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12-27-2007, 12:30 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Posts: 10,368
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Tell them the following:
Pagaré con mi tarjeta de crédito cuando llego. No puedo mandar detalles personales ahora.
Confirmame mis estadía, por favor.
Cordialmente,
Your Name.
all that says is that you 'll pay with your credit card when you arrive. I cannot send personal details now. Please confirm your dates. Cordially,
You.
HB
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12-28-2007, 12:14 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 27
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asking for a deposit
Well, I don't really see the problem : they ask you for a deposit and they probably want to know where you live in order to give you the most appropriate bank account where you could make the deposit, that is all. In no case they ask you for personal information - at least that is the way I understand it .
Acaya is a very well known and nice hotel on the beautiful beach of Playa Bonita - very calm place, which can be a quality or not, depending on what you are looking for.
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12-29-2007, 12:36 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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Thank you guys for snoopin around on my behalf.
It is bizarre that their Spanish is suspect. I had a pitifully unproductive phone conversation with someone there, and his language was spanish. I've had a few email transactions since my last posting and sent them a deposit yesterday for my stay (through a website called Xoom.com. I haven't heard anything back from them, and I'm leaving for the D.R in less then 48 hrs. Just part of the fun of last minute vacationing.
Chip, you mentioned you would be up for giving them a call. That's a tremendous favor to do for a stranger. If you see this, and you have a chance, my girlfriend and I have been waiting anxiously for a confirmation from them and if you could help us we'd be so relieved.
Hotel Acaya
Tel: (809) 240 6161
We're trying to reserve a "Superior Room" with Air Conditioner on Jan. 2nd and 3rd.
and my name is Jordan Shapiro
Talk to ya you guys
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12-29-2007, 11:55 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 1,822
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jordieshapiro
Thank you guys for snoopin around on my behalf.
It is bizarre that their Spanish is suspect. I had a pitifully unproductive phone conversation with someone there, and his language was spanish. I've had a few email transactions since my last posting and sent them a deposit yesterday for my stay (through a website called Xoom.com. I haven't heard anything back from them, and I'm leaving for the D.R in less then 48 hrs. Just part of the fun of last minute vacationing.
Chip, you mentioned you would be up for giving them a call. That's a tremendous favor to do for a stranger. If you see this, and you have a chance, my girlfriend and I have been waiting anxiously for a confirmation from them and if you could help us we'd be so relieved.
Hotel Acaya
Tel: (809) 240 6161
We're trying to reserve a "Superior Room" with Air Conditioner on Jan. 2nd and 3rd.
and my name is Jordan Shapiro
Talk to ya you guys
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Jordan
I talked to Sebastian, the manager? and he said he received the funds from DHL and that you have a Superior room w/AC reserved from the 2nd to the 4th.
The guy spoke Spanish fluently and for a moment I thought he might be Dominican, but the is French.
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12-29-2007, 03:01 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 87
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rocky
No way in the world anyone serious would write that the way they wrote it.
Must be a scam.
It sounds like they wrote it in an other language and used a translator program.
PS: Do not send them any money or personal info !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Was it a scam over at Hotel Acaya, or just bad communication? had a bunch
of friends stay over there not so long back, all good.
Great work, Chip
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12-29-2007, 03:09 PM
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Honorificabilitudinitatibus
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 12,102
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thurston
Was it a scam over at Hotel Acaya, or just bad communication? had a bunch
of friends stay over there not so long back, all good.
Great work, Chip
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Apparently not.
It was just really bad Spanish.
My bad.
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12-29-2007, 10:09 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 8
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Chip, you're our hero.
I read your reply at work today, wasn't able to write until now. Endless thanks.
This evening Acaya did get back to me, but probably prompted to by your phone call
I'm a videographer in NY. If there's anything I can ever do for you just ask.
--jordie
jordieshapiro@mac.com
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01-01-2008, 06:55 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 79
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What a pleasant thread leaves a nice taste behind. Why aren´t they all like this?
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01-03-2008, 01:01 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 8
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Hi,
Having finally arrived at Acaya, I feel the need to set things straight. Although I think it´s been made clear that Hotel Acaya is in no way a scam, it should also be stated that it´s a gorgeous resort. The hosts, Sabastan and Josy are warm, friendly French people who do speak english well, in addition to Spanish and French. They run their resort/hotel with efficency and with an able staff, and they have an outstanding French resturant on premises.
I just don´t want any of the previous speculation to effect their business.
Happy Travels
jordie
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04-20-2008, 06:00 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 6
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I stayed there, and loved it
The Acaya is a great place. Stayed there for a week in March 2007 and I, too, had to do the weird deposit via Citibank in the United States. It all worked fine. That's what you have to deal with if you want to stay at a place which isn't very advanced technologically. But it has obvious and enormous advantages as well!
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