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Sure there are PLENTY of cheerleaders for the SL around here. However, this thread is NOT about the SL and whether its laurels are well deserved or not, nor is it even really a comparison of the HDR and the SL specifically. Its about the HDR and how that hotel compares to other monger hotels in general and, in that regard, I think you guys that are defending the HDR have been making some pretty LAME arguments.
Mike started this defense with the comment that "The so called elevater fee offers a certain amount of security as they take the girls passport or ID card." First of all, as I recall the HDR does NOT actually take the girl's passport or cedula. I believe all they really do is simply inspect and record the name and number before passing it back to her. But even if they did hold it while she was up in your room, the plain fact is that ALL the other hotels provide a similar service and MOST of the other "monger hotels" do it WITHOUT charging a $10 service fee.
"Seems all the beefs i read about between customer and chica takes place at hotels with no such policy." If that is true, it is ONLY because so few guys here stay at the HDR in the first place, particularly so few of the guys who do most of the posting. So, of course, a seemingly disproportionate number of the REPORTED problems will occur at the hotels that guys posting here are actually staying at. I am ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN as many "beefs" happen at the HDR (actually probably more because there are so many more newbies staying at the HDR who don't know how to screen their chicas as well). Besides, how are any probelms that arise between customer and chica the direct responsibility of the hotel that they stay at? Isn't that more a reflection of those 2 parties directly involved? And isn't if very often chicas who were picked up at the HDR that are causing the problem? If you're going to draw any inferences about a hotel, then wouldn't it be just as valid to base those inferences on where the problem chica was picked up as it would be where you just happened to bring her back to?
IMHO, if a hotel is to be judged on this sort of thing at all, then it should only be on how they RESPOND to any problem rather than to the unfortunate fact that their guests CHOSE to bring back a chica who wound up causing a problem. And, in that regard, these other monger hotels do AT LEAST as well as the HDR once a problem occurs. In fact, the Presidente, despite its loss of favor among many vets, probably does MUCH better than the HDR because they won't even let into their hotel chicas who have caused problems for their guests in the past, chicas that I might add were picked up at the HDR and are still being let into there.
Now Pops comes in with a "You get what you pay for at the Rey." I'd beg to differ. IMHO, it is really more "You have to pay for everything that you get at the Rey" and often pretty dearly. IMHO, the HDR is ridiculously overpriced simply because they can get away with it. Sure there are some vets who stay there too, but mainly it is relatively ignorant newbies who stay there simply because they don't know any better. So what you're really paying for when you stay there is the world-wide notariety that the HDR has.
"Think of all the money you save not taking the pirate cabs outside." If you're talking about the ones at the curb, then the only one's who take those are either the guys STAYING at the HDR who don't know any better or the guys who don't care if they're paying double or triple the normal fare. OTOH, if you're talking about the more legitimate REGULAR taxis out on the street, then you're still much better off paying the $2 it costs to take a girl back to your hotel (or $4/rt if you also pay for her ride back), then paying $10 as a chica fee.
"Think of the money you cans save at the door on viagra, cigars and watches." Again, who buys any of those things either? And as far as being hassled by those vendors everytime you step out of the hotel, you're actually going to be confronted with that FAR MORE times during the day if you're actually staying there (and not restricting yourself to just your room and the BM bar your entire stay) than if you were staying someplace ELSE and only were popping over to the BM in the evening or maybe one or two other times the entire day.
"The buffet breakfast is great." And, like everything else at the HDR, you pay extra for it. In fact, for what they charge, it SHOULD be great. But, in any event, if you really like it so much, you can still pop over there to purchase, REGARDLESS of where you stay (in other words, you don't have to be a hotel guest to eat there).
"The Rey has it's place. Perfect for many people." I actually agree it has its place and IS perfect for many people. Mainly it is perfect for: 1) 1st time CR visitors who THINK that anything outside the doors of the HDR will be really scary and that staying inside that building and going out as little as possible is the best way to avoid any danger (never mind that the WORST street riff-raff actually congregate most heavily outside the HDR ITSELF), 2) the curious who have never actually tried it themselves and want to see for themselves what all the fuss is about 3) those who have only heard vaguely about the monger scene in CR or haven't really done their research and therefore don't realize that there are many much more reasonably priced alternatives that are arguably MORE chica friendly (because they don't charge the fees) and are only very marginably less convenient to being able to pop into the BM bar whenever you want to and 4) the occasional CR vet who, for some reason unfathomable to me, thinks that the HDR is so wonderful it is really worth the ridiculous premium they charge guys to stay there.
"Great place to watch the circus." Sure, it is also great place to watch the circus, but again you don't have to actually stay there to be able to go over there to watch that circus. AND sometimes, at least for most CR vets, the novelty of the BM has worn off and find it useful to be able to get away from all that constant circus when they want to relax and just pop over to watch the circus when they feel like it.
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Never said or implied that the policy was perfect but it sure helps.On another notehow would you feel if the SL had or implemented a similiar policy?
exceptions do apply anut 
