only part i want ot make a small comment about is why do the tourists (me) have to pick up the extra $1, and not have the $1-2 be added into condo dues of owners? as tourists, we are already paying the 9% tax and a departure tax, and now one more tax?

it would personally irk me that i save my pennies for months to be able to get there, and then have to help support services for those who can afford $100K+ vacation homes (not to mention the 500K ones)in foreign countries when i never will be able to in my lifetime.

i've kept mum for years, and call me a socialist, but often it sickens me to see the amount of cumulative wealth on that island when people are poor and animals are sick and dying, the occasional tragedy occurs cuz no proper services are available, you cant drink tap water [i drink the water at some places i stay, but NO WAY would others - and i have NEVER heard a travel specialist tell a potential tourist coming for the first time that it is okay to drink the tap water] students can't afford a notebook and trash is strewn all over the place.

Last edited by sweetjane; 04/20/09 11:10 AM. Reason: cuz i have bad gramatical structure early in the day, and add stuff