10/2017 - INVASION - boca chica feb 19-28 2018

[yayow]

Has the Europa reopened (under the same or a new name) as well?

It's a shame to see such conveniently located properties go to waste.

No it hasn't

[Hunter]

Well...I just like my corner room Garant .... booked.

Airfare $512 right now direct JFK for my good times....Seems a little high but it is high season...so probably wont come down too much....might jump on it...95 days out though...

[greydread]

No it hasn't

This is the part of the D.R. that has me baffled. Some of these businesses have every indicator of continued prosperity, yet they fail. The lodging business model in a beach town just minutes from a capital city of over 3 million souls and just 5 minutes from a major international airport should be a guarantee of success. It's not that hard.

Look at VOTB. It used to be "Porky's", a bar with a dance floor and a seaside location. The few rooms (6, I think) went unused and the employees were family members of the fat Dominican Chica who talked her Canadian husband into investing in the joint as an absentee landlord. Of course it failed. Along comes a group of young entrepreneurs with a vision to create a cuisine centered meeting place. They eventually renovated and opened the rooms upstairs and quickly created a clientele of devotees who love staying there and are loathe to eat anywhere else and fell in love with the location, the service and the food. True, the potential of this business is limited by its size but the superior service, food and location almost guarantees millions in profit over the life of the business for the owners. Meanwhile, other beachfront properties languish in varying states of disrepair and neglect. I don't get it.

[Mr. Smooth]

Well...I just like my corner room Garant .... booked.

Airfare $512 right now direct JFK for my good times....Seems a little high but it is high season...so probably wont come down too much....might jump on it...95 days out though...

Oh Hunter.....if you really knew!

When it comes to DR airfare's, you have absolutely NOTHING to complain about!

[Jimmydr]

Oh Hunter.....if you really knew!

When it comes to DR airfare's, you have absolutely NOTHING to complain about!

I hate it when I have to pay around $400RT

[Jimmydr]

Well...I just like my corner room Garant .... booked.

Airfare $512 right now direct JFK for my good times....Seems a little high but it is high season...so probably wont come down too much....might jump on it...95 days out though...

You got your room!!

[yayow]

This is the part of the D.R. that has me baffled. Some of these businesses have every indicator of continued prosperity, yet they fail. The lodging business model in a beach town just minutes from a capital city of over 3 million souls and just 5 minutes from a major international airport should be a guarantee of success. It's not that hard.

Look at VOTB. It used to be "Porky's", a bar with a dance floor and a seaside location. The few rooms (6, I think) went unused and the employees were family members of the fat Dominican Chica who talked her Canadian husband into investing in the joint as an absentee landlord. Of course it failed. Along comes a group of young entrepreneurs with a vision to create a cuisine centered meeting place. They eventually renovated and opened the rooms upstairs and quickly created a clientele of devotees who love staying there and are loathe to eat anywhere else and fell in love with the location, the service and the food. True, the potential of this business is limited by its size but the superior service, food and location almost guarantees millions in profit over the life of the business for the owners. Meanwhile, other beachfront properties languish in varying states of disrepair and neglect. I don't get it.

Love the people there but their main problem in my opinion is their service it is horrible, part of the reason why I very seldom go there, normally only if a friend happens to be there and he wants to meet there, if they ever improve the service and I have told them this often, I would spend time there.

As far as Europa besides the price of the place is the back taxes which are huge, if someone could get a deal on that maybe it will sell. As it is now, it is a big nut to get that place up to standards, sale price, back taxes and renovations which would be extensive. Someone with very deep pockets would have to take on the project.

[minkyboodle]

Oh Hunter.....if you really knew!

When it comes to DR airfare's, you have absolutely NOTHING to complain about!

It's better from for me from NC than for you on the west coast, but I share this NYC jealousy in part!!

[greydread]

Love the people there but their main problem in my opinion is their service it is horrible, part of the reason why I very seldom go there, normally only if a friend happens to be there and he wants to meet there, if they ever improve the service and I have told them this often, I would spend time there.

As far as Europa besides the price of the place is the back taxes which are huge, if someone could get a deal on that maybe it will sell. As it is now, it is a big nut to get that place up to standards, sale price, back taxes and renovations which would be extensive. Someone with very deep pockets would have to take on the project.

So the new owner has to assume responsibility for back taxes? That explains a lot. It's difficult to get my head around a policy which promotes idle properties which generate zero public revenue rather than to encourage new ownership and the return to profitability.

As far as VOTB goes, they like most small businesses hite pooh-butt floor help that cares more about their cell phones than their customers. The business model for bar/ restaurants which we are used to is that the floor help gets paid an extremely low wage but those who hustle their butts off can earn fantastic money in tips. A business model which assigns a gratuity as a part of the final bill undercuts that incentive and discourages more realistic gratuities. I don't think the sloth like service is as much the resultant from culture of VOTB as it is of the culture in general. Some of the more successful restaurants I've been to on the South Coast have more attentive management and it makes all the difference in the world. Maybe if the wait staff was more interested in selling the brand than they are in selling their asses the service there would improve. Mr. Smooth and I were there for lunch one day last March and the waitress was so busy trying to get him interested in her phat ass that she must have forgotten what she was really there for. The food took forever to arrive but when it did, it was daam good.

[Jimmydr]

So the new owner has to assume responsibility for back taxes? That explains a lot. It's difficult to get my head around a policy which promotes idle properties which generate zero public revenue rather than to encourage new ownership and the return to profitability.

I guess that is why places are empty 5 years

[whynotme]

Well...I just like my corner room Garant .... booked.

Airfare $512 right now direct JFK for my good times....Seems a little high but it is high season...so probably wont come down too much....might jump on it...95 days out though...

ya $512 usd is $653 cnd and I booked 4 trips to Bangkok next spring for $650 earlier this month when I caught a sale on united so I definitely wont be spending the same amount to go to the dr

[minkyboodle]

Anyone who has stayed at Costa Linda, which room to you book through booking.com to get that nice mirror room. I am asking for a friend ahem 😁

[essexboy]

Anyone who has stayed at Costa Linda, which room to you book through booking.com to get that nice mirror room. I am asking for a friend ahem 😁

i already got the mirror room booked lol

[minkyboodle]

Lol haaha

[yayow]

Anyone who has stayed at Costa Linda, which room to you book through booking.com to get that nice mirror room. I am asking for a friend ahem 😁

One thing to remember about Costa Linda, although they have safes they don't have locks for them, which I actually think is a good thing. So bring your own lock if you want to use the safe, or you can buy one locally.

[essexboy]

One thing to remember about Costa Linda, although they have safes they don't have locks for them, which I actually think is a good thing. So bring your own lock if you want to use the safe, or you can buy one locally.

hi mate
are the safes in the room or in reception?
cheers

[yayow]

hi mate
are the safes in the room or in reception?
cheers

They are in the rooms

[Al Nyc]

Is there any hotels in Boca Chica that has a room with a jacuzzi in it?

[essexboy]

Is there any hotels in Boca Chica that has a room with a jacuzzi in it?

i have seen some on airbnb with them have a search

[Mr. Smooth]

i already got the mirror room booked lol

Why? You want to be able to see yourself while having a wank?