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

Occidental Punta Cana: Nice trip

Great place and serbice for the price. Woild definitely go agian. Thank you very much. ,..................................................................................................................

Occidental Costa Cancun: Stay at Occidental Costa Cancun

Just stayed at the Occidental Costa Cancun, and had a good time. It’s a very small resort, the rooms, pool, restaurants, and beach are all in a small area. The pool was nice, lots of chairs available. The food was so-so, nothing special there. You could only make reservations for a la carts in the mornings, getting into the Italian was a pain, with a huge line-up at 7am to get in for dinner. The beach was nice, if small, with lots of water traffic in front of the resort and a small area where  [... read more]swimming was allowed. No snorkelling at the resort. The ferry over to Isla Mujeres was right at the resort, as well as the Jolly Roger pirate ship excursion which was convenient. Lots of seaweed on the beach, even though they rake it every morning there was always seaweed at the water line. No free wifi, you have to pay to use it and it’s not good at all, always cutting in and out and the prices for everything seem to change day to day. The rooms were okay, clean but nothing special. The air conditioning in my room was turned off when I got there, didn’t have it for a few days until I called. When they actually turned it on it was leaking but worked. Daily shows by the pool and always entertainment at night. Wouldn’t go back but didn’t have a horrible time. Still enjoyed the sunshine and relaxation at the beach or pool.

Barcelo Maya Beach Resort: Fab resort

All areas were fantastic........except our room! It was in need of a makeover,so we spent another $2300.00CAD to upgrade to the Premier section The new room was great. We would have had a depressing stay had we stayed in the first room allotted. The resort was great. All staff were very helpful. I would recommend to a friend with the caveat that they book Premier as the regular class of rooms just don’t fit the bill for an expensive holiday.

Barcelo Maya Beach Resort: Barcelo Beach resort

Very good overall--excellent maintenance on grounds, pools, beach. Food very good, coffee a bit of burnt taste. Many staff have very limited English skills, but most friendly and make attempts to communicate. Room very good in all features except floor cleaning--always grit left as if floor was not swept. Dirt on floor in corners, under desk, etc. Otherwise well cleaned daily.

Occidental at Xcaret Destination: What no Corona extra

The Hotel is very beautiful The Lagoon needs major help it stinks and they were working on it all the time The beach salt water pool was closed just about every day and they were running the compressor while they were working on it We loved the grounds and the Pools The Rooms were big and clean The Restaurants were amazing Beautify presented Plates and great food Well done The Grill was our favourite We pretty much skipped the Buffet not good The food there was cold We went to the beach buffet  [... read more]for Breakfast We also enjoyed the Snack Bar They had chicken wings Only part of the time we could get a Corona Extra

Barcelo Huatulco: Great Vacation

This is a great hotel resort. Staff were wonderful and caring. Made sure all our needs were looked after. Unfortunately there was never enough beach loungers with shade. Seems one would have to get up at 6am and head to the beach in order to secure a shady area. Even placing portable Beach Umbrellas would work. Pool was very nice. We enjoyed the smaller resort atmosphere. Overall, great vacation.

Occidental Cozumel: Beautiful Resort

We were a little apprehensive when reading some of the reviews about the timeshare and the food, but found we didn't need to be. First off the timeshare people don't harass you, just say no and they will not bother you. The food was very good. You will not go hungry at all. We ate at the Seafood, Mediterranean and the Mexican ala cartes and they were all delicious. The buffet could be a bit better but we never went hungry. The beach is amazing and you can snorkel right out front of the resort, t [... read more]here is also bar service on the beach. The rooms are very nice, comfortable and clean with a large washroom, we never had an issue with water, towels or the cleaning staff. The fridge was restocked daily. The gardeners and cleaners all always busy. It really was a great stay and we would definitely go back. This is our 4th stay on Cozumel and this is the first resort that I have said I'd go back to. ALL the staff were super friendly and helpful. The only negative is there is no free Wi-Fi.