@myst4au wrote:
Wow! At last, I have encountered someone else who has eaten Escamol (ant egg tacos)! I had them in Mexico City. Where did you find them?
Finish the report yet? LOL@SteveSoCal wrote:
@myst4au wrote:
Wow! At last, I have encountered someone else who has eaten Escamol (ant egg tacos)! I had them in Mexico City. Where did you find them?
Well I can't really name the client now, but it's part of the tasting menu at one of the all-inclusive resorts in Mexico....and it's just a single taco since there are 11 courses, but you are literally required to have these as part of the assignment, since there's just the one single menu for the restaurant.
I'm kind of glad I didn't Google Escamol before dinner, though. I just enjoyed them and the server told me what it was afterward.....
@SteveSoCal wrote:
Well I can't really name the client now, but it's part of the tasting menu at one of the all-inclusive resorts in Mexico...
@Professional Guest wrote:
Thought you got that assignment.
How was it?
Had to look up what that was that you ate...........UGH & YUCK!!! How did you feel after you found out what you had eaten?? I think I would have GAGGED!! You are a brave soul!@SteveSoCal wrote:
I'm kind of glad I didn't Google Escamol before dinner, though. I just enjoyed them and the server told me what it was afterward.....
@LindaM wrote:
I just wished Coyle was more flexible with children coming along on some shops. I can understand that it’s absolutely not appropriate for a lot of places but they should at least consider the lower end hotels. Since we adopted (love our kiddo), I’ve exclusively worked on hotel shops for other MSCs. So far, no problems with observation/reporting.
I know they have a couple kid friendly themed hotels/cruises but I just wished they open this to a wider group of clients. Families do travel and we do have opinions too
@SoCalMama wrote:
Just parrot the example. None of the reports should take more than 90 minutes.
@jellyfish wrote:
@SoCalMama wrote:
Just parrot the example. None of the reports should take more than 90 minutes.
I literally did this on my last shop for them and got my lowest score ever. I also have been having a hard time getting shops assigned to me since. They have nice shops, but I would rather just go to the restaurants on my own dime, instead of wasting hours on reports and then days being belittled by editors. Coyle sucks.
@Lissymaree wrote:
The shops they have in my area I wouldn’t consider high end so I do wonder what they have in other areas.. I have never completed a shop for them because the 2 clients they have in my area are both places you can easily order a meal for $20-30 a piece. I would just rather pay for that low amount rather than do an 8 hour report so I’ve never taken one. I understand I could see more shops by doing a few of these but the several hour reports that people talk of I just don’t want to do. I’m happy to work for ACL and some others that have shorter reports even if they pay less or offer a less exciting experience.
@Professional Guest wrote:
@Lissymaree wrote:
The shops they have in my area I wouldn’t consider high end so I do wonder what they have in other areas.. I have never completed a shop for them because the 2 clients they have in my area are both places you can easily order a meal for $20-30 a piece. I would just rather pay for that low amount rather than do an 8 hour report so I’ve never taken one. I understand I could see more shops by doing a few of these but the several hour reports that people talk of I just don’t want to do. I’m happy to work for ACL and some others that have shorter reports even if they pay less or offer a less exciting experience.
I think there is a misunderstanding. You should be able to see all opportunities available. Coyle is not like ACL, where you have to complete XX number of shops in order to see the "good stuff".
Couldn't agree with you more; I wouldn't want to complete a survey for a $20 - $30 meal that would take hours to slog through.
@LindaM wrote:
I just wished Coyle was more flexible with children coming along on some shops. I can understand that it’s absolutely not appropriate for a lot of places but they should at least consider the lower end hotels. Since we adopted (love our kiddo), I’ve exclusively worked on hotel shops for other MSCs. So far, no problems with observation/reporting.
I know they have a couple kid friendly themed hotels/cruises but I just wished they open this to a wider group of clients. Families do travel and we do have opinions too