Field of Dreams (FOD) Anybody?

[Charles Pooter]

Lots of great information here. I am staying at an AI. In Playa Dorado with my wife in a couple weeks. She hates sex and goes to bed early so I figured I'the head over to Fod a few times while I'm there. I have a few questions about the chicas. I want BBBJ, is this standard, extra or not offered? Is the Chica out of there after I nut or do you get MSOG? I like spinners, are there likely to be any?

This will be my first time mongering outside US. I have been going to AMPS for years and can't wait for something different. Any advice from the vets would be great. I look forward to giving a full report on Fod when I return.

Do you speak Spanish?

If you pay my transport by motocycle taxi ($3), and buy me one of their expensive Coca Colas, I would be happy to meet you there, or indeed at your hotel to walk over there with you, and help you negotiate.

Yes, there are spinners and you should have no problem with specifying BBBJ.

You will have read that none of us would normally recommend Field of Dreams as good value, but in your situation it is the best option. If you only know US prices you will not be repelled and you will have no expensive private taxis to pay for.

UPDATE: Just realized that you are proposing to go late at night after your wife has gone to bed. In this case I would want to stiff you for a return trip by taxi ($8). I do not fancy riding motocycles in that area late at night (assuming I could even find one).

Another night, if we are still on speaking terms after our first meeting, I could take you to a Haitian bar in Munoz, the village behind Field of Dreams. That would be slumming it at the lowest level, as Tempoecorte will confirm.

If you are interested in my offer, get, and remain, in touch by PM. It will be no good springing it on me at the last minute. I do have my own life to lead here, pathetic as it is.

[Husker Dude]

Lots of great information here. I am staying at an AI. In Playa Dorado with my wife in a couple weeks. She hates sex and goes to bed early so I figured I'the head over to Fod a few times while I'm there. I have a few questions about the chicas. I want BBBJ, is this standard, extra or not offered? Is the Chica out of there after I nut or do you get MSOG? I like spinners, are there likely to be any?

This will be my first time mongering outside US. I have been going to AMPS for years and can't wait for something different. Any advice from the vets would be great. I look forward to giving a full report on Fod when I return.

BBBJ is pretty standard, but they will usually leave after 1 nut, but everything is negotiable. There are usually spinners there as well as big girls. , big mixture. For outsiders you usually pay the bar everything including fee for chica, but you can tip for more, YMMV. LOL Back in the old days, guys used to play golf at Playa Dorado, hop the fence during their round for a quick one then back to golf & their wives.

[JetMet]

Lots of great information here. I am staying at an AI. In Playa Dorado with my wife in a couple weeks. She hates sex and goes to bed early so I figured I'the head over to Fod a few times while I'm there. I have a few questions about the chicas. I want BBBJ, is this standard, extra or not offered? Is the Chica out of there after I nut or do you get MSOG? I like spinners, are there likely to be any?

This will be my first time mongering outside US. I have been going to AMPS for years and can't wait for something different. Any advice from the vets would be great. I look forward to giving a full report on Fod when I return.

[Yanqui69]

Lakeside was there before the new regime was initiated. Not sure if it is yet. I imagine Tim is drawing up a list of recommendations and wants to be sure they are all accepted by the owner before committing.

There is no compelling reason why FoD should fail and plenty of reasons why it could succeed. Because others have failed does not mean that Tim will fail. He has more experience than all the previous managers put together. But he does need to get the owner on board for all his reforms. And to stay on board!

No reason not to pick low-hanging fruit. They can continue to "over-charge" those who do not know better, but they will need substantial custom from regular mongers (who do know better) paying competitive prices as well. The "sucker" trade alone is not large enough to keep the place viable.

Absolutely. Dominicans have as much clue about customer-service as they have about telling the truth or punctuality.

The music definitely needs controlling, and not only late at night.

Not sure what you mean about "quality control among chicas". If you mean the physical appearance of chicas then I think they are already at least up to Blackbeards standards. We all have different tastes. I remember a spell a few years back when Blackbeards favored "thick" chicas. There were slim pickings for flaca-lovers like myself.

