osama
@osama
revealed behaviours from separate trips to Punta Cana (Excellence El Carmen, Imperial) and Tahiti (St Regis Bora Bora, Overwater Royal) past few weeks/months: 1. Dominican is full of (old aged) Americans; very few/no Asians, Arabs or Europeans whereas Tahiti is mostly asian, arabs and tons of europeans/russians 2. Americans are nice to the working staff. they compensate for their lack of knowledge/culture. rest are nice-ish but snobish. they "work the man", exactly like i saw growing up 3. Americans have low standards of luxury. They are "this is amazing" with everything. Rest are pretty particular. they know good vs meh. they express it 4. Europeans and now i noticed asians are particular about their alcohol. Americans are like, give me whatever in the name of alcohol and keep me drunk this is an unfair comparison b/c one was $5k/night vs other $1k but even the americans we came across in FP were pretty meh. seems if "you make it" in US, you end up with yachts/islands or are a weird middle class
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osama
@osama
seeing similar around aussie and kiwi land. they don't like americans anymore https://www.businessinsider.com/travel-trump-tariffs-america-international-canada-europe-flights-2025-4
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Omar
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3 is a big reason why overall quality of American heavy locations has deteriorated over the past few years, especially post Covid. And same with newer locations with their build/service quality, offerings and persona. Aman was protected from this, have been going there for almost 9+ years now, but even there since its been discovered, seeing changes. Owner changes have played a role as well overall with more boutique being bought up by larger groups.
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