What are G Cayman Vendors like?

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

I imagine people providing excursions in Grand Cayman are expatriate ex frat boys turned beach bums and tortuga divers. How far off the mark am I ?

[bookbabe]

Way off, IMO. Most of the private tour operators I've seen are locals, not expats, and the island is too expensive to attract many of the frat boy type dive guys... :-)

[drew sailbum]

Scuba diving staff are almost all ex-pats, with a few fitting that ex-frat boy image. Quite a few boat operators for snorkeling trips are ex-pats too.

 

A great many waiters/waitresses/bartenders and others in food preparation are ex-pats. Those Cayman style conch fritters are highly likely to be cooked by a Jamaican chef and server by a Canadian waitress.

 

Taxi or tour bus drivers are almost 100% Caymanians.

[bookbabe]

Scuba diving staff are almost all ex-pats, with a few fitting that ex-frat boy image. Quite a few boat operators for snorkeling trips are ex-pats too.

 

I guess we've just been lucky and only had dealings with more of the locals, and avoided the frat boy types out on dive boats... :D