But if you are referring to the quality of service given by the chicas in the room, I have no idea. It is eleven years since I last rented an FoD chica. (When you live here, paying gringo brothel prices is crazy). It is hard to pro-actively monitor the service which the chicas give in the room, without having cameras monitoring, and I do not think many guys would be happy with that. All they can do is to cease to employ chicas who get bad reports too often. There are plenty of reports of disappointing service from Blackbeards chicas as well, but the management do not know how much is the customer's fault. A good twenty percent of mongers are total assholes (bullies, racists, drunks, scammers, lack personal hygiene, or whatever). But if two or three guys diss the same chica then, yes, she is probably a bad apple. I think experienced mongers reckon on a 20-60-20 percentage (20% poor experience, 60 percent OK experience, 20% above average experience and will take again).

Greetings Sir Charles. I think we are in general agreement. As you say, FOD has so many things going for it. (Location, location, location and good physical facilities). Tim is very well qualified, but my skepticism is based on so many previous unsuccessful attempts to make FOD a high quality venue, often by non-Dominican manager-empoyees. BB's owner, John, started with a good business model, so Tim had a good situation to work with. As you well know, since the "Dominican Billy" days, FOD has had a string of attempts at '"rebirth" but has managed to "snatch defeat from the jaws of victory" each time. As you say, Tim needs the Dominican management to back him totally, so he can change things from the ground up. No nepotism, etc. If anyone can do it, its Tim.

-- Like you, I confess that its been a few years since I last had a chica at FOD. When I was there, the girls weren't bad, but I heard of no one to take a complaint to, or assist with special requests, etc, as at BB. One had to do it individually with the girls (my Spanish allowed me to do so, but that may not be the case for others). The only other person on site was the bartender. Maybe Tim will appoint a "mama-san" for that role.

-- "Low hanging fruit" from the AI resorts can only go so far, but is too sporadic, and is unlikely to maintain the volume of business to be successful. "Hourly rentals" can have jacked up rates, but the longer-stay monger trade, generating revenue from the bar / restaurant, as BB does, needs a quality product at reasonable rates to generate business. (I know I am "preaching to the choir" here).

-- A very Happy and Healthy New Year to you, sir.

[Charles Pooter]

The $100 price quoted already contradicts an earlier post quoting $90. (A $10 pad for the bartender?)

Lakeside was there before the new regime was initiated. Not sure if it is yet. I imagine Tim is drawing up a list of recommendations and wants to be sure they are all accepted by the owner before committing.

Former BB manager Tim knows how to manage well, but others have tried at FOD before.

There is no compelling reason why FoD should fail and plenty of reasons why it could succeed. Because others have failed does not mean that Tim will fail. He has more experience than all the previous managers put together. But he does need to get the owner on board for all his reforms. And to stay on board!

They can play the padded price game with visitors from Playa Dorada, but in the long term, that will fail.

No reason not to pick low-hanging fruit. They can continue to "over-charge" those who do not know better, but they will need substantial custom from regular mongers (who do know better) paying competitive prices as well. The "sucker" trade alone is not large enough to keep the place viable.

BB does well because it has a better customer service philosophy than its Dominican-run competitors.

Absolutely. Dominicans have as much clue about customer-service as they have about telling the truth or punctuality.

... quality control among chicas, no late night blaring music, etc.

The music definitely needs controlling, and not only late at night.

Not sure what you mean about "quality control among chicas". If you mean the physical appearance of chicas then I think they are already at least up to Blackbeards standards. We all have different tastes. I remember a spell a few years back when Blackbeards favored "thick" chicas. There were slim pickings for flaca-lovers like myself.

But if you are referring to the quality of service given by the chicas in the room, I have no idea. It is eleven years since I last rented an FoD chica. (When you live here, paying gringo brothel prices is crazy). It is hard to pro-actively monitor the service which the chicas give in the room, without having cameras monitoring, and I do not think many guys would be happy with that. All they can do is to cease to employ chicas who get bad reports too often. There are plenty of reports of disappointing service from Blackbeards chicas as well, but the management do not know how much is the customer's fault. A good twenty percent of mongers are total assholes (bullies, racists, drunks, scammers, lack personal hygiene, or whatever). But if two or three guys diss the same chica then, yes, she is probably a bad apple. I think experienced mongers reckon on a 20-60-20 percentage (20% poor experience, 60 percent OK experience, 20% above average experience and will take again).

