Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa Message Board - Hotel Charges that are in Dollars

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wisconsinjuan — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 23:03:47 +0000

I rent a condo in Ixtapa. The landlord charges in USD-he lives in the Twin Cities, so that may be part of it. But i have negotiated reductions the last two years, and expect that I will get another one this year if we decide to continue coming to the area. I think part of it is just being aware of the rate. Doesn't hurt to be a good tenant also.

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dhunsber — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 19:30:53 +0000

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ZihuaRob — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 19:28:28 +0000

The gentleman we've rented our villa from -- eighth year now, I think -- has always charged USD. I never really gave it much thought, but have recently brought up the exchange rate with him, and now he's lowered his list rate substantially. (But still prefers to charge in USD)

BUSTED!

Attaboy Jeff! Sock it to'em!

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JeffMN — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 17:46:44 +0000

The gentleman we've rented our villa from -- eighth year now, I think -- has always charged USD. I never really gave it much thought, but have recently brought up the exchange rate with him, and now he's lowered his list rate substantially. (But still prefers to charge in USD)

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Curbarn — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 15:46:56 +0000

take heart the cdn is up in the last week.

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Mexalberta — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 15:09:16 +0000

On occasion our Mexican son in law has phoned hotels from our home in Canada. When we plan family beach vacations he says he can always get us a better rate if he phones. We have vacationed in pesos at a much better rate than the one quoted in USD to us. Our daughter had friends at her wedding in Nuevo Vallarta and one couple had a credit card problem, I loaned him the money and he said to pay the bill in pesos vs USD , saved 140 USD on a three day stay. Very happy to see Mexicans do get a better peso price and can enjoy their beaches.
Pissed us Canadians have to USD when we are not in the US but that has been whined about here many times. The dagger to the heart is at the Airport when those not aware enough to bur their alcohol in town have to use USD . Many items are cheaper at home in CAD

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cd69 — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 13:35:57 +0000

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Choyera13 — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 10:06:58 +0000

I never deal with anything here in Mexico when I see USD! This is almost impossible when you want something on the beach. I live in the peso economy and sometimes it is hard, especially in Los Cabos. I feel bad for the Mexican guy who wants to take his family on a vacation in Mexico and is quoted in USD and trying to make it happen on his peso salary.

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wcameron — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 07:18:46 +0000

Yup. nobody without a dog in this race would say that there wes anything "convenient" about rates in US dollars for a non-US destination. While our Cdn dollar is dropping, we get doubly screwed. For Americans, as their dollar has soared against the peso, they have benefited nada, nil, zilch because of greedy landlords.

I understand that some booking engines ONLY work in US dollars, and that Zihua is high on the attractiveness index, but tourism is fickle. I live and die by the tourism dollar but in a totally different market...and it matters not a bit.

If perceptions change, then so do income opportunities. When income opportunities shrink, profiteers are the first to lose out. Visitors that have received fair value for fair service will return and they will weed out the chaff.

It's easy to ride the popularity wave, but try to pay the mortgage when something happens to poison the well. I hope that NEVER happens here but if operators offer true value, then they are the operators that will have TRUE customers - not hotels.com or vrbo take what we can get customers. Just sayin.

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Charlybby — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 04:22:33 +0000

We are in Mexico NOT the USA or anywhere else!! It's pesos in mexico & it's total bs people r trying to cash in on the dollar!!

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ZihuaRob — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 03:06:24 +0000

If primary clientele is American expect USD prices and if Mexican expect MXN

The primary clientele in all our hotels are Mexicans. The reason prices are in dollars is a holdover from the 80's when the currency devalued catastrophically, losing several hundred percent of its value in a relatively short time. There is no reason to do this today except perhaps laziness or just plain greed since it is prejudicial to Mexicans and all other non-US tourists. I don't buy the excuse that it's "convenient for US tourists", especially since they are a long ways from making up the majority of our tourists. Unfortunately posting rates in dollars is even used by some lodging owners to intentionally discriminate against Mexican tourists.

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BLANQUITO — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 02:13:02 +0000

If primary clientele is American expect USD prices and if Mexican expect MXN

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OlsenMN — Sun, 11 Dec 2016 23:03:43 +0000

Our place is owned by US citizens/residents. Banking is done in the US and all of our guests in the last 15, or so, years we've been open, have been Americans, Canadians and a few Europeans. Our rates have not increased during this time. It is to everyone's advantage to continue to do business in US Dollars.

I feel like I am channeling Rob but the advantage is only yours! If your price was in pesos the Americans and Canadian renters would have saved a LOT of money and you might have gotten (gasp) Mexican renters.

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frostbite — Sun, 11 Dec 2016 22:10:57 +0000

Our place is owned by US citizens/residents. Banking is done in the US and all of our guests in the last 15, or so, years we've been open, have been Americans, Canadians and a few Europeans. Our rates have not increased during this time. It is to everyone's advantage to continue to do business in US Dollars.

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Mexalberta — Sun, 11 Dec 2016 21:51:28 +0000

Ixtapa hotels USD
We are fortunate to pay rent in CAD

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jaui — Sun, 11 Dec 2016 20:51:50 +0000

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"I have continued to find that MOST of the Hotels in Zihua whether small or more expensive are charging in dollars and have been for years. I'm not familiar with Ixtapa so I don't know what they do. I don't know any other country that does this or maybe it's just individual hotels, towns. Any thoughts or suggestions? For example La Quinta de Don Andres. While we will do whatever, just seems odd that this continues whether the Peso is low or high."

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@Vermont123

In Bungalows Adelamar (near La Quinta de D. Andres) in the La Madera, el encargado Roberto Campos quoted me in US$ when I went there personally to get rates.
However, I told him that IF my visitors decided to stay there, we will ONLY pay in MX PESOS.
So, he came up with a quote of $1,200.00 m.n. per night, (which beat his original Dollar quotation), and comes out to be around US$62.00, more or less, at current x-rate. IMO, quite reasonable.
BTW, That quote was for the 2nd - 3rd week of this month, December 2016.

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Vermont123 — Sun, 11 Dec 2016 19:52:15 +0000

I have continued to find that MOST of the Hotels in Zihua whether small or more expensive are charging in dollars and have been for years. I'm not familiar with Ixtapa so I don't know what they do. I don't know any other country that does this or maybe it's just individual hotels, towns. Any thoughts or suggestions? For example La Quinta de Don Andres. While we will do whatever, just seems odd that this continues whether the Peso is low or high.