Like the "old days" in the 1980's! Give them a chance, it will get better. Because of current limitations on the island, I'm sure that tourist volume will be way down. This contingent arrangement should work for the lower volumes. I would guess that the peak season (Nov - March) will be written off this year, since hotels, timeshares, restaurants, rental cars, etc. will be operating with very limited resources. With this in mind, tour operators will not be organizing visits to the islands affected by Irma and Maria for at least 6 months. The airlines will also be sharply limiting their services to SXM (we had a trip to SXM scheduled for November, originally direct thru Charlotte, was rerouted Charlotte to Miami with an overnite AA reinstated our miles to our FF acount).