Ay caramba, Pumpkins! What Canadian gringos are saying about Mexico these days will make your smoke curl. Time to pull our heads out of the Mayan sand, dahrlings.
The latest piñata practice on a Canadian tourist is causing quite a dust up in the blogosphere. Whether the butler, the husband or the drug dealer did it, there’s a mob-osphere out for blood. Call it a Canadian quirk, but industrial grade tourist beatings are bad for business.
Fortunately our beach seekers are deal seekers, and we’ve gotten away with packin’em in, despite negative perceptions. For how long? My sun worshipping sister-in-law cancelled her yearly PVR pilgrimage this year. All 4 of my spa mates say they won’t go – and they’ll pretty much go anywhere for tequila.
I fear that all the statistics in all the world will not put this enchilada back together again. Is it time to press the panic button, Pumpkins?
Correction
Well gosh, Pumpkins, I went off half cocked the other day – sucked in to some misleading stories about Costa’s discounting policy. My reportage refers to a 30% discount Costa is offering Concordia pax. The discount is for existing forward bookings – not for the nearly drowned pax. Seeing as pre-booked Concordia clients no longer have a ship to stand on, that does make more sense.
