Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Barbados my thoughts part 2

Now the best part of our vacation was all of the other tourists we met and got to know over the last seven days, some were really quite lovely, we got to spend a lovely time with a couple from England and they will now be forever friends. Second best thing was meeting Aunt Jeanette and finally getting to know her, lovely woman indeed. The last part was the beach and the sun, ocean, which can make a fussy old particular ass like myself smile most days.
The island is filled with natural beauty,  the beaches of white sand and the weather are all remarkable, however the Bajon people for the most part do not reflect any of this. 75% of the local residents we saw never smiled and seemed very unhappy, for a country that relies on tourism, this is not a good thing.
Now let's get to the airport, I have never experienced rude security as I have here, they make everyone take off their shoes, I had a small pair of flip flops on , seriously you need me to walk barefoot. Unacceptable and totally unhygienic. Then they do not have a sign as Cuba does that they do not allow lighters, so the security woman was just rude and basically ripping through my bag to find a lighter, and not nice about it at all!
I have only experienced the no lighter thing in Cuba and in Barbados, put up a sign so I can put my lighter in my checked baggage. Also put up a sign about taking off shoes so at least people can wear socks,  this is a total health hazzard!!!
Yes I would begrudgingly go back to Barbados,  but not to our resort, the Barbados Beach Club,  I would go somewhere else, this resort was isolated and ran down, with one bar on the entire resort and broken bar stools all around it, well it actually only had 5. The restaurants on property were also old and badly set up for any sort of flow at all. The lobby even though it was open air was dark and depressing. The rooms were nice but old and dated.
If you advertise free WiFi,  please make sure it works, most days the only area of the hotel it worked in was the lobby, unacceptable!
The beach chaises were old and some actually had mold on them, not a great first impression of any resort. Also having to ask for an umbrella all the time on the beach and none available by the pool, set these up and let guests decide if they want to use them.
The bar was also understaffed most days with one bartender who had trouble mixing a vodka sprite on most occasions. I would give this resort a 3 out of 10. And that is being generous.
The entertainment was horrible except for one night with a steel drum band, the rest was just horrible. And on Friday night,  there is no entertainment as they expect everyone to go off to Oistens for a fish fry which is overpriced and Overrated!
Well that is my review on Barbados Beach Club Resort and on Barbados!







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