jkbonner
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I'm new to the sport so I've never been to a dive resort. I have traveled quite extensively throughout the world though so I do have a good foundation for international travel in developed and underdeveloped countries.
Recently, I was talking with a dive shop owner, in the United States, about signing up for a trip to an exotic dive resort in the Oceania. His excitement about the trip was encouraging, but he also related his experience of an earlier trip to a similar resort in the area that didn't work out according to his expectations. His assumption was that since his travel crew didn't drink and therefore didn't purchase alcohol at the resort, he and his travel companions didn't receive the same dive site quality as his friends from earlier trips. He blamed the lower quality dives on the fact that he and his crew weren't spending extra money on alcohol at the resort.
Though I won't turn down a good drink, I don't want to spend a lot of money on alcoholic beverages simply to be hungover at a great dive spot.
So, my question is:
What is the most polite, effective manner to encourage and reinforce a resort Dive Master to lead me or my group to the best dive spots in the area?
Tips?
Buying extra stuff at the resort?
Other than being friendly, courteous, and respectful which are a given; how best to go about encouraging the crew to get you to the best of what they've got?
I'm sure money talks and if that's the preferred method, what's an appropriate amount and when should such an incentive be provided?
Respectfully submitted.
Recently, I was talking with a dive shop owner, in the United States, about signing up for a trip to an exotic dive resort in the Oceania. His excitement about the trip was encouraging, but he also related his experience of an earlier trip to a similar resort in the area that didn't work out according to his expectations. His assumption was that since his travel crew didn't drink and therefore didn't purchase alcohol at the resort, he and his travel companions didn't receive the same dive site quality as his friends from earlier trips. He blamed the lower quality dives on the fact that he and his crew weren't spending extra money on alcohol at the resort.
Though I won't turn down a good drink, I don't want to spend a lot of money on alcoholic beverages simply to be hungover at a great dive spot.
So, my question is:
What is the most polite, effective manner to encourage and reinforce a resort Dive Master to lead me or my group to the best dive spots in the area?
Tips?
Buying extra stuff at the resort?
Other than being friendly, courteous, and respectful which are a given; how best to go about encouraging the crew to get you to the best of what they've got?
I'm sure money talks and if that's the preferred method, what's an appropriate amount and when should such an incentive be provided?
Respectfully submitted.