Park Hyatt St. Kitts REVIEW - MASTER THREAD
Jul 15, 2018, 2:31 pm
#513
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 33
Just returned from stay booked with Prive rate booked thru Kristen Nix who has posted in this thread previously (great agent, btw). Upgraded from Park room to Sea view suite. Excellent room and amazing views, although our unit (611) was behind the Stone Barn which has a very loud AC unit. Was a shame the developers didn't foresee this would be an issue. Would recommend asking for another unit (closer to ramparts or beach would have been our choice)
Jul 15, 2018, 10:15 pm
#514
Join Date: Jun 2018
Posts: 45
Just returned from stay booked with Prive rate booked thru Kristen Nix who has posted in this thread previously (great agent, btw). Upgraded from Park room to Sea view suite. Excellent room and amazing views, although our unit (611) was behind the Stone Barn which has a very loud AC unit. Was a shame the developers didn't foresee this would be an issue. Would recommend asking for another unit (closer to ramparts or beach would have been our choice)
Jul 16, 2018, 12:22 pm
#516
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold, Hyatt Globalist, Hyatt Prive
Posts: 197
Hyatt Prive bookings are treated very favorably for upgrades. I have had many clients upgraded generously. While you are guaranteed a one level upgrade with Prive, you sometimes might be pleasantly surprised. If you'd like me to put together a Hyatt Prive booking, please just send me a PM!
Jul 16, 2018, 9:18 pm
#519
Join Date: May 2014
Location: RIC
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, AA EXP, National EE
Posts: 269
Jul 17, 2018, 6:15 am
#521
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 1,860
Jul 19, 2018, 7:16 pm
#522
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: SAN
Programs: AS 100K, DL MM, AA PLT
Posts: 2,934
Damn, amazed to hear about some of the Prive upgrades. I got the advertised one-class upgrade from Park to Beachside as an Explorist. And it certainly wasn't an availability issue: the property was a ghost town for almost all of our stay, with perhaps 5-6 groups total visible in the public areas. The room is fine, but I honestly wonder where the Park class rooms are, as the Beachside rooms are the bottom level of the three-story buildings, with Sea View being the 2nd. The top floor of all buildings appears to be some form of suite with plunge pool, although they differ.
Jul 19, 2018, 7:44 pm
#524
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: SAN
Programs: AS 100K, DL MM, AA PLT
Posts: 2,934
Jul 20, 2018, 7:56 am
#525
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: SAN
Programs: AS 100K, DL MM, AA PLT
Posts: 2,934
Not that I am aware of, but certainly not needed in July. Water was *delightful*, which is good, because the beach is a disaster. The seaweed issue is really tragic, as it absolutely ruins the beach for anything but walking, and can occasionally put out quite a stench if they haven't yet caught up with the cleaning. Cockleshell beach next door is either naturally more protected or just more aggressively groomed, as we found it tolerable. Neither are what I would call "nice" beaches, though. (Although I'm from San Diego, so YMMV.)
They offer a sporadic 50% discount for kids; I got it every day at the breakfast, and most days for the other meals as well. If you're paying out of pocket, you should probably insist on it.
None for us, but occupancy levels looked to be 20%, max. We ate next to the same half dozen groups every day for a week.
I was told at checkin they would be "free," but was skeptical. Every day at breakfast they were charged, but in the end all of the breakfast charges (save gratuity) were removed, much to my delight.
This is definitely a do-as-you-will thing. I tipped an extra 10% on everything except breakfast, where I just added a modest flat amount since it was buffet (and comped). IMHO the wages are so low relative to the obscene (relatively) amounts one pays for food and services here that it seems downright miserly to skimp on tips.
Have a stay coming up in October and am worried about the food prices. I understand there is a VAT and then a “Service Charge”. Are you expected to then tip on top of this? And if so, should we be tipping the customary 15%? 15% is definitely a US thing and St Kitts is not in the US but I assume most guests are from the US and are tipping the 15% anyway.
What have you tipped if any at restaurants there?
What have you tipped if any at restaurants there?