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It sounds like many gringos are not going to stay there anymore, including me. But with these hotels just don't get it. They could institute policies and still keep the monger business. I really believe that we are more free-spending than most of the ticos.
And believe me, I love the tico culture, but they usually don't tip.

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It's not about Ticos or about tips. It's about gringas going on Trip Advisor and blasting the hotel for being "overrun" with prostitutes. They don't want their beaten-down husband looking at other women, fantasizing about other options, and getting any ideas.

Verdad

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In exile in pu*sy prison

Now, when would that EVER happen?

I can see it's going to affect tips for the morning breakfast for Xaveria and Cathy who work there.

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Wow, first their sister hotel in Jaco went group only and now this. I have stayed at Dunn Inn everytime (except once at SL) I have come to CR. I have only once brought a chica back as I prefer daytime MP's..... i really enjoyed that place but out of principal it is off my list from now on.

guess they feel that THAT audience is more significant than our business!

It is. We tend to overestimate our importance to CR tourism and the businesses we frequent. It the hobby ended today, other than a small number of specific businesses that cater solely/mostly to mongers, the vast majority of the country/businesses wouldn't even notice.

Contrary to popular belief (mostly on this board), the CR economy would not collapse.

It's still good if you're going to wife up......just register her. You can then still do the pensiones by day.

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I went through an incident with a chica at the Dunn Inn in about six years ago. I handled it as quietly as possible by paying the tipsy b*tch off to get out when I couldn't hold her to our initial agreement. I've also lost some cash, a cell phone, and a camera over the years. These are issues most places would prefer not to deal with. I'm sorry to see that mongering has been done in at the Dunn Inn.

I'm kinda/sorta uneasy about the Taormina going the way of the Dunn Inn. There have been some changes since the place reverted to its owner and the floor plan was changed. They no longer seem to have a person dedicated to our segment of their clientele like Guy or Helmuth. If Guy is around you'll be lucky to find him in his out of the way second floor office. If there are any chicas at all, you'll find them hidden in back at the ass end of the building at the bar. The convenience store with the mongering goodies is gone and I've been advised not to ask about the goodies at the front desk or elsewhere. To me that is a major sign, a fundamental shift in policy. While they might still be nominally chica friendly, they are not quite as friendly anymore and I'm sure there are reasons for that.

When a story related to The Trade crops up on television here in The States it is almost always couched in terms of "h*man tr*ff*cking." Generally, if any follow up on such a story appears, it almost never amounts to anything more than a case of simple P4P. Still, it appears that HT is now a great way to justify bigger budgets and influence peddling overseas in places like (you guessed it) CR. If places like the DI no longer cater to certain activities we enjoy it's very likely they've succumbed to some kind of pressure from the local authorities and it wouldn't be a stretch to say these very authorities are likely benefiting from greater resource allocation from the US gov't for being more aligned with US policies.

Aha! A conspiracy theory, a vast right-wing, conservative and progressive one, by the US government to keep us, old horny mongers, from playing our wants!

Hope not

Very sad, and very unjust for us and the chicas trying to support their families. As usual, many of these do-gooder programs hurt the people that they ostensibly say they are trying to benefit.

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Stayed there in April (my 1st trip to SJ). Heard someone say they thought they had changed policy, but I had no problem. Someone also said the restaurant there was trying to go upscale. Just in case I booked Taormina for next trip this Sept.Traffic is bad there, but you can walk to several places close by.