Income Disparity Amoung Your Friends?

[Razor Ramon HG]

I went to Finest Playas Mujeres with my family and it was about $1650 per person back in September with a direct flight and five nights. Even at that price I thought it wasn't my cup of tea, but we had a baby in the group so we didn't have many options. Can't imagine $3000 per person, jesus.

[roastpuff]

Originally Posted by supafamous

Even at regular price this is a great cut - barely half the price of rib eye. I bet it'd be great in a smoker too.

Can confirm it's great in a smoker.

[Badhobz]

Omg you fuckers and your meats made me break my vegetarianism. I was craving some red meat after seeing that sirloin cap.

[whitev70r]

^ wow ... you lasted 7 days ... maybe 6 if you had some today.

[Badhobz]

Yes. Killed delicious animals already. 6 lousy days….

[whitev70r]

As much as I like your comments and insights ... 6 days = fail. But we can blame the Costco meat lovers.

[mikemhg]

Fuck I'm going down to Costco tomorrow to grab one. That fat top looks glorious.

$3K for 5 days in Cancun?! Fuck outta here.

I've stayed in Cancun/Isla Mujeres/Playa Del Carmen for 2 weeks in nice Airbnbs for less than that price, airfare and car rental included.

Buddy doesn't know how to travel.

[Hondaracer]

all inclusives are yucky

[Simplex123]

I’m heading to Cancun for 5 days 4 nights for $1800 in mid April for my stag. It’s great because you don’t need to think or plan with a bunch of dudes

[spoon.ek9]

I went to my first all inclusive in 2022 and had a great time lol. Dunno what you rich folk are complaining about

[lowside67]

Originally Posted by Razor Ramon HG

I went to Finest Playas Mujeres with my family and it was about $1650 per person back in September with a direct flight and five nights. Even at that price I thought it wasn't my cup of tea, but we had a baby in the group so we didn't have many options. Can't imagine $3000 per person, jesus.

Lol. We are going to that exact property end of January, and it was pretty much exactly $3,000 per person excluding flights.

-Mark

[Durrann]

Originally Posted by Hondaracer

all inclusives are yucky

Agreed lol

[haha13]

Back in december I went to the Xcaret Arte for 7 nights back for $3300 flights included. It was my first all-inclusive and it was amazing!

[68style]

I've done both all inclusive at a really nice place and indie travel in Mexico... they both have their pros and cons, depending what you're looking for you could make a solid case for either or

Emphasis on really nice place for the inclusives... mediocre or meh all inclusives are a complete waste of time and $ in my opinion.

[Ulic Qel-Droma]

Originally Posted by Hondaracer

The gap with almost every single person I know comes down to whether you own a home or not. Doesn’t matter if your first home has become your “forever” home, people who have a home they own, almost regardless of mortgage status are more free with their spending and habits.

Everyone else seems to be stuck in this weird limbo deciding whether they continue to rent or not.

sorry for the... delayed reply to this post lol.

I'm gonna have to cut in here and say I've only in the past few years realize it's like a bell curve.

the poor rent, the middle class own... and the richest people I know, surprisingly still rent... of course some of them own properties that they flip or just... neglect for some reason, but their primary residence are rentals. A lot of them don't even own property, they make way more money from investing their money in the market, and properties are the most illiquid asset, and a huge "anchor" in freedom and mobility... of course im excluding the people who's primary wealth came from property development etc for obvious reasons LOL.

of course these rentals are typically on the "billionaires" row of whatever city they live in. North America and east Asia.

I'm talking about people that are worth tens of millions to the billions of USD. and no they're not crypto whales or whatever quick rich stuff. they're like 45 to 65 years old and have been doing what they've been doing for decades. No overnight rags to riches types.

the older more established ones have once owned in the 80s and 90s, but all dumped most of their properties as they were considered the worst asset for the reasons stated above. Just money sinks that don't make money as fast and huge liabilities.

I do notice that they move every 5-10 years, always to bigger, better, more serviced places. serviced as in, there are workers and services attached to the property. It's all chump change to them. Like they've evolved beyond needing to "own" a home.

perspective and pragmatism changes at every level of wealth you unlock.

anyway that's all I wanted to say.

[Ulic Qel-Droma]

oh and I stopped buying beef, well, almost. I replaced beef with pork and chicken cuz yeah wtf, at the price of some of these nice cuts of beef I'd rather just go to the keg and get them to cook, serve and clean up after me.

lol and the Costco free range organic whatever chilled chicken breast is $50CAD, wtf.

[Traum]

I go for the $7.99 Costco rotisserie chicken whenever I'm there. Lasts us 2 meals.

That's income disparity right there LOL~

[Gerbs]

Is there any deals for all-inclusives? Or links to airbnbs that y'all stayed at?

Been looking casually cause I wanna turn off the brain for a week again but everything is roughly $2-3K for 5 nights for 4.5+ stars during the winter.

[6793026]

Speaking of mexico... heard from radio - 10 dudes booked a 5 million dollar house air bnb for a bach party paid 2k etc.

Somehow, neighbours or thief came over to their villa and stole all their shoes as they took their shoes before going in. So they were left trying to go to the nearest place to buy slippers. had to go back and forth with owner... got $100 - 200 back but what's done is done and what's that worth to anyone.

I have also see that before at local house party at an apartment... my buddy who was a prankster took all their shoes and threw them in the elevator..

[68style]

How's that a prank lol... that's just an asshole, buddy gonna get his face caved in

[mikemhg]

Regtag.ca is good for all-inclusive deals.

Airbnb, just make yourself a list based on the region you're going on, review and go from there.

I always suggest looking at VRBO as well, especially if you're visiting places like Hawaii, Mexico, etc.

[Hondaracer]

During some travels we met a couple who manage 10 rental properties in Toronto and they gave some great advice, they said always search the title of the airbnb listing in google to see if they list the property rental privately.

If they do it’s almost always substantially cheaper to rent directly from someone as opposed to going through airbnb, and if they have good reviews on airbnb I would t hesitate to deal with someone directly

[Gerbs]

Originally Posted by 68style

How's that a prank lol... that's just an asshole, buddy gonna get his face caved in

wtf, if any of us does that, you'll get swung on, on site

Probably by everyone too.



What other pranks does your prankster friend do?

[donk.]

Originally Posted by Hondaracer

During some travels we met a couple who manage 10 rental properties in Toronto and they gave some great advice, they said always search the title of the airbnb listing in google to see if they list the property rental privately.

If they do it’s almost always substantially cheaper to rent directly from someone as opposed to going through airbnb, and if they have good reviews on airbnb I would t hesitate to deal with someone directly

Speaking of this, places i travel for long term, i always book a week, and then pay locally to reduce cost for myself, and the business. Always works out like you said

This time it bit me in the ass.

I walked the property as i was in the area, booked a month through one of the staff, price was 100$ less than booking online.

I decided to stay an extra month here, so i talked to the owner of the hotel about another room. He told me it was 960$USD, but online was showing 820$USD through airbnb (place was offering a discount for first time booking)
I showed the 820$USD screenshot to the owner over whatsapp chat figuring they would honor it. And the slimy fuck removed the discount within 30 minutes, then the price changed to 1060$USD on all websites.
What a fucking tool. I folded and paid the 960$ anyways, because other options in the area were worse.

[unit]

were going to mexico city next week for 9 days. we booked a hotel for dirt cheap.. its in roma/la condessa and it was like $80 a night for a 600sf suite. hard to beat that.