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re: Sandals - St. Lucia
Posted on 1/9/14 at 1:01 pm to iAmBatman
Posted on 1/9/14 at 1:01 pm to iAmBatman
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if you've ever stayed at a hotel before, you've slept in other peoples jizz sheets
Ha, no shite! If I am alone with my wife, it doesn't matter if we are at the Holiday Inn in Nashville, I am trying to get some arse! Something about hotels with me...
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Posted on 1/9/14 at 1:10 pm to ag3ntpurpl3
I'm heading down there also for my honeymoon. We are staying at the Grande. I heard the Joe knows is good but i havent really researched it
Posted on 1/9/14 at 1:17 pm to Civildawg
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I heard the Joe knows is good but i havent really researched it
that was the one every body talked about when we were down there last month. Me and Batgirl didn't do it but everyone we talked to that did said they loved it
Posted on 1/9/14 at 1:19 pm to ag3ntpurpl3
they had three of them on the island when the wife and I stayed back in 2008. You can take a bus to all the different ones on island FREE of charge to try the different restaurants (they all have different ones). Bring money at around 500 to 700$, I say this because everything is paid for already, the food, drinks all of it and you DO NOT tip unless you feel like it. Nobody sticks their hand out ever except for the cab driver/shuttle bus drivers they will ask for money even though the sandals shuttle is not really suppose to...they do, I usually throw them 5 bucks a ride as there will be other couples probably riding with you (they do load and unload your bags). The money you do have can be used to purchase things from the locals who Sandals will bring on to the grounds to sell stuff atleast one of the days you are there. Thats right they bring in the local vendors one day a week to sell stuff on grounds. The money I brought was basically just for emergency needs. I would not convert over to st lucian dollars except to be able to bring a few bucks of st lucian money home for a souvenir. BRING your credit cards and use the safe in the room. you will need this upon arrival and if you want to do any side stuff you will use them ex: spa, volcano catamaran sail (that was worth it) Peton beer is great by the way! Drink a Miami if you want a fruity drink or for the wife. No pressure no problem will become an annoying saying, but just go with it. Snorkeling was fun, and the breakfast buffet is awesome. We stayed at the Regency. Upon check in ask them if they have any free upgraded sweets...I know that sounds tacky, but they will upgrade you for free 60% of the time. This usually means bigger room and better location. I have stayed in the white house in Jamaica, St Lucia was waaaay better.
This post was edited on 1/9/14 at 1:20 pm
Posted on 1/9/14 at 1:26 pm to chunk
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and the breakfast buffet is awesome.
I second this! An omelette cooked to order to start off every morning right!
Posted on 1/9/14 at 1:30 pm to ag3ntpurpl3
When we (three friends and I) went down there in 2005, we befriended a local Rasta that lived out of a tent just off of resort property. He took us all over the island on private tours. At the end of the week we each gave him $100. Really the only way to do it IMO.
Posted on 1/9/14 at 1:32 pm to chunk
also meet other couples and make friends it is easy to do as everybody is in a great mood because EVERYONE will be newly weds. The evening boat ride is fun watch out for the beer chugging contest (i won) you will still want to make your dinner date that night :) also I no longer do this but if you are offered ganja be careful who you smoke with there is a tendency to get people high and then try and sell you everything under the sun. The stuff they smoke doesnt look like prime ses. but it will hit you HARD (dont be fooled by the way it looks). Also the late night grill is awesome, and usually they have some crazy person working it, they usually are loud and rude in a funny way I just rolled with it and got along with everybody. One more side note DO NOT bring any locals back to your room (you would be surprised how many times I saw this). Also, they will try and get you to go off site with them and interestingly enough the couples did return the next morning I always looked 
, but I would always advise against it when you are responsible for protecting your wife. When I was young and single I would pack back away from resorts, in fact I would frown on resorts (truth is didnt have money back then) do not do this, these places are beautiful and very dangerous. Stay on the path if you know what I mean. Oh yeah the security works with the locals, anotherwords as long as you are grounds they dont care what you do, but dont be loud about stuff if you know what I mean and yes the local gy that walks the beach on the resort is selling ganja just so you know. I sound like a pot advocate, which I am not, but I am just letting you in on how it works.
Oh one more thing you can eat as many dinners as you want, another words you do not have to go eat dinner and thats it for the night, you will have to tell them your name upon arrival but that means nothing as far as $ is concerned anotherwords if you eat at 6 have a couple and decided you want to eat again, go eat no extra charge. I ate two dinners a night and would go some where else for dessert lol...The dinners are small, but ok.
, but I would always advise against it when you are responsible for protecting your wife. When I was young and single I would pack back away from resorts, in fact I would frown on resorts (truth is didnt have money back then) do not do this, these places are beautiful and very dangerous. Stay on the path if you know what I mean. Oh yeah the security works with the locals, anotherwords as long as you are grounds they dont care what you do, but dont be loud about stuff if you know what I mean and yes the local gy that walks the beach on the resort is selling ganja just so you know. I sound like a pot advocate, which I am not, but I am just letting you in on how it works. Oh one more thing you can eat as many dinners as you want, another words you do not have to go eat dinner and thats it for the night, you will have to tell them your name upon arrival but that means nothing as far as $ is concerned anotherwords if you eat at 6 have a couple and decided you want to eat again, go eat no extra charge. I ate two dinners a night and would go some where else for dessert lol...The dinners are small, but ok.
