UnMEnXTC - what did you have in mind when you mentioned a trip to the DR in Oct?
I recently returned from Viking in the DR. I think Viking is a luxury resort, but (honestly) overpriced. I posted a review of my trip on TERB at the end of August. On that trip I also visited Sosua Palace ("The Palace"). Maybe it's just me but I'm not sure that I would actually want to "stay" at the Palace, and from experience it would seem that the girls there just want to get you to cum ASAP and out. It is basically a brothel with about 10 regular local girls. If you don't have a room there they charge about 300 pesos (US$10) for the use of a room, and about 800-1,000 pesos (US$35) for their "service". Most of the girls are reasonable lookers, but no real beauties!
Instead, I would suggest a stay at a half-decent all inclusive resort (costs less than C$1,500 each for a week, including airfare - there are some MUUCH cheaper ones offered at this time of year). And then I'd approach my favorite Toronto SPs and see who might want to spend a week's paid vacation, with a fixed rate for the week. My feeling is that you can do it for under $5,000 - a lot less than the $10,000 it costs for Viking (bear in mind Viking is priced at between US$3,900 and 5,900 (approx C$5,500- C$8,000), does not include airfare (approx C$750), does not include (compulsory!) tip US$400 (C$550), and only covers 3 or 4 days). So you need another hotel for the remaining days (all flights from TO are 1 week charter flights) - approx US$200/300 (C$400), not to mention the cost of companion(s) for those other 3 or 4 days.
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