La Playa Orient Bay: Best trip ever!

La Playa is a wonderful resort. The staff provided superior service and were consistently friendly and helpful - truly the best I've ever encountered. The resort still looks brand new after being renovated in 2019 and is maintained extremely well. The rooms were spacious, beautiful and well designed. The grounds and landscaping were immaculate, along with the beach area which was cleaned and groomed every morning. The menu options and food quality at the restaurant was also great, and the [... read more] venue provides a spectacular view of the beach. The resort is also situated within close proximity to many other restaurants and stores which were only a short walk away. We had an amazing week and definitely plan to stay at La Playa again.

Sonesta Maho Beach: Awesome

Exceptional food for an all inclusive resort. Very friendly staff. Perfect location for someone looking for activity and night life and an excellent spot to base island tours and activities from. Variety of shopping nearby, walk to three separate beaches within 15 min.

Sonesta Maho Beach: Best vacation yet.

The Sonesta Maho Beach Resort was the best hotel that i have so far stayed at. The staff were friendly, helpful when needed, the food was amazing. On top of that the beach was fantastic. You couldnt find a complaint even if you wanted to. The drinks were fantastic. Walking in town and any excursions taken, always felt safe. Amazing vacation.

Secrets St. Martin: 3.5 star resort

Excellent location, they are short staffed for sure. Only 2 restaurants open on a daily for dinners. Rarely get chairs with umbrellas on the beach unless you are there 7am, they should have more chairs and umbrellas at the beach and poolside since there is only one pool. Only entertainment was live karaoke or 3pc band, no other entertainment, maybe due to covid not sure. Serving staff were really nice but not enough to get service. Restaurants don't need reservations but if you go after 7:30 you [... read more] might be waiting upto an hour then another hour to get food. 24 hour Cafe need more food and deserts available. Overall if they are better staffed then this would be a great relaxing getaway.

Sunscape Curacao Resort: Amazing employees

The resort was extremely clean and employees were super sweet. We were in room 2419 and sewage gas was coming up through the drains. They changed our room when we complained for the second time. We also got stuck in the glass elevator for 45 minutes in the heat at 4 pm. We kept pushing the bell button but nobody answered, had no way of informing anyone untill we saw a guest looking up from outside and we could ask for help with our hands. It took forever for them to get us out of there. We were [... read more] sitting on the floor and hardly could breath. We thanked the workers for getting us out but never heard an apology from the management team.. so bazaar!

Sonesta Maho Beach: Beautiful Trip

A nice hotel, with a small foot print, however it was fast to go around to the two level beach and to the restaurants. Very good COVID measures in place. Very clean hotel and grounds. A small beach with sufficient chairs (it was not very full between March 24 and April 7, 2022). Amazing ocean colours, clear water, no rocks, a pleasure to swim. Quality of food was above the average of four star hotels. More expensive than other islands, but we greatly enjoyed our vacation.

Sonesta Maho Beach: Very beautiful!

This hotel was nice and everyone was friendly, we had a nice time. The dinner service was slow two times but all the other times was great. I will definitely want to go back in the future one day to explore more of the island. The water at maho beach was rough but was fun and so clean and clear.

Esmeralda Resort: Wonderful escape to Saint Martin

This resort is nicely tucked away on the shores of Orient bay. It is quiet and spread out over beautifully manicured grounds with palm trees and exotic carribean plants. The room was spacious and well equipped with ceiling fan or air conditionning options. I slept soundly and peacefully every night of our stay. The sun was brilliant but we always had options to experience the light in the shade of our terrrace and pool. The food at the Astrolabe restaurant was excellent just as I remembered .  [... read more]The Friday night special with langouste and live music was a highlight. The helpful people working at the reception gave us great options for both day and night. We enjoyed an excursion on the Scooby Too catarmaran visiting a three spots to snorkel or swim seeing turtles and fish. The lunch served onboard was a true feast of fresh fish and french cheese. In the evening we went twice to the new restaurant in the Orient Bay village called Maison Mer. I would highly recommend you go there if you are looking for fine French dining with a carribean influence. What lovely memories to bring home .

