[CowextetleSix]

The answer is no the resorts do not get a cut in the profits that any employee makes off the grounds of the resort after hours. The management plays blind to the fact that they employ ummm ummm escorts. In most cases it is very secretive so that the employee does not lose their job at a resort. I would not consider these escorts to be better class but simply better at what they do . We all know that practice makes perfect and they get the most practice because they get the most opportunity. Now, some people may get angry at these comments about the animation teams extra activities but......sometimes the truth hurts. Everyone of them will deny that they take part in any activity outside of their regular work. Remember it is a different culture and people in the DR do what they need to do to make enough money for the family. Whatever your opinion of the animators is one fact that remains is that they work extremely hard for many hours each day to make people's vacations fun. An animators motto is "es en todo inclusivo"

[cigattIcTot]

On my last trip to the dr their was another fellow,and i will add another canadian who thought all the women were hookers,well needless to say one of the bartenders who was a really great person set him straight. We allthought good for you girl...

[larentont]

Where did the term sanki panki come from? ive heard of hanki panki, which is what some are saying the sanki pankis are getting upto!
Those animators work their butts off tho dont they, thay are full of energy, day in day out, i think they do a great job.
In the UK we have a holiday company called Club 18-30. It is a young persons anything goes, sex sells tour operator. I worked as a rep for them for 2 years. Its hard work man, much the same as the animators work but more, ahem, riske shall i say.
One of the job perks, along with working abroad in the sun, was , well women, simple as that. When you are wearing the badge and you are in charge, on stage so to speak, you do get alot of attention. And i as a younger lad, i grabbed that attention. So the way i see it, if those animators get a chance, hey u only live once, why shouldnt they enjoy themselves.
I cant believe as many animators are as cynical as to decieve their admirers into thinkin there was love there in order to make money. Sure it must go on, but i sometimes have very little sympathy with those who get duped that way. I personally never saw anything like that at the hotel in Sosua i just stayed at. As for Willys, well thats another question!

[UriyVlasov]

The management plays blind to the fact that they employ ummm ummm escorts. In most cases it is very secretive so that the employee does not lose their job at a resort.

Why don't they employ female animation escorts? It's only guys.

[melissa]

Just wondering, or just shopping! I am not sure what you are trying to find out by your question.

What is an animator? They are males and females that are part of the hotel staff that are employed to get the tourists in the resort to take part in resort "activities". Get them into the spirit of the vacation.

They also have a terrible reputation for being sankie's and often have a few girlfriends/boyfriends in foreign countries that send them money and gifts. After all, they are in love, and true love is a beautiful thing

Cost? I don't know the cost of sankie's. Were you looking for an hourly rate?

marc

[TriammaMade]

I guess the only way to know for sure if the guy is a sanki or just after a good time is if you have to pay him afterwards....

[ballingham]

I wasn't really inquiring how much they cost. I was just trying to dicpher the "class" level. I would have to assume that the animators are higher up on the food chain than the average Jose on the beach. I was mainly just wondering if the hotels are getting a cut of the money that the animators get??? hum... conspiracy theory...

[Lkemybab]

First you bad me .Now you bad me friend "golo". Soon you bad AZB,he god man!We all god men!We not Wannabe men,ok? Why you work for people with problem? Find people no problem,work for them! Come to Santo Domingo,"No Problem"!Criss Colon PS To Theresa; Aids,and most of the women look like me in a dress,no beards,most do have a "little blond moustache",they bleach!2 reasons not to be a "Sanki" I will throw in "Self-Respect"for anyone out there who still believes in "Morals"!

[Qeiafib]

I know this is a hot topic, but if any of my Dominican friends heard that they would be so offended. ...that the hotel take a share of their money for their "other job"??
We have friends now that were resort workers and we have gone back every year to visit them, they no longer work at the resort and they either work in Santo Domingo (i.e. at the phone company) or have gone back to school. They never wanted anything from us, when we visited them we brought them a CD...because we wanted to . I have a friend of mine their for 6 months doing volunteer work, and she went there planning to find a place to rent and one of our friends wouldn't even hear of it. He invited her to stay with him, his brother and his mom. And his mom is offended when she offers her some money. She will eventually look for a place, but the point is, there is nothing going on between them or other friends. I just felt I should share that, in case someone who knows nothing of the DR may read the earlier comments and just generalize it to all the animation staff being sanki panki's. I know alot of this "off resort" work goes on, I've seen it, but it seems that ALL the animation staff do this job so it's easier to find their clients, which is not the case all the time!! Unless we were just lucky to have found the minority who are not sanki panki's.