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Beware of the Almond Beach Village Barbados
A word of caution to anyone visiting the Almond Beach Village. This
hotel is normally excellent and people frequently make return visits but it is currently experiencing problems. We have just returned from a holiday at the village and were informed prior to going that some minor building work was going on which was the final stages of new rooms for November 05 guests. It turned out the building work is substantial and nowhere near completed. Every day there were queues of people complaining about there rooms and asking to be moved, I know because I was one of those people. This was so bad we actualy met people who had arrived only to be told there was no room at the hotel and they were moved to apartments down the beach until a room became available. I would urge anybody to get a writen statement from their travel agents as to the state of the resort before going. We had our room confirmed by the hotel prior to departure but still ended up being dumped next to the building site. We were entitled to a superior room but finally had to except a standard room to get away from the building work. |
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Beware of the Almond Beach Village Barbados
Things take time in Barbados, and one thing is for su You must not trust
those dates they say they will be finished. Just look at what happend to Hilton, Sandy Lane, or the sewage project on the south coast. LONG delays, and a lot of upset guests. Bajans need to be better keeping what they promise. Other than that, they are a nice kind of people. Leif A -- Petal-Anne Jensen wrote in message oups.com... A word of caution to anyone visiting the Almond Beach Village. This hotel is normally excellent and people frequently make return visits but it is currently experiencing problems. We have just returned from a holiday at the village and were informed prior to going that some minor building work was going on which was the final stages of new rooms for November 05 guests. It turned out the building work is substantial and nowhere near completed. Every day there were queues of people complaining about there rooms and asking to be moved, I know because I was one of those people. This was so bad we actualy met people who had arrived only to be told there was no room at the hotel and they were moved to apartments down the beach until a room became available. I would urge anybody to get a writen statement from their travel agents as to the state of the resort before going. We had our room confirmed by the hotel prior to departure but still ended up being dumped next to the building site. We were entitled to a superior room but finally had to except a standard room to get away from the building work. |
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Beware of the Almond Beach Village Barbados
Hi Leif.
I agree with you in most cases but not all. For example The Sandpiper closed for a major rebuild on 16 April and was scheduled to re-open on 01 November. But they planned it well - being aware that there could be risks by weather, deliveries etc., they offered a soft opening for regulars only for the month of November. They would not accept bookings for "new" guests - only those that had stayed previously and understood the efforts the hotel makes for its guests. In the end SP opened on 5th November - minimum inconvenience to any guests who were accommodated at the Coral Reef Club just up the road. Hoteliers contract construction companies, decorators etc. to complete by a specific time. When they don't perform or do so badly, things get held up and the blame culture takes over. Hotels often are to blame through imposing unrealistic deadlines on suppliers and failing to control/monitor progress in relation to room inventory and guest needs. Rather like many other businesses :-)) Tom In article , Petal and Leif writes Things take time in Barbados, and one thing is for su You must not trust those dates they say they will be finished. Just look at what happend to Hilton, Sandy Lane, or the sewage project on the south coast. LONG delays, and a lot of upset guests. Bajans need to be better keeping what they promise. Other than that, they are a nice kind of people. Leif A -- Tom Withycombe Dorset/UK |
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Beware of the Almond Beach Village Barbados
"Petal and Leif" :
Things take time in Barbados, and one thing is for su You must not trust those dates they say they will be finished. Just look at what happend to Hilton, Sandy Lane, or the sewage project on the south coast. LONG delays, and a lot of upset guests. Bajans need to be better keeping what they promise. Other than that, they are a nice kind of people. It is not just them, all over the world things would go a lot better if people just told you what the worse timing expected is, instead of the best timing. If it will take 1 month to get the job done if everything goes right, but 3 months if everything goes bad - don't tell me it will be ready in a month, tell me you expect it to take no longer than 3 months at worse and probably sooner. Earl Colby Pottinger -- I make public email sent to me! Hydrogen Peroxide Rockets, OpenBeos, SerialTransfer 3.0, RAMDISK, BoatBuilding, DIY TabletPC. What happened to the time? http://webhome.idirect.com/~earlcp |
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