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Re: BYOB
[Re: mlachance]
#72905
10/28/2015 07:32 PM
10/28/2015 07:32 PM
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pat
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No problem on most beaches as long as you don't bring your own and then try to eat from your cooler while sitting in otherwise ''free with lunch/drinks" places like so many of the Orient spots, along with Dreams, Karackter, FBBC, and for sure, we TTOLers would never do that. And at all of these beach sides and most other beaches across the island you will find plenty of beach to use with your own chairs and coolers. One of my favorite beach spots is Mullet and if I were to guess, I bet at least fifty percent of the people there bring their own chair set-ups and/ or coolers. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />
Respectfully,
pat
"Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them."
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Re: BYOB
[Re: mlachance]
#72908
10/28/2015 07:59 PM
10/28/2015 07:59 PM
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Carol_Hill
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For sure, bringing your own cooler is fine at Mullet and at Club O. Otherwise, I don't really know, as we don't go anywhere else on any regular basis, that we take a cooler with us.
Carol Hill
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Re: BYOB
[Re: Carol_Hill]
#72910
10/28/2015 08:33 PM
10/28/2015 08:33 PM
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So let me restate my personal opinion, and that's all it is - MY OPINION.
I would absolutely NEVER bring a cooler to Dreams, Karackter, Mary's Boon, Friars Bay Beach Cafe or the Restaurant at Anse Marcel, primarily because these are all beach restaurants with beach chair set-ups as a side offering, and I know this. They rake and maintain their areas and that should be respected. I can't begin to speak about Orient because we almost never go there.
But any beach where $$ chair rentals are really optional, such as Mullet as well as FBBC, some parts of Baie Rouge and all of Baie Longue which doesn't even have chair set-ups, I wouldn't hesitate to bring a cooler if I was of a mind to.
At FBBC they spell out their specific terms to you - free chairs and umbrellas with purchase of meals, otherwise x amount of dollars for the chair and umbrella set up, and x amount more if you choose to rent a chair pad under either circumstance.
Call me crass if you will, but personally speaking, I do believe if I'm paying for chairs then it's my business to bring or not bring a cooler.
But the real truth of the matter, rarely am I so inclined to go to the effort of making a lunch and packing a cooler, and particularly not at Mullet where we start tasting Rosies ribs at the mere mention of a beach day at there.
Right or wrong, that's my story and I'm stickin' with it..... <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" />
Respectfully,
pat
"Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them."
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Re: BYOB
[Re: pat]
#72911
10/28/2015 09:09 PM
10/28/2015 09:09 PM
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Pat--Actually, to me, the biggest deal is being able to bring DRINKS, as we don't generally eat a lot for lunch anyway and I don't have a problem paying for food. But paying $5 or more for one glass of wine, versus buying the bottle of wine at the store for $8, can add up quickly! And paying $2 for a bottle of water, versus $.25 in the store, kind of gets on my nerves.
Carol Hill
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