by lcsilver » Thu Nov 06, 2008 2:53 am
Yes Ron, a risky move, but you are ignorant to our predicament.
We already owned first class tickets to Cancun and the resort was sold out. The only way to secure a "new" reservation for our old booked dates was to book with them again. We used another credit card number so if they did not pay again, we could dispute it within the 60 day period.
We checked with Desire and they had our new resv., so we knew we were OK, and checked later, and indeed, they had payed prior to our arrival.
Hey, would we book through them again... HELL NO !!!, but at least they paid the next time. We really felt we had no choice but to try again as it was the only way to stay when we had air fare.
Oh yeah, we also remember all the blogs about theft, well, we now bring one of those James Bond in room safes that you pack with you and attach to door frames and such. We got bored with that and just used the safe. One day, we forgot that it was open and went to the pool and beach.
We returned to find a note from our housekeeper telling us our safe was left open, and that she locked it and to call security for a new code. NOTHING was gone. We had over $ 2000.00 in cash, as well as ipods, jewelry, and other valuable items. Stupid us, but thanks to the staff.
Ron, we're sorry for you're bad experiences, but hey, things can happen to anyone. I've heard some people say you're a cancer, but we don't believe them.
Whatever, go and enjoy, and we're sure if we ever meet, we'll buy you a drink and share some stories.
The resort and staff were wonderful as usual, although a swim up bar would be nice... lol.
Lance