CAPTAIN SINBAD
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Is there a list of resorts that will be hit by this?
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Is there a list of resorts that will be hit by this?
I think it's currently 19%... 15% Sales Tax and a 4% Hotel Tourism Tax..
FYI, some places will give you a significant discount if you pay cash...
As a general rule dive shops in West End and West Bay haven't been renting tanks for shore diving. I was told something was written that prohibited unescorted shore diving, but I never saw it. In any event, I doubt this is going to have any impact on CCV shore diving on the other side of the island.
19% tax ??? !!! WOW !!! Why do some 3rd-world countries assume ALL tourists are rich milk cows ? .
RMP has already issued an additional sputtering, equally schizoid babble-filled post...
The rich scuba tourists are doing the relatively unspoiled Indo-Pacific, the 'white trash' scuba divers (working stiffs ) are the ones slumming in the worn-out Carribbean, the financially challenged demographic.
If it makes you feel any better New York City has a 18% hotel tax, Chicago has a 16% hotel tax, and a 11% downtown restaurant tax. Just saying I do know that if I did factor in the taxes the last several years of Travel and decided not to go back to Roatan partially based on this. I will however be going back since the resort made a great package deal that made up for the high taxes compared to other locations. CCV doesn't let you get away with the "pay cash pay less tax" scheme of other places, but it is something to think of when you go other places. And as for this Shore Dive with DM thing, as its already been stated its not going to effect most resorts, heck its some of these resorts that finance the RMP, if you screw with them there won't be a RMP office on the south side, I would almost guarantee it.
For what it's worth, I have never been to either NYC or Chicago, and can't even imagine why I'd ever want to !