Of course you are totally correct. Dive ops do what they want to do. Why should anyone comment on what they do on Scubaboard. That would be, uh, well, wait a second! What else is Scubaboard for, at least on the travel sections, besides commenting on what dive ops want to or want not to do? We can discuss restaurants that do or do not want to cook lionfish, we can discuss hotels that do or do not cater to dripping wet divers, but we can't discuss the dive ops themselves and what services they do or do not provide? Hmmm.Mossman, it's a business decision pure and simple. Obviously, it is a service that can be done and is done by other dive operators. But if a business elects not to offer this service, for whatever reasonable or unreasonable reason, so be it. It's their business. They may lose some customers but it is their choice. If it is a service that is important to a diver, then they will choose another dive op. Simple, next question.
What if it were a "business decision" to not have O2 on board the boats, or a radio? What if it were a "business decision" to have unqualified personnel escort divers on their dives?
Whatever. Ron is right. I do have a preferred dive op in Cozumel that will handle my wetsuit for me and that's where I choose to spend my dive money when I go to Cozumel. Those who prefer to drag their piss-laden stinking dripping wetsuits through their hotel lobbies and have to wash them themselves at the expense of their vacation time can certainly feel free to do that, what do I care? It's a business decision.
I guess the only thing I have to say to that is that when, IMHO, a dive op offers valet service, that most people would expect, and should expect, wetsuits to be handled along with the rest of the dive gear since that's just how it's done in the rest of the world, except, apparently, Cozumel. Kudos to Opal's Dream, to Scuba Mau, and to Living Underwater for braving the depths of piss-laden wetsuits in order to provide the full valet-type service one is accustomed to when diving the rest of the world. I guess I can respect those that don't as making a "business decision" but that's one decision that will alienate me and all the lazy vacationers like me that also want to be free of dripping wetsuits while they're on vacation. But hey, it's a business decision. If I don't need my money enough that I can spend it on frivolous activities like diving, clearly the non-wetsuit-handlers don't need my money enough to want to handle my wetsuit. I wish them the best of financial success.