by DFWDreems » Tue Oct 10, 2017 10:24 pm
We hear your concerns about the quality level. Three things in response.
First, re: RM compared to Pearl? ... same company, same food and beverage suppliers, same general management and program. No? Can you/we anticipate anything different at RM?
Second, Desire can in no way be considered a 5-star resort, whether you're in the Pres suite or not. We have accepted the facilities, food and service as 3 1/2 stars, at best, although the cost exceeds the 5-star vanillas. The appeal is about the personal freedoms and opportunities, both nudity and sexuality.
And C (kidding, Third), we are becoming concerned the Desire prices continue to rise, more than both vanilla and other sexy resorts. There could be a variety of reasons for this (lower occupancy creating company financial distress or maybe the company is attempting to take advantage of loyal patrons), but it's certainly not due to demand, as occupancy is not increasing. Now, throw in the alcohol and cartel scares, which has reduced occupancy fairly obviously. While Desire has been regularly increasing its prices, the increases were offset with reasonable deals/offers, but they are not keeping pace. Last year, fourth night free offer (25% off the jacked overnight price). This year, reduced to 20% off. We're not seeing much offered now for the near future. The Desire management answer should not be to squeeze loyal patrons - many of us will consider backing off Desire (Pearl and RM), and even Temptations. For us, we'll find reasonable alternatives, and Desire will lose us, two trips planned for 2018, and another two or three in 2019 ...
For now, we'll wait and see how this flushes out.