AI Towel question

05-09-2005

Since we down to under a month to takeoff now - I am starting to get final preps done for our first trip to PDC.

Here is a stupid question

- we are staying at an AI (Grand Palladium) and I know the resort supplies towels. But we will be taking trips out of the resort (PDC for a day, Coba tour, maybe Fat Cat trip) - I am assuming that we will need to bring our own towels since the resort towels are supposed to stay on the resort. Is this accurate?? Sould we pack additional towels??

dave (dazed and confused due to lack of coffee)

05-09-2005

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Originally Posted by DenverDave

Since we down to under a month to takeoff now - I am starting to get final preps done for our first trip to PDC.

Here is a stupid question

- we are staying at an AI (Grand Palladium) and I know the resort supplies towels. But we will be taking trips out of the resort (PDC for a day, Coba tour, maybe Fat Cat trip) - I am assuming that we will need to bring our own towels since the resort towels are supposed to stay on the resort. Is this accurate?? Sould we pack additional towels??

dave (dazed and confused due to lack of coffee)

Hi to DenverDave from BrightonMisfit (j/k - we love it out here on the WINDY plains).

We collect beach towels from various island vacations, and usually use our own towels that we either bring or buy there, for two reasons:

1) we just don't like worrying about someone else's towel (ie., AI) because we don't want to buy them another one!

2) we know where we sit because of our glorious, blazing, bright colored towels. Then after one too many cerveza's or tequila's, or in my case, rum punches - we can follow the blur of color to our destination. Helps a lot

When are you going exactly? We'll be there 6/14-28.... we should try to hook up!

05-09-2005

dave -

we are also staying at an AI (Viva Wyndham Maya). We are taking 2 extra beach towels. A few reasons: use your towel as a pilow when laying on the AI towel, cover yourself when you've had too much sun, save your chair when you're at the bar getting a fresh drink, take your towel with you if you go to another beach...

LndShrk

05-09-2005

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Originally Posted by Playa Junkie

Hi to DenverDave from BrightonMisfit (j/k - we love it out here on the WINDY plains).

When are you going exactly? We'll be there 6/14-28.... we should try to hook up!

Ouch! Thats three groups from Colorado we are missing by one day! We are there from June 7th - 14th!

Thanks for the towel info - we will bring two of our own...

dave

05-09-2005

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Originally Posted by DenverDave

Ouch! Thats three groups from Colorado we are missing by one day! We are there from June 7th - 14th!

Thanks for the towel info - we will bring two of our own...

dave

Really, we must try to coordinate these Colorado junkets a little more carefully.....!!!!! Actually, Frontier offers a group rate for parties of 10 or more. That's why we always take a passle of peeps with us. Maybe we should start our own little Colorado Playadise group here

Enjoy the trip!

05-09-2005

Playa Junkie are you going to make it to the peeps meet on June 18th? I'm not from Colorado but visited my brother that lives there many times...does that count

05-09-2005

All you (us) Colorado folks need to have a get together and plan our next vacations so we can at least be there at the same time.

I'll be at Grand Palladium 5/30-6/6/05 with my family.

Sorry we'll miss you...

u/d

capecodann · 05-09-2005

Yes, take an extra towel for off-resort. You will get towel cards (one per person) upon check in to trade for beach towels. If you lose a towel there is a charge.
Just updated my Unoffocial Palladium page
http://home.comcast.net/~duval2/wsb/...ome.html-.html

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Nerak936 · 05-09-2005

Better to take a cheapo beach towel from home off the resort and lose $5 if it gets lost rather than have to pay the AI towel card charge which is usually $10 or more. That's the way I look at it anyway....

05-09-2005

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Originally Posted by tallone63

Playa Junkie are you going to make it to the peeps meet on June 18th? I'm not from Colorado but visited my brother that lives there many times...does that count

Of COURSE that counts - there's no such thing as a Colorado Native anymore.... But it's a long way to go - I was thinking we people here in Colo ought to get together HERE and remember (?!?) our times in Playa! But come on up! We'd love to have you.... and yep - going to the Tequila Barrel on 18th at 8:00 - hope to meet you!

Coral Reef · 05-09-2005

We always take the resort towels on tours. Staff have seen us carrying them out, and no one has ever told us not to take them. In fact, the Funjet rep specifically instructed us to bring our resort towels on certain tours.

If I did pack our own towels, I'd take cheapies and leave them there. Towels get gross so quickly on the beach, and they take forever to dry out. It's so much more convenient to get fresh ones from the resort whenever you want them.

We've never lost a resort towel, but if you do, there is a simple solution. You know those people who get up at 6:00 AM to put their towels on lounges by the pool, despite all the signs asking guests not to reserve chairs? And then they go away for hours, keeping the chair tied up when they're not even using it? In my view, those people are just begging to donate their towels to more deserving guests.

Nerak936 · 05-09-2005

I was at Wal-Mart tonight specifically to buy some cheapo beach towels to bring with us when we leave this Saturday. At first I had a couple in my basket at $9.94 each (which kinda irritated me cuz last time I was the Iberostar, the replacement cost was $10). But then I turned the corner and found the same sized beach towels (although thinner weave) for $3.93. Came home with two lime green $3.93 beach towels.

