pacodemountainside
TUG Member
I definitely don't see it as subsidizing the next guy. You pay your fee and consume what you consume regardless of what the other guy consumes, as he paid, too.The issue that I have with AI's is that if you don't eat+drink as much as the next guy, the rate you pay is, at least in part, subsidizing his eating+drinking. Thus, your incentive is to keep up so as to get your "fair share."
OTOH, we're doing an AI in September and hoping to get a fair share of the goodies. ;-)
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The issue that I have with AI's is that if you don't eat+drink as much as the next guy, the rate you pay is, at least in part, subsidizing his eating+drinking. Thus, your incentive is to keep up so as to get your "fair share."
OTOH, we're doing an AI in September and hoping to get a fair share of the goodies. ;-)
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geekette said:I definitely don't see it as subsidizing the next guy. You pay your fee and consume what you consume regardless of what the other guy consumes, as he paid, too.
To each, his/her own. We don't travel to see how much we can eat/drink or try to get our perceived money's worth. We want to participate in local culture, and help the local economy.
AI is simply not for me. Nope. Not interested.
Jim
It is a different type of vacation but it doesn't have to be able trying to eat and drink as much as possible.
To me, it's not that I'd want to eat and drink as much as possible, but that I'd tend to stay at the resort to eat/drink because I'd already paid for it.
To each, his/her own. We don't travel to see how much we can eat/drink or try to get our perceived money's worth. We want to participate in local culture, and help the local economy.
AI is simply not for me. Nope. Not interested.
There are times when you just want to rest and enjoy yourselves and AI can do that. It is kinda like a cruise, I think. Not the way I travel most of the time. But a year ago we enjoyed two weeks with many relaxing massages and facials and some included tours that we found was a very good deal at an AI. Each to his own.
My main concern with All Inclusive is what happens if you go and the food is awful? Someone I know from work went to Cancun last year on an AI package. They hated the food. They really should have talked to me before they booked. I could have given them a lot of information about dining in Cancun and saved them a lot of money over an AI package.