This post was edited on 1/9/14 at 1:35 pm
Posted on 1/9/14 at 1:32 pm to chunk
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you DO NOT tip unless you feel like it
I thought it was a good gesture to tip a lil bit for good service at all inclusives. Since the workers there are not paid as much as you may think.
I just feel like a total cheap arse loser if someone is bringing me drink after drink after drink while I'm lounging on the beach and I don't tip them anything for it. Maybe that is just me.
Posted on 1/9/14 at 1:33 pm to lsunurse
It's just you.
Posted on 1/9/14 at 1:34 pm to chunk
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and yes the local gy that walks the beach on the resort is selling ganja just so you know.
Or you can just ask some one that works at the resort and they'll normally hook you up for free.
ETA: First night we were there we asked our waiter about it. A few minutes later he dropped a brown paper bag on our table. I tried to leave him a big tip for it, but he refused it.
This post was edited on 1/9/14 at 1:35 pm
Posted on 1/9/14 at 1:37 pm to colorchangintiger
yup the bar tender would give it you....its funny though he was struggling to roll it so I grabbed it and had it rolled in 5 seconds he said YEAH MON!
i did tip I am just making a point that it is not expected. some places I have been people always had their hand out I mean everybody and that gets annoying when you are constantly being strongarmed for tips
i did tip I am just making a point that it is not expected. some places I have been people always had their hand out I mean everybody and that gets annoying when you are constantly being strongarmed for tips
Posted on 1/9/14 at 1:39 pm to lsunurse
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I thought it was a good gesture to tip a lil bit for good service at all inclusives. Since the workers there are not paid as much as you may think.
my travel agent told me not to tip anyone that works at the resort (except for the butlers) because they can be fired for taking tips.
Posted on 1/9/14 at 1:40 pm to colorchangintiger
i agree the locals are cool in Jamaica as well, but it can be intimadting when you have your wife with you and you dontknow where you are at and at the trust of a local you just met. just be careful and aware of your surroundings with the wife with you.
Posted on 1/9/14 at 1:42 pm to chunk
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some places I have been people always had their hand out I mean everybody and that gets annoying when you are constantly being strongarmed for tips
Yeah I know what you mean. We just got back from Playa and the service at the resort we stayed at was amazing so I didn't mind showing my appreciation by tipping. We brought $150 in ones and $900 in cash and used pretty much all the ones for tips while there(5 nights).
I never tipped anything insane...$1 per drink brought to me; $2-3 a day for maid service(they have different maids cleaning your room so tipping all at the end isn't a good idea); $1-2 a day for the guy that stocked our fridge and mini bar in the room; $2-3 at breakfast and lunch; $5 at dinner or more if the service was great(depended if we did buffet or the nicer sit down restaurants that night).
Posted on 1/9/14 at 1:44 pm to iAmBatman
Guess it depends on the resort. I know the one I stayed at didn't care of we tipped people.
I'd research on trip advisor about that resort though...seems odd to not allow tipping IMO...travel agents tend to say anything to make you book with them
I'd research on trip advisor about that resort though...seems odd to not allow tipping IMO...travel agents tend to say anything to make you book with them
Posted on 1/9/14 at 1:45 pm to chunk
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i agree the locals are cool in Jamaica as well, but it can be intimadting when you have your wife with you and you dontknow where you are at and at the trust of a local you just met. just be careful and aware of your surroundings with the wife with you.
So I was with lsulaker, his now wife/then girlfriend, and another girl. The whole time we were there we wanted to go the Jump Up (Saturday Night street party) that was going on the last night we were going to be there. We talked about it all week. Finally about an hour before we were going to head towards it, lsulaker tells us he's tired and not going. So I was there with his wife and another girl working my arse off to keep the locals from hitting on them, groping them, or worse. I didn't have much fun.
Posted on 1/9/14 at 1:47 pm to lsunurse
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.travel agents tend to say anything to make you book with them
I've had the opposite experience. Went to a travel agent for my honeymoon. They told me to come back when I knew exactly where I wanted to go and where I wanted to stay. Needless to say I booked everything myself.
Posted on 1/9/14 at 1:49 pm to lsunurse
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I'd research on trip advisor about that resort though...seems odd to not allow tipping IMO...travel agents tend to say anything to make you book with them
Sandal's policy is that no tipping is allowed
This post was edited on 1/9/14 at 1:49 pm
Posted on 1/9/14 at 1:49 pm to lsunurse
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travel agents tend to say anything to make you book with them
this^
I took care of a few people at the end of my stay who took care of me the whole week I was there as a parting gift.
Posted on 1/9/14 at 1:49 pm to colorchangintiger
Yeah, cannot remember if it was Jamaica or St. Lucia, but when we got ready to board the shuttle and head to the resort, there were locals standing around everywhere just starting at the Americans like we were celebrities. It was very eye-opening.
Also, St. Lucia's airport is a complete and total dump!
Also, St. Lucia's airport is a complete and total dump!
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