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Grunt · 05-29-2008, 03:49 PM

I was at the "Oasis Cancun" resort a month ago and it was awesome. Grand Oasis is basically "phase 2" of the same resort... except its the nicer, quieter side. You have access to the Grand Oasis stuff, as well as the Oasis Cancun stuff. Check out the steak house for sure... that place is delicious

. Also, if you're looking for debauchery, the foam party on Thursday night is the place to be.

For tips, during the day I'd tip the guys serving drinks near the beach a dollar ever few rounds just as a thank you. At night, if you are drinking at the resort, tipping is a fantastic way to skip the line. There was always a ton of frat boy types in line and the bartenders were only giving 2 drinks per person - I would just stand off to the side with a couple of US singles and hold them in the air. The bartender would always be there in seconds and giving me as many drinks as I wanted. I'd then just let him know that I'd be back later and he'd always watch for me and serve me first (giving another whopping $2 tip for 8 drinks of course).

For dinner (especially if the place is really busy), we'd always put a $5 bill, or 50 pesos in the middle of the table as soon as we sat down. I noticed a definite improvement in service in the times that we did this in contrast to the times that we didn't. We'd also always leave $1 or $2 on the pillow when we left for the day for housekeeping.

Also, it pays to know a bit of spanish. My one buddy speaks spanish pretty well, and we'd always make friends with our servers if we could. Then we'd obv. hit them up for the good tequila rather than the crappy stuff they were giving everyone else.

05-29-2008, 03:49 PM	#12
Grunt Scoring Winger Join Date: Oct 2001 Exp:	I was at the "Oasis Cancun" resort a month ago and it was awesome. Grand Oasis is basically "phase 2" of the same resort... except its the nicer, quieter side. You have access to the Grand Oasis stuff, as well as the Oasis Cancun stuff. Check out the steak house for sure... that place is delicious . Also, if you're looking for debauchery, the foam party on Thursday night is the place to be. For tips, during the day I'd tip the guys serving drinks near the beach a dollar ever few rounds just as a thank you. At night, if you are drinking at the resort, tipping is a fantastic way to skip the line. There was always a ton of frat boy types in line and the bartenders were only giving 2 drinks per person - I would just stand off to the side with a couple of US singles and hold them in the air. The bartender would always be there in seconds and giving me as many drinks as I wanted. I'd then just let him know that I'd be back later and he'd always watch for me and serve me first (giving another whopping $2 tip for 8 drinks of course). For dinner (especially if the place is really busy), we'd always put a $5 bill, or 50 pesos in the middle of the table as soon as we sat down. I noticed a definite improvement in service in the times that we did this in contrast to the times that we didn't. We'd also always leave $1 or $2 on the pillow when we left for the day for housekeeping. Also, it pays to know a bit of spanish. My one buddy speaks spanish pretty well, and we'd always make friends with our servers if we could. Then we'd obv. hit them up for the good tequila rather than the crappy stuff they were giving everyone else.