Is the Meeting Place still open?

Chirimoya

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Is the Meeting Place bookshop in Puerto Plata still open? I've been trying to contact them via e-mail for several weeks but there is no reply.
 

Chirimoya

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I've sent messages to both e-mail addresses, the English Books one and the owner's personal address. I hope that Ginnie's adage about it not being the natives one has to be wary of, but fellow expats, is not going be proved correct once again.
 

tflea

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They sent me an emailed newsletter about a month ago. Don't know for sure if they're still around.
 

Shiraz72

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The owners are a Canadian couple from Montreal. I used to work with their son. I'll see if it's possible to get in touch with him via email and provide a status update.
 

Chirimoya

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Please do, all my messages have gone unanswered so I hope nothing has happened to them.
 

krwilson

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Drove past it this morning at about 11:45AM. It was all closed up. All shutters were shut. No parking was available so I did not stop but did not see any kind of notice on the front door.
 

Chirimoya

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I received a reply at last - possibly thanks to this thread. I'll ask them whether closure is temporary.
 

Shiraz72

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As follow up, I got in touch with the owners of The Meeting Place through their son... and received an email this morning and this what they had to say " Yes, we are still in operation. During the off-season we have a few less activities but the theatre, a camp, and the bookstore is still in operation. Our email is info@MeetingPlacePuertoPlata.com. I know that we have had a problem with an over zealous spam box in the email account and some emails were sent there by mistake. I am checking into this. Thanks for letting us know."

I would suggest that you try resending your emails and now that they're aware of the issue, they will probably be looking into it.