Dave & Mary - October, 2007
Hedoinsm II Trip Report
6-13 Oct 2007
This is my first trip report after five trips to Hedo. Why I finally decided to write one can only be attributed to being closer to the end of my career than the beginning, and therefore really having absolutely nothing better to do at the office these days. And so first, a little about my favorite subject, but one of which I really know so very little: us.
We’re a Canadian couple, both 50, and have been married
for 26-years. This was as I say
our 5th trip to Hedo, but our first in the last 5-years. There’s
no particular reason that we haven’t been back for so long, just the way
that life flows sometimes. In
the meantime, though, we have been taking vacations to various other resorts
over the Caribbean and
We reserved through DennyP and were more than satisfied. We know that we paid the same or better than most, we received our vouchers in only days, and benefited from Denny’s experience and advice along the way. He’ll get our first call the next time, too.
There were no problems on the flight from
We reserved Ocean View Nude and got a room on the second floor, halfway between the hot-tub and main building: a perfect location for us. Although we’ve heard that other people weren’t so lucky, we didn’t experience any problems ourselves with water, A/C, leaks, bugs, etc. That said, we usually turned the A/C off at night and were rarely in the room between 8am and 2am, so if there were indeed any problems with our room we would hardly have noticed, anyway. And I’ll tell you what, the water wasn’t slow to run down the drain but if it had been, we probably would have just waited for it to do so.
The rooms have been redecorated since our last trip and to that we say: so what? We didn’t have problems with the old rooms and the new ones are just a place to sleep and have sex in: Two particular functions that we did manage to test nightly – relatively little of the former but excessively of the latter - and are pleased to report that they served both functions admirably. Another change was of course the TV, but I don’t have a clue whether or not it worked.
We had never been to Hedo during such a busy week, > 75% capacity, so our only (little) concern at the time of reservation was having to wait for drinks, lineups at the buffet, etc. Well, although virtually all of the dinning room tables were setup and taken, and one night both buffet lines were open, we were amazed that we never had to wait for anything. There was never a crowd around the bar, we always had great water/coffee/wine service in the dinning room, and there were rarely more than a few people lined up at the buffet at any one time. Service was excellent.
For the most part towels were plentiful and easy to come by. True, there was one day that fresh towels were late in coming and harder find, but not impossible and certainly better on even that worse day than on some of our previous trips. That said, this preoccupation that some people have with towels at Hedo is to us, somewhat mystifying: We just don’t get it. At many of the other resorts we’ve been to, you’ll often be signing-out towels for the pool while for the beach, you bring your own or you do without. Anyway, if towels are your thing, not to worry, they weren’t a problem.
From our other trips we remember air mattresses as being a concern: should we bring our own or would there be enough left over? We see now that there are plenty of those blue cushions to go around these days, which are just fine to float on, so it’s apparent that you no longer need to waste valuable luggage space carting your own mattresses around. Which is GREAT news, because more luggage space means more room for slutwear! (I don’t understand Towel People, but I guess Pool People don’t understand Float People, who spend their days floating nekked in the ocean on cushions, staring up at the sky; Newbies, it’s a Hedo-II thing that you have no chance of understanding until you’ve been there.)
As for food, we’re both fish-eating vegetarians, but even we always had plenty to choose from at the buffet. Most nights were about the same as we remember, which is to say very good, except on Friday they really seem to pull out the stops these days and the quality noticeable goes up a notch. Still, we had no complaints on any of the other nights, there was always plenty of everything, a good selection and of above average quality. Breakfast was breakfast, your standard fare and no problems there, either. For lunch we always just did the beach grill. We did notice that after the 3rd day there were no longer tomatoes for our usual grill cheese and tomato sandwiches, so we had to make do with lettuce instead. We didn’t really think twice about it at the time, though, and it was only after getting home that we learned they had run out of tomatoes. Anyway, we’re switching to grill cheese and lettuce as our new favorite; not as messy to eat! Yeah, switching from grill cheese and tomato to grill cheese and lettuce, that’s exactly how daring we are and it’s like they say: Be wicked for a week!
PDA’s - Yeah, okay, so this is what you really wanted to read about, I know. People, let’s just say it out loud: PUBLIC SEX! Yeah baby, that’s what I’m talking about!! Everyone, shout it with me three times: PUBLIC SEX!! PUBLIC SEX!! PUBLIC SEX!!
Being a week that was promoted by Lifestyle Tours, we had expected to see (and contribute to) substantially more PDA’s than on our previous trips. We weren’t disappointed. Yes my children, if the Public Nasty is your thing, it was a Nasty Week indeed. Even so, the activity was mostly limited to the hot-tub, mostly after 11pm, and I don’t exactly know how to put this other than saying that it was somewhat restrained, almost “polite” for lack of a better word. Then again, I’ll remember forever the night that the three girls showed up draped in glow sticks, which they freely distributed to those who bravely sampled their wares. My wife and I? Yes, we did manage to make our nightly contributions, too. What Hedo does to your libido is totally astounding.
Another change for us was that we decided to join a group for this trip, and what a great group it was: International Delights. As a rather shy, quiet couple who are socially-challenged on our best days, we’re not exactly your typical dance-on-the-table, lampshade-wearing Hedo couple, so we really hesitated before joining. Well, to all of you other shy Hedonists out there, all seven of you, we have but three words of wisdom to share with you: join, join, join.
We never did sit at a group table, nor did we join in any reindeer games around the pool, but even so we were made to feel as if we were part of the group. It’s really nice knowing people’s names, where they’re from and little about them, which makes gossiping about them that much more productive. Too, it’s cool that they at least know your names, know you enough to say “hi, great outfit”, and so on.
We were thinking at first that maybe such outgoing people would eat us, but were disappointed to learn that no, they weren’t going to eat us, not unless we asked, which we were too shy to do. We were thinking that perhaps we’d be tied to chairs and forced to sit at a group table while they teased and abused our nekkid bodies with a host of various fresh vegetables and fruits from the buffet but alas, no, we were disappointed to learn that they weren’t going to do that, either. We were thinking that we might be kidnapped on a nightly basis, forced into sexual slavery, having to perform all variety of unspeakable acts on their nether regions: NO, NOT EVEN THAT DID THESE FIENDS DO!!! Pretty much all they did was smile, welcome us to the group, say really obnoxious things to us like “Hi guys, what a beautiful day!” and just pretty much made us feel as if we had a resort full good friends that were happy to see us every day: THE FIENDS!!
We know that some people did have trouble with their rooms while others had more minor complaints: no hand towels until after 6pm one day; no plastic forks for jerk chicken (seriously?); tomatoes ran out after the 3rd day; beer ran out for an hour one day; water slow to run down the drain (seriously?). The fact is, though, you get an awful lot for what you pay for at Hedo, even without getting to see your wife prance around in slutwear everyday - which of course is totally priceless – and even without having such a great nekkid time with so many cool people. Throughout, the Hedo staff just continues to do a fantastic job of trying their very best to keep everyone happy and coming back, and always with a smile.
In summary, the staff was great, the service was excellent. We had no problems with our room; no problems with towels; the food was wonderful and the drinks ever flowing. And for two days it rained. Who the hell cares? The people and International Delights were fantastic, my wife continues to be the love of my life and forever more, and the sex was outstanding. We’ll be back as soon as I can walk again.