Here are a few things that I don’t like or understand:
One - Some of the general business practices of many in the dve industry
The no-refund policy for one is something I really dislike.
A lot of the local shops appear to have a limited product inventory and the costs to bring in different products are transferred to the customer.
Wetsuits for example. If I want to see a variety of 3mm wetsuits from which to choose from rather than just the one or two brands the shops carry,
Not only am I asked to pay for the products before they arrive (I won’t do that ) but if it doesn’t fit I am forced to purchase something else which I may or may not need or want.
So my money is sitting there in the shop. They are now my banker, they have my cash, and I’m stuck with eventually buying something.
It’s a form of extortion. That’s unacceptable to me.
What bugs me about walking into a dive shop?
Well if your business is scuba then have some product to sell without a sad story of what you’re going through, or why you can’t think, and why I have to pay for your incompetence and/or inability.
Divers are asked to give too much for so very little in return sometimes.
What bugs me?
Okay - Single Supplements at resorts;
Single supplements are absolutely criminal...
How do they get away with this practice? Why do we allow them to?
So if a resort is half full; let’s say with a capacity of 25 rooms they sell or book 12 of these rooms for a particular week.
Rather than sell or attempt to book the remaining rooms with a single at the same rate for a dbl they’ll seek to charge a single diver anywhere from 50% to 150% above the dbl occ. rate.
Anybody in their right mind wouldn’t pay it, even if you had the money to throw away, unless you’re a first class idiot.
So now the resort is half occupied when it could possibly 75 - 100 % occupied.
But because they have this stupid supplement practice they can’t and don’t book the remaining rooms.
That’s why resorts after years of operations are going out of business. Break with this stupid practice and sell something that people want and can afford.
I travel alone to dive more than I would like to but it’s a fact of life.
My calendar doesn’t always allow me to get out with a group. There are others who have schedules that are off the traditional path as well.
Have you noticed that even these famous single weeks are still dbl occ?