I hear Boyd's side or the story in whole.

And if that does not happen I will continue to ENJOY the HOUSE that Boyd built.

A Hearty THANK YOU Boyd.

And for some of you posters, please read what you wrote you sound like a bunch of WAMFMJWTTSYOD !!!!!!!!!!!

Pure bile and bitterness over the treatment of a good friend compel: Your suggestion is excellent and equitable for all, and comes from an excellent and classy businessman in the hospitality industry who places great value on personal relationships --we are talking about investors-only who are pure transaction-oriented and doubtless have a dread horror of personal relations with folks they don'/can't control. Brother TS I say in all sincerity that you and these owners are not on the same planet--and I vote for Planet SL.

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True dat, Thirdworld but the trely sad thing about this is--Boyd was management and thus "employed at will": thus the owners didn't any excuse, trumped up or not, to fire him. The only reason to do it this way is to besmirch Boyd's reputation,i.e. make him less employable going forward. "Despicable behavior", I'd say. And damned stupid.

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Thank you Sincity for understanding I was not attacking the employees of the Dunn Inn or fellow members . I believe as a CRT member we should strive to make Costa Rica a better place. Many people or outsiders do not understand the lifestyle. Boyd is one of the keys to our success . I apologize to you if I have offended you that was not my purpose. I was just defending a true friend who I feel an injustice was done.

I recently advised 4 friends (june trip/not crt members yet)to stay anywhere but dunn inn with sl or dr prefered.They were ready to blindly book dunn inn on my reccomendation.They booked del rey for first week of june.
Nice open letter done inn heres my reply you just lost 4 guests who are not afraid to spend $$.

Interesting how things are playing out. First, looks like Boyd has a good opportunity at the Clarion, so that is the most important thing. I have always scoffed at the idea of CRT really being able to do much in the making or breaking of a business. This case is a bit different though. We are talking a small venue in a certain area with a different type of market. I don't think CRT will break the business in question, BUT, I think a lot will be lost for them by customers that would have come and now wouldn't go there no matter what. I don't know but I imagine that a large portion of those that can't get a room at the SL would have booked DI instead. And with the cordial relationship Boyd has always had with the SL, I could have seen kind of a rolling party. It can get kind of stale to sit in any one bar for too long. Would have been nice for patrons to be able to hang at the bar at the SL for a while, then head down to DI for a couple to stretch your legs and have a change of scenery. That's where I think revenue will be lost. I'm sure they will get good nights and probably will be successful to some degree. But what about those drinkers you won't get on a Wednesday afternoon? As for knowing both sides of the story, you are right. But I have always considered myself good at reading people and the few times I met Boyd, he just didn't strike me as someone who would do something stupid to lose a job.

Just like in the States....there are laws pertaining to working in a foreign country if you do not have the proper papers.

I know here in Costa Rica the punishment for the establishment is severe...they could close the place down for various worker related issues.

If Boyd wasn't or isn't legally supposed to work...well there you go..He made it clear that HE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE at the Clarion

PS. I do believe there are some exceptions like working for a large company with government understandings like Dell, HP and others and there are also some arrangements with tourist businesses where foreigners can work

What "allegations"? Inquiring minds want to know.

There are too many threads on this matter. Keep it simple and in one place and something might actually happen. Spread out like it is, impact is grossly thined. So, quoting again:



What allegations? The word "allegation" is not a nice word. Nope. Not a nice word. Typically, it's used in criminal matters. Same with that pesky word, "investigation".

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As for the allegations, I have gotten it from three people who is close friends of BKTuna to know what went on. But considering how the management got their information to justify removing him, that is why I say allegations, since it sort of smells like competition tactic to remove someone that is doing extremely good business, namely Boyd.

However, considering that Boyd or Hotel Dunn Inn have not come out publicly about the issue surrounding his removal, I prefer to stay quiet on it, til either party tell it to the whole board. Til then, it is best to talk to him directly or his close friend for information. Since I suspect there is a reason why it is not posted publicly at this time, since there might be something more to it or not.

However, BKTuna have moved on and now working for a competitor, which just happens to be right across the street from where he worked. So, it is more of matter of wait and see how it plays out and let either party fully posts on what went down instead of passing around by PMs, heresy, rumors and such. Just note that I am not a close friend of BKTuna or neither to the Hotel Dunn Inn's management either. I am just saying this as outsider's prespective on this, considering that I have been in this dirty business before with my job between employers in the past and got burned one way or other. But I do get to reap rewards down the road by drinking sweet revenge against the people who burned me by hitting their pocketbook in courts.