Hyatt Vivid Punta Cana: Great value for price!

First time in Punta Cana and it was a great time. Food was awesome, grounds were beautiful and overall it was fun. The rooms were a bit tired - but clean. I would recommend requesting to stay in building 3 or 4 on the club package. It's worth it and those seem to be best location. The beach was nice, waters were wavy and a bit deep- but the sand was cleaned daily!

Lopesan Costa Bavaro Resort Spa and Casino: Gorgeous Resort

Amazing resort! Stunning grounds, lush, beautiful landscaping. Resort layout, structure, pools etc. well thought out, modern rooms, gorgeous design. Excellent value for the money. Five star. Wonderful coffee. Service top notch.

Catalonia Bavaro Resort: Resort is Okay

The resort is Okay. Nothing really stands out in my opinion. The rooms was ok, the food is ok but not great. The only way I would book this resort again is if I got an amazing deal. The best part of the resort is the beach.

Bahia Principe Grand Bavaro: Good but need more work to return to recover state

I think that both hotel and other services (room especially) need improvement. We went here as we have been before but service is not yet at that level of pre Covid.Room was cleaned but a lot of mosquitoes inside, toilet holder broken, shampo holder didn’t work, tub with stains or damaged, tv hardly could see any program in English. Reception seems very slow and hardly helpt to get any information if needed. We booked with trip central and nexus tour was supposed to complete transfer from airpor [... read more]t to resort and back but they were unreachable no information was provided to us. In the resort was really hard to get coffe and drinks ( beer) because either coffe mascines were not ready or in very small number in restaurants. We had to ask waiters to bring water, coffe or beer and in some cases we hardly get it or got it at the end of meal. Pool was very crowded and hardly could find place to sit unless you wake up early. The place is good but not sure if I will go again. Thanks

El Beso Adults Only at Ocean El Faro: Great resort

Was in the adult section with privelidge up grade. The resort has many areas of interest that will keep you busy ie bowling, sports bar, lazy river which was amazing, plus much more. No problem getting palapas on the beach or around the many pools. The rooms and balconies were a good size clean and tidy. The food was a mixed bag, but always something that would work. The areas that need improvement would to have a descent lounge for the priveledge guests. The adult section needs a bigger v [... read more]ariety of food at its snack bar ie fried chicken hamburgers hot dogs etc for lunches. Other then that I would recommend this resort 5 Star for families and 4 for adults.

Serenade All Suites Adults Only Resort: Great adult only resort

Hotel was excellent,beach was large and always easy to find space and chairs,staff were very attentive,secirity kept beach sellers to the outskirts of the beach area,rooms were good,food was good and very easy to find different items by switching locations. Overall great experience

Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Punta Cana: Good times at Hard Rock Punta Cana

Pros: lots of activities for kids and adults, water park, kids club, kids pool, lots of food and drink options (Zen - Teppanyaki, Toro - Steakhouse, Stacked - burgers, The Split - subs were all great), beach was beautiful and lots of different pools to choose from depending on what vibe you’re interested in, nice, comfortable accommodations (we had a 1 bedroom suite in building 5B), room service is a plus Cons: the lobby area is really loud with music in each different bar/store turned up t [... read more]o full volume and everyone trying to talk over it, the beach is beautiful but the resort faces the Atlantic Ocean so it was really rough. The red flag was out 6 of the 7 days. We didn’t like the hard sell for the “VIP breakfast” after check-in. This is basically them trying to sell you a timeshare. Same thing happened at check out where they were offering a “coupon” for a discounted future stay but they try to pressure you into making a decision 20 minutes before you’re leaving the resort to go home. The minibar is supposed to be restocked each day but we called 4 times, they only came twice. The resort is HUGE so there is lots of walking or waiting for shuttles (the shuttles worked well for us). Food at Ipanema was cold and not very good - that’s the only restaurant I wouldn’t recommend. Watch out for the people on the beach with animals (monkey, parrots, iguana) offering to take pictures. They put the animals on you before saying how much they expect to be paid and then pressure you to pay $120 USD by cash, venmo or PayPal. Overall we really enjoyed our vacation at the Hard Rock Punta Cana!

