planner said:I agree with Joe - you are spotted as a tourist regardless of the bracelet. However I have been told that the bracelet gives the vendors and indication of how much to charge you for items. Nicer hotel = higher prices.
One idea, is to either remove the bracelet off the resort or at the least turn it inside out so the white side shows. Makes it a little more challenging for the vendors maybe....LOL
planner said:Yes the bracelet can be a magnet, coupled with pasty white skin, or sunburned peeling skin..........marks you as an easy target.....LOL
Carina in the city some vendors may not know, but the ones on the beach ALL know which hotel is which and charge accordingly. It is exactly the same in Sosua.
miguel said:It's a known fact that if you are "seen" with a bracelet, street vendors, beggars, restaurants and just about anywhere you go to buy something, they WILL try to overcharge you, ALWAYS. It does not matter if you look white or black. But the whiter you are, the more they will associate you with having money. They are the biggest targets.
MANY DO think that if you stay at a resort, any resort, that you have money.
Carina, you are more than right, in the city, MANY do not know which resort is cheap or not. MANY don't even know what's for. Crap, I was asked by a person at the Cohiba store in Zona Colonial if my bracelet was because I had diabetes or a medical condition!.
Btw, trying to take those little suckers off it's a job by itself. Every single time I have tried, I break the darn thing.
carina said:I think this is not how it really is, as the vendors on the beaches are working in different areas and have split the beaches in "working areas"...
In the city, very few vendors knows the difference between the AI hotels...
planner said:Yes the bracelet can be a magnet, coupled with pasty white skin, or sunburned peeling skin..........marks you as an easy target.....LOL