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Re: Arubian Nights: Mr. and Mrs. Bob's Weekend on the "Happy Island"
« Reply #20 on: December 21, 2015, 11:23:55 AM »
Nice pictures! I assume most people outside the hotels speak English, or do they just speak Dutch?

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Re: Arubian Nights: Mr. and Mrs. Bob's Weekend on the "Happy Island"
« Reply #21 on: December 21, 2015, 11:29:00 AM »
Nice start! Love the writing.

Nice pictures! I assume most people outside the hotels speak English, or do they just speak Dutch?
Everyone speaks English, and all stores take USD.
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Re: Arubian Nights: Mr. and Mrs. Bob's Weekend on the "Happy Island"
« Reply #22 on: December 21, 2015, 11:30:36 AM »
Nice pictures! I assume most people outside the hotels speak English, or do they just speak Dutch?
almost everyone outside the hotel spoke English.
Only a handful spoke broken English or spoke no English at all.
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Re: Arubian Nights: Mr. and Mrs. Bob's Weekend on the "Happy Island"
« Reply #23 on: December 21, 2015, 11:31:50 AM »
Nice start! Love the writing.
Everyone speaks English, and all stores take USD.
When does your TR come, or does that go straight to DDMS?
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Re: Arubian Nights: Mr. and Mrs. Bob's Weekend on the "Happy Island"
« Reply #24 on: December 21, 2015, 11:32:10 AM »
You message me you have a TR up, and it's one paragraph of info I know first-hand. Sheesh.

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Re: Arubian Nights: Mr. and Mrs. Bob's Weekend on the "Happy Island"
« Reply #25 on: December 21, 2015, 11:34:16 AM »
Excellent. Big fan of liquid smoke as well. It just adds sooo much!
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Re: Arubian Nights: Mr. and Mrs. Bob's Weekend on the "Happy Island"
« Reply #26 on: December 21, 2015, 11:35:19 AM »
Great TR!

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Re: Arubian Nights: Mr. and Mrs. Bob's Weekend on the "Happy Island"
« Reply #27 on: December 21, 2015, 11:36:40 AM »
When does your TR come, or does that go straight to DDMS?
I'd have to do a lot more preparing and picture taking to put one of mine on DDMS.

I literally did 0 planning for this trip. I booked flights and tickets in 20 min. told my wife a week later. Packed some frozen meals, got upgraded at hotel, went wave running and went home.

It was amazing. End TR. Suppose I may do a longer one with pics sometime this week.
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Re: Arubian Nights: Mr. and Mrs. Bob's Weekend on the "Happy Island"
« Reply #28 on: December 21, 2015, 11:42:48 AM »
I'd have to do a lot more preparing and picture taking to put one of mine on DDMS.

I literally did 0 planning for this trip. I booked flights and tickets in 20 min. told my wife a week later. Packed some frozen meals, got upgraded at hotel, went wave running and went home.

It was amazing. End TR. Suppose I may do a longer one with pics sometime this week.
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Re: Arubian Nights: Mr. and Mrs. Bob's Weekend on the "Happy Island"
« Reply #29 on: December 21, 2015, 11:42:55 AM »
love that balcony!
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Re: Arubian Nights: Mr. and Mrs. Bob's Weekend on the "Happy Island"
« Reply #30 on: December 21, 2015, 11:47:26 AM »
love that balcony!
standing out on the balcony meant having our back against the glass door. Smallest hotel balcony I've ever had. And these room don't go for cheap either.
JJ had a decent balcony
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Re: Arubian Nights: Mr. and Mrs. Bob's Weekend on the &quot;Happy Island&quot;
« Reply #31 on: December 21, 2015, 11:53:39 AM »


standing out on the balcony meant having our back against the glass door. Smallest hotel balcony I've ever had. And these room don't go for cheap either.
JJ had a decent balcony

I had a smaller balcony in my last vacation. Couldn't have been more then 4 inches. Was humorously tiny

