RD 50 entrance fee into Playa Dorada

Cooki Silvario (spelling?) head of the Playa Dorada Hotel owners assocation, came up with the bone headed idea of charging each vehicle RD50 to enter Playa Dorada. This charge is to fix the roads and common areas inside Playa Dorada.

In a heated meeting with tour operators, excursion providers, and taxi unions, these entities complained that these charges would be very difficult to implement for companies which would have to pay twice to pick up and drop off hotel guests. for some companies this will cost thousands of dollars month.

It also sets a bad precedent, will Cofresi, RIU Maimon, Costambar, follow suit?

Apparently there many problems yesterday when they started charging private vehicles.

It does not surprise me, this is the same guy who was in charge of 'fixing' the roads in Puerto Plata and had to be removed from the job, after 15 months of idiotic construction where 10 miles of road were repeatedly dug up, left alone for weeks soemtimes months at a time (after everyone dipped into the funds), filled, dug up again (often leaving no way for people to get from one side of the town to the other - for days!). Sometimes they worked just during rush hour.

The restaurants and bars inside the PD complex must love his new idea but my guess is it wont' last more than two weeks. They might be able to extort some money from business via monthly fees though. thugs, nothing but modern highway robbery - LITERALLY.

DRob said:

Frankly, I'd be surprised if nobody had previously proposed a surcharge (per guest/per sale or whatever) that the properties and businesses could pass on to the tourists. They'd certainly raise more money, and perhaps build up a sizeable reserve over time to address future infrastructure repairs/improvements.

They're going to need it if they intend to remain competitive with the other developments around the island.

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This is not a way to be competitive! Its a way to **** off your guests, partners, and clients. Personally, I will not visit any establishment inside PD until they get rid of this failed abortion of an idea.

Owner's assocations collect fees from their owners, to maintain their grounds, not from your own guests.

If you go to your own guests for this, build it inside the room rate or charge a surcharge on the bill. This, however, is bone-headed idea. Now every business needs to create a petty cash for their drivers, collect receipts, taxes, accounting, ughhghghgh

What if every hotel starts charging an entrance fee???

heck I'm gonna start charging people to come over to my house.

I actually seriously thought about the idea of dropping the guests at the gate and let them walk, just to teach Kook-job a lesson. I just don't want the tourists to go home with a bad taste in their mouth. But we could give them Kook-job's private phone number to complain.

They wanted to implement it on Monday, but Tourism Ministry intervened on bahalf of tour operators to get another meeting with Cuq-job. Yesterday, I was told that they tried to implement it with private vehicles and that they had a big problem at the gates, however, this is unconfirmed and could be a rumor mixed up with the Monday situation.