Secrets St. Martin: A Sub-Par Resort At A Premium Price

This resort is badly in need up very significant upgrades. At best it’s a 3 out of 5. The rooms have been renovated and are nicely appointed, but the test of the resort is no better than a run-of-the-mill resort, but it comes with a premium price tag. There are NO beach facilities of any kind other than sand, chairs, broken umbrellas, and foul smells. On a good day a waiter might come buy once. The pool area activities are sadly lacking. The pool is in need of an overhaul. None of the wate [... read more]rfalls were in working order. The swim up bar looks to be 25 years old. The hot tub was closed. The activities desk was useless. There is water available in the gym, but it comprises bottled water that is warmer than room temperature. No tv’s or even music in the gym. On more than one occasion the resort ran out of beach towels by 10:30 am. Stray dogs are allowed to roam the premises. One buffet restaurant for evening dinner is hardly what I would expect from a resort having the reputation of a Secrets. Resort washrooms were in some cases so badly in need of repair that guests were required to return to their rooms. The price for 1 week at this resort is not significantly less than the cost of a week at a Sandals resort, however, there is simply no comparison. Sandals resorts are far superior in each and every way. I won’t be making the same mistake again and will not be going back to a Secrets resort. I regret my choice in this instance.

Secrets St. Martin: Just what we needed

Clean secluded resort, just opened recently so still has some bugs to deal with but overall a good relaxing vacation. With everything Covid we wanted something quiet and secluded, hotel was just over half filled so not a typical all-inclusive in the sense they only had two restaurants open a night (food was very good) The activity director had a challenge to get things going by the pool and the nighttime activities were very limited but the entertainment in the lobby bar was a different musicia [... read more]n every night. It was nice to not have to fight for a lounge chair either by the ocean or by the pool. They definitely had issues with staff being ill, and the manager was constantly walking around day and night making sure you were taken care of and greeting the guests. St. Martin is a beautiful island with amazing beaches, we will definitely be going back once the world gets back to normal.

Dreams Curacao Resort Spa and Casino: Well needed vacation

Stayed at dreams spa and casino in curacao, amazing staff/rooms/beaches and food. Weather was perfect covid protocols were top notch, everyone was happy to help with any issues that came up. The entertainment on site was also a big bonus. 10/10 would go again

Secrets St. Martin: I hope I get this right

You have a lot of options for your travel money so I hope not to sway you one way or another but to let you know what to expect. Secret's is a little more expensive than other options (at least when we went, November 2021), however you soon realize if you travel around the island that transportation is pretty expensive and Secret's is about as far from the airport as possible. So I little has to be allocated to that. When you arrive you will be underwhelmed, there is no formal welcome and a se [... read more]curity guard will point you to a chair to wait until someone is available. We were brought a glass of champagne which was nice. Processing is fairly easy and painless and from there you are off to your room. Rooms are generous in size, bathrooms are large, more than enough closet space, great TV, king sized bed (very good mattress), couch and a standard sized balcony. For us, the room was more than just ok. None of the rooms have ocean view, the main buildings face each other but there is lots of space between them so it's not like anyone is staring into your room. Some first floor rooms have a walk out to a shared pool with your neighbours. We did not see many people using the pools though and I heard through one person that the temperature was too cold so not being used. This is not first hand knowledge, so judge the info accordingly but I will confirm that we did not see many in the water. The general pool is great, the pool bar is great, the booze at the bars is great, food at the pool is great, the beach is outstanding, the service at both the beach (Loranne) and the pool (Rolinda, German) outstanding. The pool and beach are quiet, there is music at the pool but not blaring. Just what we wanted. The food is good. You won't be wowed but you shouldn't be disappointed either, I wonder if once more people start returning they may open up another restaurant but I don't know. The Hibatchi restaurant was very good and the main dining hall was above average compared to other all inclusive. I would recommend taking a $ 20 taxi to Grand Case and there they have a couple of outstanding French restaurants that you will never regret spending the money on. 7-9 page wine list, just to give you an idea. Also there is an incredibly good restaurant down the beach that I would highly recommend but it closes at 5pm, so more for lunch or late afternoon. Very worthwhile to go to, if you like unique French cooking. Orient Beach is a $ 20 cab ride away and has more hotels and beach bars on it, if you wanted to have something with more action. Covid was extremely easy, there is a doctor's office on site. Book your swab as soon as you arrive or the next day and results came back within 24 hours of taking the test. We would definitely go back again. Hope this helps PS the picture on this page associated with Secret's St. Martin is not from the resort. Not sure why they put up a stock photo.

