Barcelo Maya Caribe: Amazing resort!

We enjoyed our stay at this resort it was amazing from the service and beaches . The resort was clean and the food was amazing we recommend the Barcelo resorts to anyone who is looking for a truly remarkable way to relax and unwind d from the busyness of life!

Occidental Punta Cana: Wonderful

Great stay at the Occidental Punta Cana. Food was very good and varied. Nice a la carte restaurants. Beach is beautiful. Property well maintained and clean. Only negative room not ready for check-in.

Barcelo Maya Beach Resort: Great resort

This is no doubt one of the nicest resort we ever go. Just one suggestion buy rooms directly from hotel not through agents. We go there with kids and two rooms and promised by Trip Central agent that rooms will be close one to another. Sadly we were placed on the different flors acrossed in the building and moved to different resort as well. We contacted Trip Central but they informed us that have nothing to do with them and ask us to contact Air Canada vacation hotel agent. This agent can’t  [... read more]help us and informed that Trip Central can’t guarantee nothing from Canada and only help will be if we buy package from hotel directly. That was rough start but after that we have awesome time with outstanding food and services.

Barcelo Karmina: Beautiful Place

We very much enjoyed our stay at the Barcelo Karmina. The food was delicious and the grounds and pools were beautiful and well maintained. Our room was the largest we've ever stayed in and it was very clean. The view from our room was fantastic. We would have like to stay longer.

Barcelo Solymar: Great Resort

Overall this resort is great value for the money. Its close to the main strip. Staff are great and my place was excellent; being a newly renovated bungalows. Grounds are well kept. The food is so so. But I've had a lot worse with my own or wife's cooking. I wish they had a better fruit selection. Those who opt for the 5 stars at the end of the peninsula are dead just like all the non existent activities there. I'll be back.

Barcelo Maya Caribe: Good Resort

The Barcelo Maya Resort is a collection of resorts (5 in total) on a large property with lots of amenities, decent rooms, and good food overall. If you get a good deal on the price, it is highly recommended. There are a fair number of a la carte restaurants, most which do not disappoint depending on your preferences. The buffets offer lots of choice and of good quality as well. The restaurants close to the beach are okay, but get a little boring after awhile, since the menu is very repetitiv [... read more]e. There is a decent beach at the south end of the property which is protected from the wind and calmer than the northern end. However, it's quite shallow and still rocky a hundred or so metres from shore. The beach at the north end is much more windy, wavy, and rocky, however, if you like snorkeling, this is the beach to go to, although you may have to swim a relatively far out from the beach to find the reefs. We found it very clean, and the staff very friendly, helpful and courteous. We have been there twice, if that is any testament to the quality of the resort. We stayed in the Maya Caribe, which is probably at the lower end of the scale for the 5 resorts. If we were to go again, we would try to stay in the Maya Tropical or the Maya Colonial, at the northern end; they seem to be a bit more upscale with nicer property. Or the Maya Beach at the extreme southern end which, at the edge of the property, is pretty quiet. We found the Caribe kind of noisy.

Barcelo Gran Faro Los Cabos: Barcelo Resort

Our stay at the Barcelo Resort was lovely. The hotel itself is a little old,but the cleanliness of the rooms and upkeep of the grounds was amazing. The staff was fabulous and could not do enough for you. Everyone was charming.

Barcelo Maya Beach Resort: Most amazing resort

The grounds were meticulous, the rooms were nice and clean, the resort was big and spacious, the beach was fabulous. We never felt crowded. This is the most beautiful resort we have ever visited in all of our travels.

Barcelo Aruba: Great Resort for our kind of vacation

We return to this resort year after year at this time of year (Jan/Feb) as we know that the weather is always great with lots of sun and hardly ever any rain. We have always booked the Royal Club for the extra amenities (brand name liquor, concierge service and priority booking to all restaurants (the Royal Lounge included) as many times as we like). We like the beach area and going in the ocean. The beach area seems to be the nicest without any sea weed which is in the water at some of the h [... read more]otels. The pool is very nice and has the swim up bar. The buffets have always been fine for us. There is the main buffet which is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner and the beach buffet open for lunch from 12:00 to 5:00. There is live evening entertainment (live music in the evening in the lobby lounge with a dance floor and live shows in the ballroom). We like the closed in reception and lobby so we can sit in air conditioning if needed to get relief from the heat and breezes. There is plenty of seating for relaxing away from your room. (Most of the other hotels in the highrise area have lobbies open to the heat and breezes and your only relief is in your air conditioned rooms or the restaurants. The staff have always been very friendly and helpful. We feel safe here and like that we can walk out of the hotel at night and there are shops and restaurants open for sightseeing and there is access to all the casinos in the other hotels. It is a short and safe bus ride into Oranjestad if desired to shop.

Occidental Nuevo Vallarta: Excellent Resort!

I loved staying at the Occidental Grand In Nuevo! It was very clean and the staff were friendly and extremely helpful. Food was also amazing. Only downside was the check in on the first night (no room) so we were relegated to a very uncomfortable room until the next day. Once that was sorted out all was well!

