Ok, got married, survived honeymoon. :)
Well, I got through the wedding, reception, and honeymoon relatively unscathed, with the possible exception of a bronchial condition I may have picked up while in Cancun, but it's only really bad at night.
Regardless, the wedding went by splendidly, and the song I sang for my wife got rave reviews over there. No, I'm not doing Idol, I have a "decent" voice. Great voices win Idol, decent voices become Sanjaya. I refuse to be Sanjaya Mark Two.
As of Sunday the 29th, while at our resort in Cancun, we were completely incommunicado with our familes, save for an initial call from the hotel room to our parents. The next time they heard from us, it was a week later. And we took it relatively easy on Monday, not straying from the hotel much, except to a flea market, where I forgot it was okay to "bargain". Never... forgetting... again.
While at the airport, we were given the option to visit a resort and listen to their schpiel for about 90 minutes, and in exchange, we would be given our transportation money back, and two vouchers for tickets for Swimming with the Dolphins at the Interactive Aquarium at "La Isla" Mall. We decided, what the hell, we'd listen in (considering those tickets would have cost us $250US otherwise).
Tuesday, we went to the resort and it was, I admit a very lovely resort. The breakfast buffet wasn't that bad, though there were two things that struck me. One, insects on some of the fruit. Two, the person taking us around told us that "we" had to tip the buffet restaurant.
Strikes One... and Two... right off the bat.
Next they took us on the tour of the facility and the suites that we could vacation in, and they were admittedly VERY spacious and tasteful. Not a real bad view on the building at all. Beach was closeby as is the pool.
So far, they're making up.
Then, after we returned, and meeting an iguana on the way, started to discuss business. We listened and then came the cost. Sticker shock.
Strike... no, not three, not yet.
We discussed it and said no, we weren't in any position to take it. They came in with a couple of other ways to sweeten the deal or even make lesser deals that would be affordable. She brought in someone who had worked in the states and started to work in on us. After he was done I asked the original saleswoman if she could give my wife and I a couple of minutes to discuss things.
What we discussed was the most polite way to say "Strike three, you're out, now piss off."
They still tried one more deal once we were in the sign out phase. I said no then as well, as they were pushing my saint-like patience.
Nice resort and timeshare options, but we're not in the position to drop $2400 for a timeshare, nor your original deal where we had to drop $27000 THAT DAY.
We returned to the hotel and relaxed during the day, going to a rather nice magic show that evening at the resort.
Part two of honeymoon adventures tomorrow, as Tara and Andy go Mayan at Chichen Itza and Coba.
Regardless, the wedding went by splendidly, and the song I sang for my wife got rave reviews over there. No, I'm not doing Idol, I have a "decent" voice. Great voices win Idol, decent voices become Sanjaya. I refuse to be Sanjaya Mark Two.
As of Sunday the 29th, while at our resort in Cancun, we were completely incommunicado with our familes, save for an initial call from the hotel room to our parents. The next time they heard from us, it was a week later. And we took it relatively easy on Monday, not straying from the hotel much, except to a flea market, where I forgot it was okay to "bargain". Never... forgetting... again.
While at the airport, we were given the option to visit a resort and listen to their schpiel for about 90 minutes, and in exchange, we would be given our transportation money back, and two vouchers for tickets for Swimming with the Dolphins at the Interactive Aquarium at "La Isla" Mall. We decided, what the hell, we'd listen in (considering those tickets would have cost us $250US otherwise).
Tuesday, we went to the resort and it was, I admit a very lovely resort. The breakfast buffet wasn't that bad, though there were two things that struck me. One, insects on some of the fruit. Two, the person taking us around told us that "we" had to tip the buffet restaurant.
Strikes One... and Two... right off the bat.
Next they took us on the tour of the facility and the suites that we could vacation in, and they were admittedly VERY spacious and tasteful. Not a real bad view on the building at all. Beach was closeby as is the pool.
So far, they're making up.
Then, after we returned, and meeting an iguana on the way, started to discuss business. We listened and then came the cost. Sticker shock.
Strike... no, not three, not yet.
We discussed it and said no, we weren't in any position to take it. They came in with a couple of other ways to sweeten the deal or even make lesser deals that would be affordable. She brought in someone who had worked in the states and started to work in on us. After he was done I asked the original saleswoman if she could give my wife and I a couple of minutes to discuss things.
What we discussed was the most polite way to say "Strike three, you're out, now piss off."
They still tried one more deal once we were in the sign out phase. I said no then as well, as they were pushing my saint-like patience.
Nice resort and timeshare options, but we're not in the position to drop $2400 for a timeshare, nor your original deal where we had to drop $27000 THAT DAY.
We returned to the hotel and relaxed during the day, going to a rather nice magic show that evening at the resort.
Part two of honeymoon adventures tomorrow, as Tara and Andy go Mayan at Chichen Itza and Coba.