TAPPY · 05-09-2005

I always use the resort towels as well.(not the beach ones but the bath ones from in the room) ..and Coral Reef I like your way of thinking

streckman · 05-09-2005

DenverDAve,

Hola, another Coloradan here!! We take the resort towels all the time when we go out on our own. If I lose one, so what, we're on vacation. I'd pack cheapy towels if my wife left any room in the suitcase

Have a great trip and don't over-plan. You may end up loving the resort so much that you won't want to leave. You'll just have an excuse to keep coming back each year

**Shammy** · 05-09-2005

Hey FYI....the charge for a lost pool towel at the Bahia Principe is $50.00!

You can bet the two times we took them off property, I made sure I knew where all 4 were every minute!

We did bring our own but as CR said, they get gross and don't dry for days on end so we never even took them out of the suitcase!

And CR, I also like your way of thinkin!

05-09-2005	#1 (permalink)
DenverDave Posts: n/a	AI Towel question Since we down to under a month to takeoff now - I am starting to get final preps done for our first trip to PDC. Here is a stupid question - we are staying at an AI (Grand Palladium) and I know the resort supplies towels. But we will be taking trips out of the resort (PDC for a day, Coba tour, maybe Fat Cat trip) - I am assuming that we will need to bring our own towels since the resort towels are supposed to stay on the resort. Is this accurate?? Sould we pack additional towels?? dave (dazed and confused due to lack of coffee)

05-09-2005	#3 (permalink)
LndShrk Posts: n/a	To towel or not to towel... dave - we are also staying at an AI (Viva Wyndham Maya). We are taking 2 extra beach towels. A few reasons: use your towel as a pilow when laying on the AI towel, cover yourself when you've had too much sun, save your chair when you're at the bar getting a fresh drink, take your towel with you if you go to another beach... LndShrk

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capecodann ruined Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cape Cod, Massachsuetts Posts: 83	Towels at Palladium Yes, take an extra towel for off-resort. You will get towel cards (one per person) upon check in to trade for beach towels. If you lose a towel there is a charge. Just updated my Unoffocial Palladium page http://home.comcast.net/~duval2/wsb/...ome.html-.html [/quote]

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05-09-2005	#6 (permalink)
tallone63 Posts: n/a	Playa Junkie are you going to make it to the peeps meet on June 18th? I'm not from Colorado but visited my brother that lives there many times...does that count

05-09-2005	#7 (permalink)
u/d Posts: n/a	All you (us) Colorado folks need to have a get together and plan our next vacations so we can at least be there at the same time. I'll be at Grand Palladium 5/30-6/6/05 with my family. Sorry we'll miss you... u/d

05-09-2005	#9 (permalink)
Nerak936 =^. " .^= Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 18,506	Better to take a cheapo beach towel from home off the resort and lose $5 if it gets lost rather than have to pay the AI towel card charge which is usually $10 or more. That's the way I look at it anyway....

05-09-2005	#11 (permalink)
Coral Reef way into it Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 155	We always take the resort towels on tours. Staff have seen us carrying them out, and no one has ever told us not to take them. In fact, the Funjet rep specifically instructed us to bring our resort towels on certain tours. If I did pack our own towels, I'd take cheapies and leave them there. Towels get gross so quickly on the beach, and they take forever to dry out. It's so much more convenient to get fresh ones from the resort whenever you want them. We've never lost a resort towel, but if you do, there is a simple solution. You know those people who get up at 6:00 AM to put their towels on lounges by the pool, despite all the signs asking guests not to reserve chairs? And then they go away for hours, keeping the chair tied up when they're not even using it? In my view, those people are just begging to donate their towels to more deserving guests.

05-09-2005	#12 (permalink)
Nerak936 =^. " .^= Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 18,506	I was at Wal-Mart tonight specifically to buy some cheapo beach towels to bring with us when we leave this Saturday. At first I had a couple in my basket at $9.94 each (which kinda irritated me cuz last time I was the Iberostar, the replacement cost was $10). But then I turned the corner and found the same sized beach towels (although thinner weave) for $3.93. Came home with two lime green $3.93 beach towels.

05-09-2005	#13 (permalink)
TAPPY añejo Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Louisiana Posts: 14,940	I always use the resort towels as well.(not the beach ones but the bath ones from in the room) ..and Coral Reef I like your way of thinking

05-09-2005	#14 (permalink)
streckman life=playa Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Colorado Posts: 854	DenverDAve, Hola, another Coloradan here!! We take the resort towels all the time when we go out on our own. If I lose one, so what, we're on vacation. I'd pack cheapy towels if my wife left any room in the suitcase Have a great trip and don't over-plan. You may end up loving the resort so much that you won't want to leave. You'll just have an excuse to keep coming back each year

05-09-2005	#15 (permalink)
Shammy Moderator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: The Joisey Shore Posts: 10,267	Hey FYI....the charge for a lost pool towel at the Bahia Principe is $50.00! You can bet the two times we took them off property, I made sure I knew where all 4 were every minute! We did bring our own but as CR said, they get gross and don't dry for days on end so we never even took them out of the suitcase! And CR, I also like your way of thinkin!

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