Blackbeard's & the Pandemic
I received an email from Blackbeard's management today stating that it, like other resorts in the DR, is still closed due to the pandemic. They do not know when they will be able to re-open, but doubt it will be before July or August. The good news, though, is that none of the staff or the chicas are sick. I'm looking forward to a huge grand re-opening party and partaking in all sorts of life-affirming activities then.
Re-opening party sounds great.
In the near future, you need to have a backup plan when visiting BB or any other hotel. According to the previous email, they had to kick out 3 guests. I do not blame BB, the government made them do it.
I wonder how those that were kicked out managed this challenge. What if were was no plane seats available to their destination? Could they have rent an apartment for a few days on short notice? If yes at what rate? I suppose when you go to BB, it would be better to have more than one credit card, plenty of cash, a list of potential apartment owners or managers. There is a possibility of being stuck in DR if the second wave of the virus craziness will hit while you are there.
[QUOTE=TravisMcGee;2442612]I received an email from Blackbeard's management today stating that it, like other resorts in the DR, is still closed due to the pandemic. They do not know when they will be able to re-open, but doubt it will be before July or August. The good news, though, is that none of the staff or the chicas are sick. I'm looking forward to a huge grand re-opening party and partaking in all sorts of life-affirming activities then.[/QUOTE]
Blackbeards from Santo Domingo?
Anyone recommend the best way for me to get to Blackbeard's from Santo Domingo (SDQ?) I already bought a flight to SDQ and want to split my time between Blackbeards / Sousa / Santo Domingo.
It's about a 3.5 hour drive, and there are ZERO direct flights on Google flights. Is Uber or a transportation service the best way to go?
Precision vs Accuracy (There is a difference)
When looking at inflation inside a country you do not look at exchange rates. The selling of pussy is a service. You only get to use the pussy for a specified period of time at certain rate. You do not ever own it. Even if you marry it! So the price of that service is not tied to the rate of exchange of any other currency outside of the country the service is being provided in.
A Dominican Peso is a Dominican Peso is a Dominican Peso peso to a Dominicana inside of Republica Dominicana.
[QUOTE=Yanqui69;2446153]Prices just seem to be keeping up with inflation.
I recall when a Short Time was 1500 pesos, but that was when you got 30 DOP to the dollar. Now, its over 50 to the dollar.[/QUOTE]Now let's examine this statement. I am forced to make some assumptions because the complete details are not given by OP.
In order to measure the change of a certain amount of money due to inflation in a given country you must know the amount of money and the period of time being measured. We do not have those exact numbers. But we have an idea. The OP gave a reference of 30 DOP to 1 USD. The exchange rate app I use gave 36 DOP to 1 USD in 2010 (no data past then and I didn't bother to look). So let's take 1500 DOP and check what the value of it would be in 2020 based on the historic rate of inflation in Republica Dominicana: 2161 DOP (rounding). That gives you a real price increase of a "Short Time" session with the pussy at Blackbeards Resort of around 240 DOP give or take a DOP.
Now if your economy is in USD and you started buying a session with the pussy for 1500 DOP at 30 DOP to 1 USD you were paying 50 USD. If are now paying 2500 DOP for the same session at 54 DOP to 1 USD (April 2020) you are now paying 46.30 USD. That is 3. 70 USD (7. 4%) less for your session with the pussy at Blackbeards Resort. Due to the currency markets you are currently receiving a discount. But remember markets go up and they go down. Some of you hard working people out there with large 401 (k) balances out there are learning that the hard way right now. Just remember it is not a loss until you sell.
Have the prices for pussy session at Blackbeard's gone up higher than the rate of inflation in DOP? Yes! Is the individual who earns their money in USD paying more? No! You see the math does not change if you have a job or are currently restricted from traveling to Republica Dominicana because the DR government is trying to get a handle on the worldwide pandemic on their part of the island right now.
There is a difference between precision and accuracy. Not bad for a man in the arena who can't spell, eh? But I can do basic math. And I've been doing it for a long time as I learned how in elementary school. I've also picked up a bit of knowledge about currency markets and exchange rates over the years.
I'll keep posting until the computer game of life hits me with COVID-19. I'll fight it until: Game over! If you do not see me here anymore, look for me in the statistics. LOL!
Note: to make the calculation I used the following site that also makes a few assumptions based on the historical data it has available. Check it out for yourself.
[URL]https://www.worlddata.info/america/dominican-republic/inflation-rates.php[/URL]