Tourism Proposal
5-15-13 WOSO Commentary
When it rains like cats and dogs almost continuously for
some 9 days straight as has been happening in Puerto Rico, I think of those
poor tourists who come to Puerto Rico to enjoy the warmth and sun. I saw some
of those gloomy faces at the Marriott Hotel last week when I went to our San
Juan Rotary luncheon.
I can empathize with them since one of my more stressful
experiences relate to those trips I take in order to enjoy a particular
activity like skiing, golf, or scuba diving. A European ski trip with my son’s
family who live in London was saved by snow on the very day we arrived, and a
scuba diving trip to Belize a few years ago was luckily only for a long weekend
since the swells made any kind of ocean sport impossible for over a week before
our arrival and about a week after we left.
My Puerto Rico tourism proposal would be that we guarantee the
warm sun.
Should the temperature go below 68 degrees, or should it
rain for more than 4 hours between 9 and 5, the tourist would be given a credit
equal to 75% of the agreed room rate. This credit could be applied to the hotel
bill for room and other hotel charges during the reserved stay, or for an
extended or future stay.
Upon booking reservations, the person would pay a nominal amount
per room per day such as $1 fee, or 1% of the daily room rate. The principal
reason for the charge is in order to separate the sun seeker from other
travelers.
The 25% charged would cover basic room expenses and my guess
is that the 75% credit would be spent by most in the hotel bars, restaurants,
gymnasium, spa, etc., so that the effective costs to the hotel would be
negligible.
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