Occidental Caribe: Occidental Caribe

Karol Kim and I book a trip with you Jan 19/24 till Jan 28/24 to Punta cana Occidental Caribe. It was are first time with Transat and all inclusive very disappointed first they told us the plane would be delayed for 10 minutes after an hour and 30 minutes we finally left they never ask us if we would like to have something to drink. Arriving to the hotel we have to stay in line to registered it took us 1 hour and a half before we got served then the lady at the desk told us to go eat somethin [... read more]g and to come back and then she would give us are room number so we did but when we came back for the second time it took us another 1 hour and a half before getting our room number it was so hot I didn't feel good at all I thought I was going to pass out finally we got are room but the card didn't work go back down stairs wait another 15 minutes Finally go back to the room at this point we we're so exhausted didn't have time to examine the room we went straight to bed. Next day we realize that we didn't have any towels and the room was not too clean. Because we pay extra to upgrade that we were supposed to have beer in the fridge slippers and bathrobe we didn't have nothing like that. Food keep repeating lunch supper was cool no taste I had better food on a cruise. Language barrier they should have more people speak English and French. Very disappointed customer it was our first experience all inclusive and didn't like it at all we did 4 cruises and never been disappointed it would take a miracle for us to do this again. I know nothing will come out of this but I'm sure the media would be interesting to find out about our experience. Very disappointed customers

Grand Bavaro Princess: Great place

Great place, something for everyone! drawback - top shelf alcohol isn't really top shelf ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** [... read more]*****************************************************************************************************

VIK Hotel Arena Blanca: Great resort!

Resort is a little outdated and need of minor repairs, granted a hurricane was just through in late fall, but still could use a face lift. Lobby chairs, plastic and some people did not feel safe sitting on them. Beach area was a disaster, but again hurricane damage. Pools, not bad but one was closed, not sure why but the one that was open was good. Great place if you are there to relax and not do much. The usual excursions but pricy. Food was excellent! Never had a bad meal. Great staff e [... read more]ager to help, but language barrier is there.

Royalton Bavaro Resort and Spa: Great family resort.

Clean rooms and grounds. Friendly staff. Food is very good. Only 20 minutes or so from the airport. Great resort for families of all ages. We have previously stayed at this resort and definitely would go back again.

Dreams Onyx Resort and Spa: Amazing resort

The grounds, pools were extremely well kept. The rooms were spacious, made service was excellent. All the room supplies, stocking the refrigerator were looked after daily. The staff were extremely friendly and polite. The best a la cart was the Bluewater steakhouse. The buffet had a good variety of different foods, it was O.K. The beaches were great with lots of shore line for walking. A very good family resort with lots of activities for kids. Very nice water park and slides.

Bahia Principe Escape Ambar: Excellent Hotel

The Hotel was very specious with lots of well maintained gardens and landscaping. Our room had everything that was needed for a comfortable stay. The swimming pool was very clean . The restaurants were amazing with great staff and excellent food. I can’t say enough about the beaches!! We wanted a late checkout and had no problem with the request.

Bahia Principe Grand Bavaro: Disappointing Smelly resort experience!

Disappointing Stay My Brother requested a crib for this 14 month old Before leaving for this resort. He did not get a crib for Two days after several attempts made to the front desk. Next the place smells bad the Buffet Restaurant has a smell kinda like sewage that makes you not want to eat there! Food and service is subpar on a good day! Our Room had mold in our bathroom! Public washrooms on most days had no soap and toilet paper the Hotel doesn't care about sanitation . If you have a toddler [... read more] goodluck finding a tray for your highchair! Two cofee machines in front lobby seemed to be always broken! Must always wakeup early to get pool or beach chairs the place seemed overcrowded and overbooked lineups everywhere! Not recommending this place to anyone never coming back this place is dirty staff always act pissed off when asking for something! We read the reviews somehow this is not the same place advertised!

Occidental Punta Cana: This was a great resort ? !

We do travel often , and would recommend to anyone . The staff keep it very clean , food was good , entertaining was good , staff was very polite and eager to help as best they can. Pool was very clean looking , and security was plentiful on the beach . Rooms were quite large and nice and bright . Will definitely return there .

Margaritaville Island Reserve Cap Cana Hammock: our trip to Margaritaville Cap Cana

Positive: The people working at this hotel are wonderful, caring and most of all the one we interacted with enjoyed being here. The room was spacious and had a great view. The coffee shop was fantastic. The breakfast buffet was great. The pools and bars were fantastic Negative: There is NO beach at this site...you need to walk over about ten minutes to a public beach to see sand and cleaner ocean water...but still algae visible. Unfortunately the food at the major restaurants was hit a [... read more]nd miss for us. The quality of the fish and meats were great but NOT well prepared. Final thought...The entertainment was great during the day at the pools and the bands and shows were very good!

