conkyjoe
TUG Member
Hopefully tropical storm Bertha will stay well away from Nassau. It just passed St. John at about 3PM today.
On Thursday, July 31, 2014, the Resort Team acquired the needed components to make the necessary repairs and restore power to the impacted villas.
Based on the posts above, this isn't true:
Based on the posts above, this isn't true:
They said:
" ... power was restored by 5:30pm to all buildings except one."
Maybe the poster above was in that last building.
We ended up staying at The Reef until checkout time on Sunday. We had another 4 days reserved at Harborside and when we checked in we were told that the management would be discussing compensation with guests individually. I take that to mean that they try to low-ball everyone and see how much they complain before offering them something more. We ended up settling on about $550.00 in compensation - which I don't think is nearly enough. The way they arrived at that figure was taking the amount of money we spend on groceries ($300 or so), plus a $200-ish meal at Carmines and 2 days of internet access. I think we'll need to contact Starwood after we return home on Friday.
Who do you think will pay for the restitution?
I would expect it to come from Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., out of the profits they earn serving as the management company for Harborside. Sure, those profits effectively come from the MF's paid by owners, but there's no reason why this has to cost the owners additional money. Starwood's profits are probably like Marriott's - astronomical - and to be genuinely hurt economically they'd have to pay out a whole lot more than it would take to make these affected owners whole.
HA! Sorry Susan, but this statement proves that Fantasyland is not just at Disney.
Watch your financial statements. I'll make a small side wager that there will a line item of the payout and/or an assessment to cover payouts to Harborside guests.
Starwood's profits (I betcha) are exempt. This won't cost the suits or shareholders a dime.
Jim