I just read over on the Royal Resorts Owners page that the AI price will be $95.00 PP for Members and its optional and $150.00 PP for Non Members. Seems a little expensive if you ask me and im talking about the members price!
Those prices are absurd. Not to mention that I have repeatedly asked on my comment card that they change the menu to reflect a more balanced, "less sophisticated" menu that is more affordable and render the restaurant someplace you could eat nightly without the expensive buffets. I grocery shop spending around $350 for two weeks for 6 people or so. Our bill at the end of two weeks is usually around $1400 and that includes spa and scuba. We would not
ever be interested in those prices for an all inclusive.
With airfare being as high as it has been this year, those AI prices would make cruising from a US port a much more economically attractive option. They better be careful that they don't price themselves right out of the market.
A meal package of say 2-3 breakfasts, 3-4 lunches and 2-3 dinners, if it were reasonable priced, is a product that some folks might buy. I don't want any required 7 day AI package that would just encourage us to overeat and/or overindulge in the alcohol.
Another interesting variable is how this is going to float with the Mexican Nationals. Multiple staff people have told me that they come and spend nothing in the bars and restaurants. Obviously folks like that will never rent if they have to spend those amounts on AI. If the food and beverage
quality suffers due to having to lower the standards because it is "all you can consume" for some, those of us willing to buy al a carte are not going to be happy with the product and those sales will drop.
I am really confused how this is a business model that could possibly work.
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