Occidental Caribe: Honest review family vacation

Two couples and one child aged 7 stayed at this resort on the last week of January in separate rooms side by side. The beach and hotel grounds are beautiful and well maintained. Our rooms were by the swim up bar ground floor. The real kicker for us was the rooms. We arrive and neither of our safes work, friend had no hot water for 3 days, both tvs broken and replaced, brown water leaking from my washroom ceiling, clog in both showers that turned your shower into a bath, toilet leaking mine, lamp [... read more] had hole in shade and cord had wire exposed held together by merets mine, someone's thongs were found on the floor at the side of the bed in friends room and blood on sheets? We saw maintenance every day and saw them more than the bartenders. Day 1 we waited 4hrs in room for someone to show. We asked for other rooms and was told there was nothing avail. After chatting with others, found that most people got moved to a different room? Maintenance throws towels in the ceiling to fix leaks, TV's are taken from other rooms. Everything had a bandaid. The room issues created unnecessary stress and put a damper on our vacation. Food: buffet was ok. Lots of options. Specialty restaurants: Japanese was excellent, Dominican was excellent, Mexican was good. Good chicken wings at the pool restaurant. Bar: ran out of beer on day 2? I was really shocked that there was no beer for 2 days. We had to purchase Corona at the store. Entertainment was good. Kids- waterpark was good. Kids club- had lots for the toddler age and not much for older kids. Upon leaving the resort we get to the airport and the bus back door is jammed and driver couldn't open it. The bus driver had to get a broom handle from the airport to open latch from the inside. I would not recommend this resort to anyone. We were severely disappointed and felt ripped off.

Majestic Colonial Punta Cana Beach Resort: Great Resort

Great food. Great location. Amazing service and very friendly, accommodating staff. Staff went out of their way to address my wife's allergies. (especially Apostol) Jacob was excellent. We would definitely go back.

Dreams Onyx Resort and Spa: Good for families

Dreams Onyx was a great place to go with the family. Brought my two little ones (10m and 2.5 yrs). Pros: -Cribs are availablec*see cons -Rooms were clean -Beach was nice -Not overcrowded, rarely couldn't get seating where we wanted -Food was good overall -Staff were awesome overall, very friendly and professional/helpful -High chairs were generally available, only once did we have an issue getting two at a specialty restaurant -Most events end fairly early, great for families -Adults [... read more] have access to Breathless next door, we did not go but for those with older children it may be nice to get away. Very short walk away, almost wandered into it by accident. -The resort overall was very clean Cons: -The crib mattresses need to be replaced. They are flat/breaking. Instead they pad it up with a blanket and a top sheet. We ended up taking them out and wrapping the sheet better so that it didn't tangle up with the kids. -The rooms, while clean, could use some updating. Sliding doors that didn't work, caulking that needs to be redone (leaking shower into the room, fixed with a towel for example), hinges need to be removed and cleaned etc. -While room service was available, it was very hard to get a hold of them and then you have a fairly long wait (45-60 min is what it says). The wait wouldn't be much of an issue if it didn't take a long time to even get in contact with room service. We gave up trying. -Our first floor sliding door lock was barely attached. -Swim ups aren't really swim up. They are swim close? Check the pic to see what I mean. Other: -Currently constructions going on the lot next door, opposite side of breathless. Sliding doors kept the noise out, but wasn't the nicest for sitting outside while the kids napped. Might be best to get a room not on that side for the time being. Final thoughts: I think the cons overall are pretty minor things that don't detract from the place as a whole too much. I would recommend it to families without hesitation.

Barcelo Bavaro Beach: Great stay - just a few minor issues

My wife and I just got back from Bavaro Beach. A very enjoyable stay, great restaurants, great beach and an excellent golf course. What we liked the most was the breeze off the ocean which made it feel cooler! Helped on the golf course too. Try the French, Japanese and Seafood restaurants…La Comedie, Kyoto and Coral. Plus several others like Santa Fe, Dolce Vita Chez Gourmet. Service was basically good although it took over a week for the drain in our tub to be fixed. And communica [... read more]tion was an issue at the Pro Shop as was their clothing inventory. Not much of a selection in terms of sizes. I would have bought stuff but they did not have any XL sizes. We would love to go back.