You have a real gift for understatement. :^)Obviously everything is subject to change I am sure
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You have a real gift for understatement. :^)Obviously everything is subject to change I am sure
Gasoline here in the States is down to a buck fifty a gallon; is Cozumel seeing the same sort of thing? If so, that might make it easier for an op to take a boat out with fewer divers. Of course, as long as no one is diving the question is moot.Yes, 6pax dive boats running with two paying guests isn't real good, I can't even go dive with my faimily if that was the case. It's all hearsay until it happens or it comes from officials
It took me over a month to get my tickets refunded from UA for our April flights that UA cancelled. What a joke and a hassle they created and I don't want to deal with that again. There is a tentative plan to go mid July, but after the added hassle with UA, I have booked award tickets with AA. Since I booked before May 31, I can cancel and redeposit miles no problem, so I figured I'd book and at least keep my options open while some of this plays out. As much as I'd like to go, there's plenty of uncertainty on so many levels, not the least of which is will it be safe to travel there and be there. But I've kept the door open with minimal upfront financial risk on my part and not having $2k held hostage by an airline!
Gasoline here in the States is down to a buck fifty a gallon; is Cozumel seeing the same sort of thing? If so, that might make it easier for an op to take a boat out with fewer divers. Of course, as long as no one is diving the question is moot.
I believe the price of fuel is fixed by Gov.
Listed at 18.29 per liter
Oil prices have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels and are on the rise in Mexico and the US.Gasoline here in the States is down to a buck fifty a gallon; is Cozumel seeing the same sort of thing? If so, that might make it easier for an op to take a boat out with fewer divers. Of course, as long as no one is diving the question is moot.
It’ll be nearly 3 months since Cozumel waters have seen divers. I can’t wait to be out there on the first boats heading out to see what they look like...
Yes, 6pax dive boats running with two paying guests isn't real good...
I imagine reefs covered in lionfish. Gonna be good times at La Perla...
I think there may be some misunderstanding here. The typical "sixpack" boats I'm used to diving from on Coz may advertise a maximum of 6 divers; they may only take 6 divers. But I believe in many cases those are choices the dive op makes, and not based on a different number: the actual capacity of the boat. How many divers the op chooses to take, the limit they set, may be arbitrary (to some degree) and quite lower than the number of people they could potentially squeeze in if they were all about maximizing the number of bodies on board. Honestly, the boat I'm used to diving from could probably hold 2X the number of divers they typically take; that would feel crowded and that's not how they roll. I would assume (or at least my lawyer would argue...) that the COVID19 limits for divers should be based on the boat's legal carrying capacity (determined by the Coast Guard or Navy, I presume), rather than how they choose to market themselves (ie as a boutique dive op that gives you plenty of room to stretch out on the boat, and no crowding in the water). Now, this would only add up for those who have boats that they don't ordinarily squeeze full. But the "sixpack" boat I'm used to could hold a lot more than 6 passengers if they wanted to. Maybe some of the other dive ops doing sixpack boats really do have tiny boats that can only seat 6 actual passengers plus captain plus DM = capacity of 8 total?
If the authorities know how many divers the ops usually take and force the 30% capacity limit based on that, then never mind. That doesn't seem reasonable to me, but there are plenty of things in the world that are.
It's easy to hate the airlines for the way they treat passengers these days, but they are in crisis mode too. Would you hate them more if they went bankrupt?
Hopefully, with the redeposit fees waived.