PEOPLE KEEP STEALING LINDA STILL PAY, GIVE ahead! WILL KILL THE CHICKEN EGG GOLD! Prices the Uruguayan
Punta del Este. On the mainland local differences are noticeable, but still above what is paid in Montevideo Dealers are not optimistic about the arrival of Argentine Punta del Este. Employers need employees, labor shortage, say 45% of traders with high expectations, but there are Argentines. PUNTA DEL ESTE
RAUL MERNIER
Prices of major retailers Punta del Este are at least 10% higher than last season. For a 300 cc soda can pay $ 100, $ 780 for a goat to the plate and $ 500 for a drink "author."
A Brazilian family sat under the umbrellas of Gorlero and ordered four Canadian chivitos the plate, three sodas and a beer. The menu for that account was $ 2,900.
In the main tourist avenue spa prices in restaurants are quite different and higher. The goat, which is the favorite dish of tourists from Brazil, Argentina and European version of "Canadian to the plate" can be had for $ 310 in some places, in other costs $ 590, and the most expensive can reach out almost $ 800.
In port, the executive menu (starter, main course and dessert) is around $ 500, and we must add the drink. So sit and eat overlooking the sea is never less than $ 600, provided they do not take dessert.
Most traders agree that Punta del Este "is still empty and the pessimists are encouraged to say that this season the Argentines will not arrive en masse, saying they disadvantage the exchange rate.
Although the price of the local Argentine peso was virtually unchanged from January, the exchange difference is mainly due to the dollar in Argentina rose to a greater extent than in Uruguay. For Argentines, in Punta dollar prices are higher.
President of the Enterprise Chamber of Punta del Este, Jose Zubillaga, acknowledged the lack of tourists, but added: "We are anxious, have a high expectation that it will be difficult to meet. "Zubillaga also spoke of the burden of inflation and said," I do not think an unfavorable situation, unless some merchants have risen too high prices. "
The truth is that a coffee with a hot sandwich in Gorlero can cost up to $ 220, and a bite of seafood in the port (without drinks) $ 890.
One of the most popular sites is the famous churros house of the peninsula, where a dozen of the simple sale $ 120, while the caramel-filled amounts to $ 360
Alfajores in large boxes of 12 units, are the best-selling, traders claimed. Gorlero Throughout there are six unique positions sale and all are placed over 50 of these cases a day.
The new strategy marks alfajores that put aerial imagery and traditional banks peninsula is the main caller.
But tourists do not only eat, shop and also have memories.
The Punta del Este T-shirts ($ 290) and handmade ponchos ($ 1,900) are also sold as hot cakes. "
Another favorite articles that take the visitors are the Panama hats ($ 1,100), while the best-selling book in the last half of December was "Eat, Pray and Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert, who inspired the recently released film Julia Roberts and starring Javier Bardem.
Although the owners and managers of businesses agree that each season is unpredictable, the conspicuous absence of these dates Argentine scary. Faced with this position
Jose Zubillaga recalled that the latest survey of expectations among entrepreneurs has resulted in that 45% believed that this season would be better than the last.
"If on Thursday (tomorrow) Punta del Este is not full then I have to start worrying," he said.
The employer also recorded one of the problems facing the industry "no labor" he said.
"We complicated to get people to come and load trucks, arriving to make waiters or serve in a shop, "he said.
Port. The port ring prices also gained weight, although it is true that these restaurants offer other services such as wireless internet, bartender, among others, that make difference.
A typical lunch of fish of the day (drinks not covered) costs more than $ 300, a portion of rack of lamb costs $ 890 and a cattle prod with grilled sweet potatoes and garlic sauce sale $ 740. The traditional seafood or fruit sea \u200b\u200bare far more expensive.
One of the peculiarities of this area for this season are the promotions and discounts. Several boards with signs for "Discount Tuesdays and Thursdays" with a card Credit or "40% less in the first 4 tables entering before 13.00 lunch or dinner before 21.00, or 20% less for" single women. " Traditional chivitería
port is one of the cheapest places to eat in the area. There a full common goat around $ 360, $ 115 a hot sandwich and a pint of 600 cc. sale $ 120. In another place port a "bite of the sea" with two glasses of wine is $ 650.
The wallet also raises the temperature at night when these places remove the tables and become discos.
One of the new trends this year are the "drink of the author, those who do not have a name, are not in a letter and have no fixed recipe.
The bartenders just "inspired", throw a little of everything in a shaker and after a couple of tricks and a sip gently say "are $ 400."
Beach. In Gorlero traders also work a lot with the sale of products and beach items. In that area there are no fixed prices, although it is clear what are the things that most tourists prefer.
If the day is sunny, for example, "umbrellas are we out of hand," says Stephen, one of the vendors. In the tank that contains them, Esteban has umbrellas $ 300, $ 500 and up to $ 3,000.
"always take the 300 because they are passing as they do not want to spend a lot, but that it flies the wind and breaks, then return by $ 1,100, "he said.
The sunboards are preferred to the Brazilians, which these days abound in Gorlero. The cheapest cost $ 1,300 and there is a second line sold for $ 1,500.
The flagship for excellence are the foam surfboard for kids. A single post that placed them in the village sold more than 20 days and prices range from $ 300 to $ 1,400.
beach chairs (about $ 590 or $ 1,100) also sell well in shops in a street that was prepared to operate, but not yet ignited.
la carte pricing pointed Four
chivitos Canadians, three sodas and a beer in a restaurant Gorlero, total: $ 2,900. For 300cc soda. You can expect to pay up to $ 100. Consuming a drink "author" in the bar can cost $ 500. One of the most typical Uruguayan dishes, the Canadian goat to the plate, can contribute from $ 310 to $ 780, depending on which end of the market exclusive Punta del Este is requested. Coffee with a hot sandwich Gorlero costs $ 220, but about noon the port is chosen for a bite of seafood, excluding drinks, can cost $ 890. Other less sophisticated menu items, although less typical, like churros dozen costs $ 120, and if they are churros dulce de leche fillings reaches $ 360.
Topic: balance bracelet
The paperboy, the vegetable stand in the supermarket ... there is no trade that does not sell the bracelets "Power Balance", or better known as the wrist for balance.
"It is a gold mine, sells for $ 400 each and today, for example, already sold 12," says Soledad, manager of a store Gorlero.
According to their manufacturers, only using it to "increase strength, flexibility and endurance, but to ask those who use what they are, you may hear answers like" if you turn down a ladder you do not have vertigo, "" gives me energy I do not know ...", or directly "are more balanced." In Spain already sold over 350,000 units.