Occidental Caribe: Awesome resort

We loved the place. The beach was amazing with enough chairs for everybody. Our room was nice and clean, the food was good at the buffet. A+ for the French, Japanese and the Italien restaurants. The two pools area was fantastic with plenty of activities. I would definitely recommend this place.

Occidental Nuevo Vallarta: Occidental resort

The resort was very clean and comfortable. Trouble the first night at resort - our flight was 3 hrs late and they had a room for us but it was a hide a bed and cot. This is not a room. Occidental fixed it the next day but there was no compensation or an apology.

Barcelo Bavaro Palace: Amazing Resort:

I booked the Barceló Bavaro Palace on the Tripcentral.ca site. We were very pleased, and were very surprized at all the renovations. We had booked all inclusive. We had been there about 7 yrs. prior. The changes were very beautiful. The rooms were very nice. The junior suite was very comfortable. Had 2 queen beds and a sort of a day bed. Nice layout and great hot tub. The staff was very friendly and kind. Restaurants very good. They had 2 buffet places to eat . They had anything you could thin [... read more]k of. It was excellent. Had a great vacation. Also had a lot of activities. Also about 3 to 4 pools and whirpool. The Beach was so beautiful and the sand was white sand just like sugar. Will return for sure.

Occidental Costa Cancun: Barcelo Costa Cancun Mexico

The Hotel Was Excellent.Every request was met promptly and capably. I would also like pay tribute to an excellent waitress Miss Juana Iris Chauvania Vasques Who has been keeping my wine glass filled for a number of years that I have stayed at this resort. J Haiko

Barcelo Maya Beach Resort: Visit Jan 29 to Feb 8th

The resort is great good for families and couples. I loved the 25 meter pool and the gym. The resort is exceptionally maintained, staff are very friendly and helpful. ala carts were good my favourite was the Tokyo and Santa Fe restaurants.

Barcelo Puerto Vallarta: Wonderful stay!

The Barcelo is a wonderful resort, not too big or crowded, wonderful staff, superb service and great selection of foods to keep everyone happy. We were traveling with two kids and the separate bedroom and bathroom in the standard room is a plus. The resort was impeccable and rooms spotless. I would recommend this resort to anyone.

Allegro Cozumel: Bill and Cheryl's excellent adventure

Nice small resort .Clean rooms. Kid friendly. Good food and drinks. Recommend renting a jeep and touring,tequila tour and The Coconut Cabana the east side. Awesome snorkel and dive locations close by,even right in front of the resort. Excellente !

Allegro Cozumel: VERY DISAPPOINTING!

(Feb. 18) Our overall feeling after choosing Allegro Cozumel as our vacation destination this year....REGRET!! They offer a premium upgrade package at Allegro, but what you get for the extra money amounts to what you should be getting as a bare minimum anyway. The "Priority check-in" was unavailable and throughout the week the reception desk was understaffed to manage guest requests. Our request for a specific room type was not granted, and rather than accommodating our request at check-in, the  [... read more]staff insisted we take the room and request to re-locate the following day. Allegro agreed to provide the requested room type only to have us pack up and move to the same type of room!! We eventually got the type of room originally requested, but not without eating into our vacation time. Very frustrating!! Sunwing also offered a free call-home app which required wi-fi and our package supposedly included wi-fi. Allegro refused to honor this condition and once again expected us to keep coming back to the lobby at different times to debate whether or not they would honor the wi-fi offer. Like every other review for this resort, I will repeat, the food on almost every front was lousy (cold; unappetizing; limited options; slowly replenished; lots of mushy mystery stuff etc etc). The best meal we had all week was at Palmeras in San Miguel for dinner one evening. The hotel property itself was beautiful and the grounds were immaculate. The beach was very nice and the water was pure Caribbean bliss. Even though the resort was at full capacity, we never had trouble finding a beach chair on the beach or by the pool. The onsite dive shop staff were top notch and the diving spectacular. Snorkelling in front of the hotel was fun with a few things to see if you dove down, but it is not reef snorkelling at all. The pools were clean and looked beautiful, but the only pool we used was in Premium area. The others were overcrowded and very noisy. The wait staff were fantastic across the board and that made me wonder....how is it that they are so attentive to the guests, while the staff dealing with customer service at reception sucked so badly? Overall we were left feeling very inconvenienced during this vacation....that's not how your vacation should feel. Some rooms were better located on the property than others in terms of noise levels and proximity to the beach etc, but to recommend any one area would go against the fact that I wouldn't recommend this hotel to anyone! Until the management learn to listen to the overwhelming calls to improve the quality of food and restaurants and to better address guest services issues, Allegro Cozumel should be rated a 3 star resort at most! Seriously!

Palma Real: Good place to visit

Clean resort. Staff were friendly and helpful Food was typical Cuban and not very tasteful or hot. Rooms had mould from previous storms but were clean. Toilets did not work very well and no toilet paper at times. No hot water at times.

Allegro Cozumel: Very nice

Wonderful...hotel very clean, staff very attentive and truly very happy with everything. Perhaps more Mexican food but all in all we would go back tomorrow. The sand on the beach was warm and soft, the water a beautiful coral and nice and warm