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Re: Arubian Nights: Mr. and Mrs. Bob's Weekend on the "Happy Island"
« Reply #32 on: December 21, 2015, 11:54:53 AM »
It was amazing.
What was amazing?
It's a dated hotel on an island without natural beauty other than being on the ocean.
Nice getaway I suppose especially on a glitch rate, but there are much better islands and hotels to choose from.
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Re: Arubian Nights: Mr. and Mrs. Bob's Weekend on the "Happy Island"
« Reply #33 on: December 21, 2015, 11:55:19 AM »
At least you had a balcony. Some places all you get is a window bolted shut.
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Re: Arubian Nights: Mr. and Mrs. Bob's Weekend on the &quot;Happy Island&quot;
« Reply #34 on: December 21, 2015, 12:30:32 PM »
Great TR so far.

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Re: Arubian Nights: Mr. and Mrs. Bob's Weekend on the "Happy Island"
« Reply #35 on: December 21, 2015, 12:44:26 PM »
I'd have to do a lot more preparing and picture taking to put one of mine on DDMS.

I literally did 0 planning for this trip. I booked flights and tickets in 20 min. told my wife a week later. Packed some frozen meals, got upgraded at hotel, went wave running and went home.

It was amazing. End TR. Suppose I may do a longer one with pics sometime this week.

There is enough material there for a 10 post TR. Consider what I put together without even getting to the 20 minutes of booking:

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On a Whim and a Glitch: JJ and Co Hit Aruba

There I was, sitting at my computer that fateful Tuesday, eating a Kind bar, which I purchased with this deal<insert link and screens shot> While wearing the shoes I bought here<insert link and screen shot>, typing out our next Amazon deal post <insert link>. I clicked on DDF, comfortable in my non-iron cotton white shirt purchased for just 6.99 during this deal <insert link and screen shot>. If you aren’t a member, DDF is a wonderful community of helpful people who share useful information, and of course, deals and price mistakes.

As it happened, I wasn’t planning any vacations then. Content with staying at home for the foreseeable future, the travel bug hadn’t quite bitten,what with my recent trips to <insert links>. Be that as it may, I couldn’t help but be intrigued as the words “Hyatt Aruba glitch” came up on my screen. Posted by DDF member Yo, apparently stays at the Hyatt Regency in sun-kissed Aruba between December 17th and 20th were pricing out at a measly $50 per night.

This is a hotel which usually costs upwards of $400 per night. <insert screen shots with arrows to current pricing>As is the rule with glitches, there is no time to waste...

Each part of your TR -"Packed frozen meals," Got upgraded" etc., can each be long posts  :P

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Re: Arubian Nights: Mr. and Mrs. Bob's Weekend on the "Happy Island"
« Reply #36 on: December 21, 2015, 01:07:45 PM »
Each part of your TR -"Packed frozen meals," Got upgraded" etc., can each be long posts  :P
Those are exactly the kind of TRs that put me to sleep.

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Re: Arubian Nights: Mr. and Mrs. Bob's Weekend on the "Happy Island"
« Reply #37 on: December 21, 2015, 01:09:12 PM »
Those are exactly the kind of TRs that put me to sleep.
At least Mrs. Bob's TR is entertaining!

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Re: Arubian Nights: Mr. and Mrs. Bob's Weekend on the &quot;Happy Island&quot;
« Reply #38 on: December 21, 2015, 01:09:40 PM »
There is enough material there for a 10 post TR. Consider what I put together without even getting to the 20 minutes of booking:

Each part of your TR -"Packed frozen meals," Got upgraded" etc., can each be long posts 
Please don't do that...

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Re: Arubian Nights: Mr. and Mrs. Bob's Weekend on the "Happy Island"
« Reply #39 on: December 21, 2015, 01:13:07 PM »
The laptop I used to book the glitch was good. The Coke on the flight was very good at first, but then not as good as it got watery. The room was good.

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