| Water Taxi’s Ready For Easter Rush |
| Thu, April 17, 2014 |
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And another fixture of the Easter holidays is the rush to the cayes. Hotels on San Pedro and Caye Caulker are booked to capacity - and so are the water taxis. Between Holy Thursday and Good Friday - thousands of Belizeans set out on the water taxis for their island retreats. Competition between the two leading service providers Caye Caulker Water Taxi and San Pedro Belize Express is fierce and so are the price wars. And while they are competing, the water taxi's are also having to deal with the biggest crowd of the year, kind of like Christmas in April. Today Joe Marin of Caye Caulker Water taxi told us they have multiple boats on standby just to accommodate the rush:..
Joe Marin, Caye Caulker Water Taxi
"Yes the rush is picking up like from this afternoon right through the rush will pick right up and then tomorrow and Saturday and Sunday then Monday is start tapering off. But tomorrow and Saturday will definitely be the big rush. We have extra boats come on line and we are handling everything okay."
Geovanni Brackett, reporter
"Can you give me a ball park figure?"
Joe Marin, Caye Caulker Water Taxi
"Well it's quite a few thousand going out."
Geovanni Brackett, reporter
"And now that you have a competitor right up the street. What does that mean for passengers in terms of prices?"
Joe Marin, Caye Caulker Water Taxi
"I believe they are putting their prices very competitive but I don't worry about the competition, I worry about our business, I have an old saying 'the amount of time it takes to worry about their business….' We brought down the prices a little bit. What we are charging right now is $23 round trip to Caye Caulker and $43 round trip to San Pedro. I understand that all the hotels in Caye Caulker are booked out and I understand the same thing in San Pedro which makes me happy that the Belizeans are spending their money here in Belize. San Pedro needs it more than Cancun."
When we went to San Pedro Belize Express, no one was available to speak.
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