[Yanqui69]

I dropped by twice while I was there, I noticed there was work being done on most of the rooms, I guess the murals in the rooms are coming down. The ladies were some of the usual suspects with some nicer looking chicas sprinkled in with some vets. There was a Dominican, behind the bar however handling all transactions, who looked to be the guy in charge. He quoted us 100 dollars for a chica and 2 hours in a room. He never gave us a quote if we just got a room. No sign of Pedro, jenny or anyone else, but if time is involved I'm going to stay away.

The $100 price quoted already contradicts an earlier post quoting $90. (A $10 pad for the bartender?) Former BB manager Tim knows how to manage well, but others have tried at FOD before. They can play the padded price game with visitors from Playa Dorada, but in the long term, that will fail. They need to change the entire setup. BB does well because it has a better customer service philosophy than its Dominican-run competitors. Reasonable prices, good food, quality control among chicas, no late night blaring music, etc. Would be a good start.

[Lakeside32]

I dropped by twice while I was there, I noticed there was work being done on most of the rooms, I guess the murals in the rooms are coming down. The ladies were some of the usual suspects with some nicer looking chicas sprinkled in with some vets. There was a Dominican, behind the bar however handling all transactions, who looked to be the guy in charge. He quoted us 100 dollars for a chica and 2 hours in a room. He never gave us a quote if we just got a room. No sign of Pedro, jenny or anyone else, but if time is involved I'm going to stay away.

[Husker Dude]

I have heard from several sources that it may be sold soon, none of these sources are what I consider reliable though. I would love to see it taken over by someone that would bring it back to where it was in it's heyday.

I spoke with Pedro the current manager at FOD last week. He remains the boss in charge, but his kids are no longer in charge of day to day operations. Tim (former long time manager at BB) & a couple gringos have taken over the day to day operations of FOD. They are to improve the place and probably rename it in the near future & update the website. Prices will remain the same, but higher than BB, that is $50ST for people staying there as before. Outsiders coming in for ST will be charged $90 US for the chica & use of the room. In the past they have charged as much as 90-200 US, so they have regulated that price instead of charging whatever they feel like they can get to rip people off. , as well as padding bills. All this is supposed to be taken care of & Tim & his crew only will handle cash & they are supposed to get new register that prints a receipt, so you can actually see your bill. All these improvements are to be implemented according to Pedro.

[Manizales911]

I made one of my infrequent visits to Field of Dreams today with two North American experienced monger friends. It was mid-afternoon Tuesday so hardly peak hours. I counted 12 chicas available which is about the same as I saw on my last visit to Blackbeards mid-afternoon. I would say that the FoD chicas were at least as attractive as the Blackbeards average and the ones my friends hit on were very willing to chat and flirt after being bought a beer.

I was told there is an effort on to redecorate and tidy up the place and I could already see some evidence of this.

We did not eat there and I cannot comment on bar prices (as I snuck away and left my friends to settle the bill) or on chicas or room prices so this post would be pretty unhelpful except to report that I was given serious reason to think management is now finally aware that they have being following wrong policies for some years and are making an effort to turn things round. If so, it will take time, so I will cut them some slack.

I would suggest the first thing is to have a fixed "discount" price-list for rooms and chicas and those prices be no higher than Blackbeards. They should have an affordable two-hour room & chica package on offer to attract mongers from Sosua, with the advantage that Field of Dreams is much cheaper, quicker and easier to access from Sosua than is Blackbeards.

If they want to continue to charge higher prices to suckers from Playa Dorada and others who do not know better, that is fine with me, but they should have a second and more realistic price structure for members of this board and the other main monger board covering the North Coast. They would not need to see proof of board membership. The mere fact that someone asks for the "discounted, board member" price would prove that they are aware of realistic and current pricing whereas Playa Dorada visitors would not be, and would think FoD high prices are cheap compared with their home countries.

I would also suggest that not more than one member of staff should be employed from the same family and that locals who are not spending at the bar or the restaurant should be banned from entering. Music should be played at levels which permit conversation and should be the choice of patrons, not staff.

