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by destroyer
Mon Aug 01, 2022 12:25 pm
Forum: General Carvoeiro
Topic: Car hire
Replies: 78
Views: 17705

Re: Car hire

Much appreciated.
by destroyer
Sun Jul 31, 2022 12:41 pm
Forum: General Carvoeiro
Topic: Car hire
Replies: 78
Views: 17705

Re: Car hire

Thank you. Do you have a particular favourite among the Zest suppliers?
by destroyer
Sun Jul 31, 2022 11:30 am
Forum: General Carvoeiro
Topic: Car hire
Replies: 78
Views: 17705

Re: Car hire

Does anyone have any recommendations regarding Zest's suppliers? I have used Drive4Fun with them in the past but they appear upper end in cost terms. Also, I buy an annual excess/top-up cover - anyone had any issues with Zest suppliers accepting this sort of insurance? I really don't want to get inv...
by destroyer
Thu May 12, 2022 3:35 pm
Forum: General Carvoeiro
Topic: Car hire
Replies: 78
Views: 17705

Re: Car hire

Not seeking to be provocative but I'd be interested to hear Steen's view on this. There are a lot of his customers here, me included, and I can see that there are issues for the car hire sector as a whole. However, I'd like to understand why his prices, generally very competitive, now seem more expe...
by destroyer
Mon Jun 28, 2021 5:30 pm
Forum: General Carvoeiro
Topic: Jota Lita
Replies: 6
Views: 4465

Re: Jota Lita

Thanks Gordon.
Shame. Mind you, l can't wait to give it a bash!
by destroyer
Thu Jun 24, 2021 2:14 pm
Forum: General Carvoeiro
Topic: Jota Lita
Replies: 6
Views: 4465

Re: Jota Lita

Even better.
Thank you for the info.
by destroyer
Thu Jun 24, 2021 10:59 am
Forum: General Carvoeiro
Topic: Jota Lita
Replies: 6
Views: 4465

Re: Jota Lita

Well, that's cheered me up. When we first started using Jota Lita John ran it with his brother, who I understand became the town's mayor. They used to do some terribly transparent card tricks, completely deadpan, which kept all the kids in the restaurant spellbound. Happy days. We have met his siste...
by destroyer
Sat Jun 19, 2021 11:16 am
Forum: General Carvoeiro
Topic: Jota Lita
Replies: 6
Views: 4465

Jota Lita

Apologies - this might more properly go in the Restaurants section. However, I felt it might reach a wider audience here. I understand that Jota Lita has a sign on the door saying that when it re-opens it will be "under new management". Been visiting this restaurant since 1998 with my family, bringi...
by destroyer
Mon Aug 24, 2020 7:24 pm
Forum: General Carvoeiro
Topic: Use of cash
Replies: 12
Views: 7447

Re: Use of cash

Oddly enough, the beachcam appears to be back to normal, with no blurring! Maybe they read the email I sent them.
by destroyer
Fri Aug 21, 2020 12:17 pm
Forum: General Carvoeiro
Topic: Use of cash
Replies: 12
Views: 7447

Re: Use of cash

Which is perfectly sensible, but it makes it even odder that this camera, and many others at Algarve beaches, have been running for so long, with no blurring of any sort. And, if they are blurred, I can't see why anyone would want to set up and operate one anyway!
by destroyer
Thu Aug 20, 2020 7:52 pm
Forum: General Carvoeiro
Topic: Use of cash
Replies: 12
Views: 7447

Re: Use of cash

Now you mention it, that's it. I knew it wasn't actually Vaseline on the lens, and that the top bit remained in focus, but it just didn't occur to me that it might be deliberate. To be honest, the privacy issue was one I'd thought of on all of these cams in the past (imagine a night time beach indis...
by destroyer
Wed Aug 19, 2020 2:20 pm
Forum: General Carvoeiro
Topic: Use of cash
Replies: 12
Views: 7447

Re: Use of cash

Thanks for taking the time to reply.
by destroyer
Tue Aug 18, 2020 3:42 pm
Forum: General Carvoeiro
Topic: Use of cash
Replies: 12
Views: 7447

Re: Use of cash

Thank you - very helpful. As I say, not a deciding factor, but useful to know. Just have to make our minds up whether to bite the bullet now. Really missing our fix as we're ordinarily over three times a year. To make matters worse, someone seems to have smeared Vaseline on the lens of the beachcam,...
by destroyer
Mon Aug 17, 2020 5:33 pm
Forum: General Carvoeiro
Topic: Use of cash
Replies: 12
Views: 7447

Use of cash

Toying with the idea of a break in October - our March/April holiday having been cancelled means this has been our first year since 1998 without a visit, and we're pining. Interested to know if restaurants, shops etc. are accepting cash. By no means a deal breaker but I'd bought Euros for trip to Po...
by destroyer
Fri Jun 12, 2020 3:31 pm
Forum: General Carvoeiro
Topic: Refunds from BA
Replies: 9
Views: 5791

Re: Refunds from BA

I paid with my Virgin debit card for some flights. Virgin were happy to consider a chargeback.