Admin 1 wrote:
There have been however some really disturbing things that have happened there, that thankfully were not our members to the best of our knowledge. It has been the old “ugly American†syndrome that we here at CRT try to discourage based on our creed of enjoy yourself and your brothers, the ladies etc but do it as a gentlemen. There have been the loud rowdy drunks in the halls, people making a scene in the lobbies, even someone threatening physical violence towards a front desk clerk.
As Tourism has increased to C.R. so has the occupancy rates, and with that The Presidente caters to all forms of travelers now, from the Eco Tourists, to families, and of course us the Single Male Traveler. It is a very delicate balance that they are trying to maintain where they welcome us with open arms, yet do not want to offend the very large majority percentage of guests of the Presidente that are traveling without our mindset.
With all of this in mind, they instituted a dress code.
Well I'm waiting to get more first hand info of how things are lately at the Pres. from some amigos there recently but looking at recent posts I'm beginning to wonder about my future reservations if things are as bad as reported. I need my 2 chicas/day while in SJO!
Latinoheat suggested bringing a Burka for our chicas to put on before coming in the Pres.
It's a shame everyone is being hassled over the actions of the few a**holes that come in drunk, make noise in the halls at 3 AM and have no respect for anyone else in the hotel. I see and hear a few of these guys every trip and the eco-family tourists must be making quite a few complaints lately for the hotel to be cracking down so hard with this policy.
We know not every single CRT is well behaved at all times but why couldn't the hotel cut some slack to us CRT VIPs that stay in the hotel regularly, behave like gentlemen and have no past history of creating any disturbances? If I fit that bill and my chica is dressed as required flashing my VIP card upon entrance should be worth something. Also the hotel keeps record of the chicas behavior and expects them to adhere to a certain code of conduct, so why don't they just do the same with guests and keep track of the troublemaker gringos and single them out instead of punishing every guy and chica that attempts to enter the hotel? Perhaps something like this is in the works but right now it seems their solution is overkill and they should target the few gringos causing the trouble instead of the whole CRT population.