Following on the Key West thread, has anyone heard how Dorado in PR is doing?
Bear in mind that Rob's post features info from 5 days ago, just after the hurricane passed. Oh, and nice avatar.Thanks Rob. Yes, the Ritz is literally just up the road from the Hyatt.
From now on, we'll just consider the two of you to be twins.Oh, and nice avatar.
Which was waived for two weeks to allow fuel shipments to Texas and Florida for Harvey and Irma.PR recovery could be faster if was not for that ancient maritime Act called The Jones Act.
From now on, we'll just consider the two of you to be twins.
The Jones Act was waived for Texas and Florida and it need to be waived for PR.
The video was not current, but there are other pics and vids that are.....
Few flights, No transportation (for tourists) etc....
God speed PR, it's going to be a long journey I fear.
It all depends on the extent and terms of the property's insurance policy. Hopefully, the MF's will cover the deductible portion and the rest of the damage will be covered, but a special assessment is certainly possible (as is the case for many Caribbean timeshares affected by Irma and Maria).The HRC PR owners could get hit with a special assessment to repair the property. Thus a double wammy, no occupancy and more costs.
Great idea, Sapper. I suggest you start a new thread with the appropriate title. Unfortunately, there are very few Hyatt owners who participate regularly on this forum, but if you start the ball rolling, I am sure us regulars will be happy to contribute. Would you be willing to collect checks and find out how to get the money to the HRC properties affected by Irma and Maria?
Admirable. I'd be willing to help and serve as your collaborator. Another idea would be to see if TUGBrian would want us to collect money in TUG's name and be involved in the distribution of monies to those most in need.Yes, I would be willing to start something small (ie, open a seperate bank account to ensure no co mingling of funds, etc), and contact the impacted properties to distribute funds to the folks on the ground. I would appreciate any help from anyone who has done this in the past and could tell me the best way to do things, and also act as a third party to verify things are done correctly.
From everything I have read, it doesn't seem that the Jones Act was really stopping aid from getting TO Puerto Rico. Their port was and is full of containers full of aid. The issue seems to be the logistics of getting that aid out throughout the island. Truck driver homes and vehicles are destroyed with no real way to get anywhere to be able to transport the containers. Puerto Rico does get much of its fuel from the mainland USA. They seemed to have fuel in the port, but again no way to really get it to the people that need it. It comes down to logistics of moving the aid.They must have heard you..... Jones Act waived for PR