I have heard from several sources that it may be sold soon, none of these sources are what I consider reliable though. I would love to see it taken over by someone that would bring it back to where it was in it's heyday.

[Charles Pooter]

I made one of my infrequent visits to Field of Dreams today with two North American experienced monger friends. It was mid-afternoon Tuesday so hardly peak hours. I counted 12 chicas available which is about the same as I saw on my last visit to Blackbeards mid-afternoon. I would say that the FoD chicas were at least as attractive as the Blackbeards average and the ones my friends hit on were very willing to chat and flirt after being bought a beer.

I was told there is an effort on to redecorate and tidy up the place and I could already see some evidence of this.

We did not eat there and I cannot comment on bar prices (as I snuck away and left my friends to settle the bill) or on chicas or room prices so this post would be pretty unhelpful except to report that I was given serious reason to think management is now finally aware that they have being following wrong policies for some years and are making an effort to turn things round. If so, it will take time, so I will cut them some slack.

I would suggest the first thing is to have a fixed "discount" price-list for rooms and chicas and those prices be no higher than Blackbeards. They should have an affordable two-hour room & chica package on offer to attract mongers from Sosua, with the advantage that Field of Dreams is much cheaper, quicker and easier to access from Sosua than is Blackbeards.

If they want to continue to charge higher prices to suckers from Playa Dorada and others who do not know better, that is fine with me, but they should have a second and more realistic price structure for members of this board and the other main monger board covering the North Coast. They would not need to see proof of board membership. The mere fact that someone asks for the "discounted, board member" price would prove that they are aware of realistic and current pricing whereas Playa Dorada visitors would not be, and would think FoD high prices are cheap compared with their home countries.

I would also suggest that not more than one member of staff should be employed from the same family and that locals who are not spending at the bar or the restaurant should be banned from entering. Music should be played at levels which permit conversation and should be the choice of patrons, not staff.

[Husker Dude]

Just heard a rumor from a second hand source that FOD will be taken over by a gringo possibly former BB manager. Anyone else see or hear anything?

[Charles Pooter]

LOL, FOD just put out another newsletter trying to drum up business. Don't believe it as they just used an old at least 3-4 years ago newsletter & just put in a new contact #. They claim a 20% discount on chica prices if you book through the site. It will just bring them back in line with everyone else. Don't believe anything it says as the pics are old & they no longer have bikini contests, dress up nights, etc. , at least for the past 3 months or so. Like I said before, F FOD the rip off joint.

I just looked on their website and saw that you and I both have reviews included in their "Testimonials" page. I cannot remember my review but I think it was a post replying to someone who wanted a one-night stay in Puerto Plata rather than Sosua. I would not recommend the place these days. They still included it although I said their food was crappy!

It is such a shame because the place has great potential. It would not take much to turn it round. Get rid of all the Dominican family spongers and parasites would be a good start. But Dominicans will not listen to gringos, even though gringos represent 90% off their potential income

[Husker Dude]

They make up the prices as the prices as they go along.

Before Anita left, I used to call her before I headed over and she would give me a rundown on who was there and whether it was worth coming. I would never stay there overnight ever again! Paying NY Prices for horrible service.

LOL, FOD just put out another newsletter trying to drum up business. Don't believe it as they just used an old at least 3-4 years ago newsletter & just put in a new contact #. They claim a 20% discount on chica prices if you book through the site. It will just bring them back in line with everyone else. Don't believe anything it says as the pics are old & they no longer have bikini contests, dress up nights, etc. , at least for the past 3 months or so. Like I said before, F FOD the rip off joint.

[Bliadun]

Once two of us came to see bikini contest, I ordered a drink, 5 minutes later my friend ordered the same drink and price went up by DOP 100.

They make up the prices as the prices as they go along.

[DavidTish2]

HuskerDude is SPOT ON!

Don't give your money to this place unless you like getting shafted. I write this based on PERSONAL knowledge of the place and its practices.

They make up the prices as the prices as they go along.

Before Anita left, I used to call her before I headed over and she would give me a rundown on who was there and whether it was worth coming. I would never stay there overnight ever again! Paying NY Prices for horrible service.