Sonesta Maho Beach: Wonderful Resort

Just returned from the Sonesta Maho in Saint Maarten traveling with Sunwing vacations. This was our first trip Covid style and I can tell you We felt completely at ease at this resort. The resort was kept clean the food was great and the staff that works there were amazing. Sunwing and the local lab across the street do an amazing job for your return PCR Covid test it takes all of 10 minutes out of your day with the procedures they have in place …well done Sunwing.

Sunscape Curacao Resort: Not a Four Star

This resort advertises a four star resort. It is not. More like a 3 star. Very run down, not much cleaning happening at all and food is not very good !! Everything seemed very dirty. Including washrooms by japanese restaurant and the pools!! We paid for a beachfront room with Sun Club perks. Still not sure what the perks were…???

Sonesta Maho Beach: Great resort

The resort was clean. The staff was very friendly. The best bartender name was Eddie great person and made awesome drinks.You had to wear your mask in the common areas and that was fine. Some people did not but the security indices it witch was great. The Sunwing staff was very good so recommend to go to the meeting gave you the info you need to get back home as for Canadian you need the PCR test. The food was a 5 star every thin was fresh the buffet they serve the food for you. There is to  [... read more]pp that do the eggs and are very good. We tipped the waitress and the cooks. There house wine is great. To find out what restaurants are open they have a barcode you can scan very easy to do and give you what what’s open. Do take a walk and go to the other beach called Mullet bay it’s a 10 min walk worth every min. If you want to go to phillisburg just go out to the street and there is public vans that reads philisburg that will take you to the town only 2 US dollars and coming back use Moha drop you right off to the hotel. Jewelry’s stores in Moha go to the Rissan it’s on the right nice pp and not pushy Andy is one of the guys that will help you.also in phillisburg go to the Kay’s jewelry they too are a good jewelry store and guarantee for life if anything break.

Sunscape Curacao Resort: Nice resort

The property was always constantly cleaning and disinfecting everything during COVID-19. Which made my group more safe being there. Very friendly staff. Wish there was more food options, wish we tried every restaurant, during covid they closed most of the restaurant and had only certain ones open. So I feel like I’m not getting the value food wise that I paid for. Plus I had a hotel room on the other side of the property even tho really no one was staying there.

Esmeralda Resort: Beautiful Resort!

Loved the hotel. Rooms were clean and spacious, and nicely appointed. The resort is divided up into villas with 4 rooms each, and each villa has a private pool, which was so nice right out your door. The beach is a 2 min walk, and the main part of Orient Bay with some great restaurants is only a few mins walk too. The only things I would say were under par, were that the hotel did not supply conditioner - only shampoo (they should really replace the single use plastic bottles they supply with re [... read more]usable dispensers for soap and shampoo as well!), and the coffee at breakfast wasn't that great (service in a giant coffee pot, so tasted pretty bad). Otherwise, we loved this place! A great, very quiet place to relax. Definitely more for couples than kids, but could work with kids as well.

Sonesta Maho Beach: Excellent vacation

Our week vacation at sonesta Maho beach was amazing! We came for the airplanes and the view but everything else was wonderful! Food, service, accommodations, casino etc. Very modern and clean! The beach can be a little rough at times to go in but the water is beautiful and blue. The pool is big and very clean. The buffet is a little small but there are plenty of food options on the resort. The pizza was excellent, the palms grill was great and the point a la carte Italian was very very good. A [... read more]nd the cafe with coffee and snacks was the best. We felt very very safe, walking to near by beaches and would highly recommend the excursion to Anguilla by speed boat. I have no idea how anyone could possibly complain about this place. We didn’t rent a car but most people we spoke to rented a car for the week to get around the island. I would come back here 100%. And if you are an avid aviation lover like myself, the Maho beach experience watching the planes fly in is one of my favourite things I’ve ever done.

Acoya Curacao Resort Villas and Spa: Very good resort

Very good resort in general. Only negative things are: No place to put our luggage and no closet in bedroom. We had our luggage on the living room coffee table all week. Always had to ask for face clothes, phone didn’t work. Other than that, really good.

Sunscape Curacao Resort: Awesome place to vacation!

Having never been to Curacao, I was not sure what to expect; the resort exceeded any other place I have been in the Caribbean. Very friendly staff, clean beach, nice pool, good alcohol selection, quiet and relaxing; just what you want on vacation.