BandB
Pray tell what is "Restaurant charge"?
He's just trying to add up random things to make the list longer. He has three lines for "tax".
He is stubbornly trying to not understand my point.
BandB
Pray tell what is "Restaurant charge"?
BandB
Pray tell what is "Restaurant charge"?
He's just trying to add up random things to make the list longer. He has three lines for "tax".
He is stubbornly trying to not understand my point.
BandB
Interesting, I have never seen that before. So the marina charges the restaurant tax not the restaurant?
How about if you had pizza delivered?
I was researching on Active Captain for next year's cruise. Just off the Hudson River (New York State) is a marina that lists showers at $1.00 for 5 minutes. This is the first time I've seen a marina charge separately for showers. Is this unusual? Do other marinas (in the USA) do this?
BandB
Sorry I misunderstood. The charge is for the meal being delivered to your boat and not an additional charge. I thought the charge was in addition to the cost of the meal. That makes sense.
When we are at a marina we usually go out to eat.
Thanks.
I stayed there years ago,quirky hotel with great literary history. Did you meet "the Algonquin cat"? (No doubt one of a series).Wes
Once I was in NY for business and took my parents with me for a little vacation. I usually stayed at the Algonquin Hotel and we had lunch in the hotel one day.....
Seems odd that charging a dollar for five minutes of shower would get so much anger when most charge about double what they pay for electricity and many have high rates for parking and some charge for WIFI or gym use or whatever. I care what my total cost is, don't really care how they get there. I have a problem with hotels charging resort fees on top of the room rate and some charging for WIFI. Not like you can stay there and not be in the resort. What about boatyards and auto shops with environmental fees or small parts charges? It just is what it is and I have the choice of accepting it or going somewhere else and I'm not going to penalize myself over a small nuisance charge.
At the Galion resort on Key West, they wanted $3.00 per foot. I asked what amenities that included, and it only included shower privileges. No towels. Power and water extra.
To have access to the pool, tennis courts, 1 hr complimentary bar with food, I would need to rent a room. $145
So, for $150 to tie my boat to their dock got me no access, yet if I anchored and rented a room, I got the full deal. Go figure.
Unlikely I'll ever get the boat to Alaska, but feel much of the remote areas in Lake Superior are as enticing.
Superior has already exceeded expectations. Sadly it's a detour off the Great Loop that requires weeks, maybe a month commitment to make it worthwhile. Already planning the next trip here.
Ted
Sorry to continue this thread derail but I have to make a pitch for our Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. It's the San Juan's except without the mountains and whales. And salt. OC I'm assuming you're coming back that way?
Come to think of it, I wonder if my marina could charge a deposit on carts so people would bring them back to where they belong.
That would just be another one of those itemized fees OP doesn't like.
Oh, wait...
-Chris
And aside from amount, that's somehow different from a separate shower fee?
I had a quarter in my pocket once... probably last year sometime, can't remember...
-Chris
I don't normally carry change. I seldom use cash and I don't normally take my credit card with me when I go to take a shower.
And that's the whole point. $50 for the night plus $2 for two showers is the same as $52 for the night but $52 for the night is simpler.
The intent of charging a nominal fee for the showers and a deposit for shopping carts is to deter those who would otherwise abuse the privileges.
Is it really that hard to understand?
Poor analogy, NS. Nobody is trying to steal the shower and leave it sitting on the end of the pier.
The typical "control" down here is: when you pull into the marina, you get the code or the card that unlocks the head/shower, security gate, wifi, pumpout, and other services the marina offers in their cost per foot fee schedule. The code/card is turned off at the end of your stay.
Of course, to make that work, you need sufficient facilities to meet the demand and the marina owner needs to understand his cost structure to amortize his expenses.
I may be unusual in that I find the current and pervasive "nickle/dime" business model objectionable. I don't waste a lot of time about it (except on TF) - I just take my business elsewhere when I encounter it.