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pen_gruntResort pricing tutorial:
All things are expensive, period.
I mean. It just is. It's not even worth any outrage anymore.
If I were to drink a 12oz bottle of water from my room (and you would have to, since the tap water tastes and smells like raw sewage here), that would be $6 plus tax and mandatory GRATUITY. (Because, you know, someone has to restock your room eventually.)
I cringed as I drank an $8 bottle of orange juice. However, the snack table had the same orange juice...so I swiped an extra bottle to replace my minibar bottle.
Orange juice was, of course, not included in the breakfast buffet (the day we were on our own for breakfast), so it was $4 in the restaurant per glass.
At the on-property steakhouse, I got a shrimp dish. It was $30. There were two shrimps. No sides or accompaniment. Just two shrimps with a swirl of sauce. It was the cheapest thing on the menu.
Every time I travel I should go out to eat immediately afterward. Even top restaurants in MSP-proper are super reasonable sounding in comparison.
The thing is...there's nowhere to go. You could take a $40 cab ride out somewhere and back, I suppose, but it's the middle of the desert. Where are you going to eat if not at the resort?
All things are expensive, period.
I mean. It just is. It's not even worth any outrage anymore.
If I were to drink a 12oz bottle of water from my room (and you would have to, since the tap water tastes and smells like raw sewage here), that would be $6 plus tax and mandatory GRATUITY. (Because, you know, someone has to restock your room eventually.)
I cringed as I drank an $8 bottle of orange juice. However, the snack table had the same orange juice...so I swiped an extra bottle to replace my minibar bottle.
Orange juice was, of course, not included in the breakfast buffet (the day we were on our own for breakfast), so it was $4 in the restaurant per glass.
At the on-property steakhouse, I got a shrimp dish. It was $30. There were two shrimps. No sides or accompaniment. Just two shrimps with a swirl of sauce. It was the cheapest thing on the menu.
Every time I travel I should go out to eat immediately afterward. Even top restaurants in MSP-proper are super reasonable sounding in comparison.
The thing is...there's nowhere to go. You could take a $40 cab ride out somewhere and back, I suppose, but it's the middle of the desert. Where are you going to eat if not at the resort?
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