Sanctuary
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What is it about people who go on cruises that they want everything free...just "gimme, gimme, gimme, and I want it all for free." Sure, they’re not all like that, but the grand majority of them seem to be. They want the moon and the stars, but they don’t want to pay for any of that service.
There is a travel board I read that is for cruiseship-goers. The section I read is the one for topics about certain departure cities, Miami being one of them. We’re not allowed to advertise over there, so I obey the rules and don’t solicit my own business there, but I do answer questions from time to time from a local’s perspective. It’s usually the same questions over and over, mostly on the topic of local hotels (many people fly in the day before their cruise departs and overnight in a hotel), local cuisine, where stuff is, now much taxis are, what is there to do after I get off the ship and an evening flight home, etc.
A very common question is one asking for what hotels have a free shuttle from the airport or to the cruise port, followed by "where is the nearest liquor store?" It’s popular for cruise-goers to bring their own wine and whatever if they can get it past security.
Anyway, today, one poster just got under my skin a little. She was looking for a hotel that fit the list she made:
*Under $130/night (incl. taxes) for four people in high season in Miami (she couldn’t believe the week before Christmas was high season in Miami....HELLO???? - she thought high season was summer....uh...when it's cold and snowing in most of the USA and it's sunny and 85 in South Florida, that spells high season; nobody wants to be here in the summer.)
*Free airport shuttle
*Free cruiseport shuttle
*Free full breakfast (not just cereal or waffles - and she pointed out that she needed to have eggs and a breakfast meat with fresh juice)
*Located with walking distance to a liquor store and a grocery store or a hotel that offers a free shuttle to those places
*Hot tub
*Located near the port and in a safe neighborhood.
OMG!!! All that in some of the most expensive areas of Miami, during high season, at the holidays. ....for $130....oh, and then, there’s the "I’m a single mom" card to be played. Only Alice in Wonderland could find all that on a good day.
Someone else beat me to it and posted a reply, "Perhaps you should try www.cheaphotelinMiamiinhighseasonwithfreeshuttletoliquorstore.com." Loved it!
I see these kinds of posts all the time, but this one was really over the top. Usually people are just asking for one criteria, or two. Geez! I couldn't image having this person as a guest.
There is a travel board I read that is for cruiseship-goers. The section I read is the one for topics about certain departure cities, Miami being one of them. We’re not allowed to advertise over there, so I obey the rules and don’t solicit my own business there, but I do answer questions from time to time from a local’s perspective. It’s usually the same questions over and over, mostly on the topic of local hotels (many people fly in the day before their cruise departs and overnight in a hotel), local cuisine, where stuff is, now much taxis are, what is there to do after I get off the ship and an evening flight home, etc.
A very common question is one asking for what hotels have a free shuttle from the airport or to the cruise port, followed by "where is the nearest liquor store?" It’s popular for cruise-goers to bring their own wine and whatever if they can get it past security.
Anyway, today, one poster just got under my skin a little. She was looking for a hotel that fit the list she made:
*Under $130/night (incl. taxes) for four people in high season in Miami (she couldn’t believe the week before Christmas was high season in Miami....HELLO???? - she thought high season was summer....uh...when it's cold and snowing in most of the USA and it's sunny and 85 in South Florida, that spells high season; nobody wants to be here in the summer.)
*Free airport shuttle
*Free cruiseport shuttle
*Free full breakfast (not just cereal or waffles - and she pointed out that she needed to have eggs and a breakfast meat with fresh juice)
*Located with walking distance to a liquor store and a grocery store or a hotel that offers a free shuttle to those places
*Hot tub
*Located near the port and in a safe neighborhood.
OMG!!! All that in some of the most expensive areas of Miami, during high season, at the holidays. ....for $130....oh, and then, there’s the "I’m a single mom" card to be played. Only Alice in Wonderland could find all that on a good day.
Someone else beat me to it and posted a reply, "Perhaps you should try www.cheaphotelinMiamiinhighseasonwithfreeshuttletoliquorstore.com." Loved it!
I see these kinds of posts all the time, but this one was really over the top. Usually people are just asking for one criteria, or two. Geez! I couldn't image having this person as a guest.