Hi Steve
1) I think it would still have been nice, especially for the first people to go, to write about their experience. Even if its not a nice hotel, one can still get a lot of info. room, transportation, area.....
2) I think your claim, that a lot of people put up a tripreport only to brag is wrong and you are being a kofer toiv. Most people dont even know eachother on this website. Why would I spend a good few hours writing a report, to brag to someone, that does not know me and I dont know them. I did it, so others can gain from it when they want to go. It might help someone in a year from now. I did it to help, since I got the help as well. Unfortunatly there are people on this site, b''h only a few that are very critical of everything and also quite rude. I didnt say you are one of them, I am not getting personal, but I dont think your comment and to throw everyone in one bowl isnt very nice.If its in a motel 6 you are not interested and if its in a nice hotel its braging?! Personaly, I am enjoy reading about peoples vacation experience and the nicer it is the more interesting it is. I guess its also a question of "verginen" (jidish)
Well I am going to the airport now to meet dan and help him with his luggage and train ticket. I dont want to brag, that I have a car, so I will just write that I am walking to the airport ;-)
1- a few did in fact post what they ran into in the Bahamas, and even how very little they found that had even an O/U etc and its best to bring your own food if possible. But is it necessary for 100 reports saying the samething? And again since most people flew coach and didnt stay in anything but a Motel 6 I wouldnt expect too much in the way of report. (even those other sites where Reports are found U will usually find they too werent flying in Coach).
2-as for Bragging Rights it makes no difference if a person is known or not. Nor was I attacking You, all I said and will say again is I feel that most reports I read on DD are where the person writing it,is writing from the prospective of saying LOOK at ME and what I did and got. while on other sites they too flew in Biz or FC and didnt have the Tone to their report of LOOK at ME. Maybe its all due to teh age of the person writing the report where those over lets say 40 are more Mature and those under are NOT.
Sort of like being in a Limo be it South Beach.Vegas or LA. All too often when its youngsters = under 30 they will be hanging out the windows , screaming , standing up thru the open moon roof etc etc and wanting everyone to see they are riding in a limo (yet they wont know a single person they are trying to get to look at them). While that same Limo the next night or day will have an older group of people in it who will do anything but what those others did and not be trying to get everyones attention.
I read the reports since its impossible for any 1 person to know it all, Im always hoping to pick up some new info I didnt know about or to throw out something I do know about and give the others a possible choice should they be in the same locale. From our side there are always new ownership in restaurants or new ones opening, new shuls etc etc, I would ahte to rely on some info I learnt a couple of yrs ago only to find out it doesnt exist any longer and found out the hard way by showing up