Breakaway: Bermuda new transport policy with first Bermuda sailing

[janetz]

had no problem paying on ferry with $10 Bill US for 2 people.

 

Had no problem paying for two tokens at Hamilton Bus Terminal with $10 bill and getting two tokens and $1bill change.

 

All US denominations. No quarters carried or mentioned at all.

 

This was last week

 

That is great. We sailed last fall and maybe they switched things up. :) Makes it so much easier.

[denatravels]

You know you will not be able to buy these at the dock? You will have to separately take a ferry into Hamilton in order to buy the booklet.

 

 

Yes. They are not for sale at the dock. This has been in effect for awhile and is not part of the recent change.

A question, though: if I do get them in Hamilton, do they expire or can I use them on a future trip?

 

 

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[njhorseman]

That is great. We sailed last fall and maybe they switched things up. :) Makes it so much easier.

 

I don't see anything in the post that indicates a recent change in policy. You could use paper money on the ferry in the recent past, you just cant't use it on the buses, where coins are required. And you could always buy tokens at the bus terminal.

Edited April 19, 2016 by njhorseman

[njhorseman]

Yes. They are not for sale at the dock. This has been in effect for awhile and is not part of the recent change.

A question, though: if I do get them in Hamilton, do they expire or can I use them on a future trip?

 

 

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I've never seen an expiration date on the tickets. We've used tickets that were bought a year or two in the past.

 

Of course they could always change their policy.

[lorvit3]

I recall a taxi ride around the Bermuda last Sept. when we dectected a bit of animosity from the driver toward cruise companies in general. He said they all want pax spending more time/money onboard and care not about the economy of the ports they visit. He wasn't nasty but more or less resigned to the situation. More time at sea=less time at their port. The locals would (understably) rather have you spend more time and $$ visiting their beautiful island..after all, they depend on tourism, but are under the thumb of the cruise industry.

[Ontime Departure]

Most trips to Bermuda are multiple day stays, not sure why he would complain about more days at sea. If they want to attract more land based tourism which is what they really need to not be "under the cruise lines thumb", they would need to seriously up their game. There is not one major resort entity on the Island other than Fairmont, the last I can remember was Marriott and they have been gone for years. From what I have read the gov't continually gets in the way of building the land based tourism industry

[Charles4515]

Most trips to Bermuda are multiple day stays, not sure why he would complain about more days at sea. If they want to attract more land based tourism which is what they really need to not be "under the cruise lines thumb", they would need to seriously up their game. There is not one major resort entity on the Island other than Fairmont, the last I can remember was Marriott and they have been gone for years. From what I have read the gov't continually gets in the way of building the land based tourism industry

 

 

 

The problem with their land based hotels there is that they are expensive and fairly dated. New investment plans tend to fall through. I think because Bermuda is isolated. Far away from anywhere. It is expensive to build there. Also they don't allow casinos. But I think the main problem is location not government. It is location and geography. As for the sea days there can't be more land days at the Dockyard because there are only two docks. Hamilton and St. George's are great ports but most cruise lines don't dock there anymore because they built their fleets out with mega ships which are too big for the ship channels. I don't think Bermuda is under the cruise lines thumb because if they were they would have blasted out the reefs like in the Caribbean so the mega ships could dock in Hamilton and St. George.

 

 

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Edited October 15, 2016 by Charles4515