点评:Playa Blanca on Isla Barú in Cartagena can feel like a scam for tourists.
Once you get out of the taxi or bus, you are constantly watched and followed. People try to sell you different things all the time.
We wanted to use sunbeds, and they told us that if we ordered food and drinks, the sunbeds would be free. Otherwise, they would cost 120,000 COP.
When we chose the cheapest fish on the menu, they said it wasn’t available. After we ordered a fish for 65,000 COP, they suggested getting one for 75,000 COP instead, saying it had fewer bones.
The whole time, we had a “personal waiter” that we never asked for. He made us uncomfortable by standing next to us constantly.
When the bill came, it was 375,000 COP for food and drinks, and the waiter added 80,000 COP for his service (about 21%), even though we never agreed to it.
On top of that, they tried to charge us again for the sunbeds. We told them that wasn’t part of the deal. Around us, there were four different men telling us different “rules.”
Eventually, the owner came. The waiter removed the 80,000 COP service charge, but the owner still added a 15% tax. We didn’t want to argue any further, so we paid.
After paying, we double-checked everything and just wanted to leave without being followed.
翻译:卡塔赫纳巴鲁岛的普拉亚布兰卡海滩(Playa Blanca)对游客来说简直就是个骗局。
一下出租车或巴士,你就会被人不停地盯着,甚至有人会跟着你。他们会不停地向你推销各种东西。
我们想用日光浴躺椅,他们告诉我们,如果点餐和饮料,躺椅就免费。否则,就要12万哥伦比亚比索。
我们点了菜单上最便宜的鱼,他们却说卖完了。我们点了一份6.5万哥伦比亚比索的鱼,他们又建议我们点一份7.5万哥伦比亚比索的,说那份鱼刺比较少。
整个过程中,我们身边一直有个“私人服务员”,但我们根本没要求他这么做。他一直站在我们旁边,让我们感觉很不自在。
结账的时候,食物和饮料一共37.5万哥伦比亚比索,服务员还额外加收了8万哥伦比亚比索的服务费(约占总价的21%),而我们根本没同意过这笔费用。更糟糕的是,他们还想再次收取日光浴床的费用。我们告诉他们这不在套餐范围内。周围有四个不同的男人,分别告诉我们不同的“规定”。
最后,老板来了。服务员取消了8万哥伦比亚比索的服务费,但老板还是加收了15%的税。我们不想再争论了,只好付了钱。
付完钱后,我们仔细核对了所有账单,只想赶紧离开,不想被人跟踪。