Barcelo Maya Palace: Beautiful latge property.

The food is top of the line- rspecially the Brazilian, Italian and French a la cartes. Only food complsint is that like all most Mexican resorts there is only milk rather than cream for coffee:( the resort is very latge so condider that if you jave monility issurs- buses run from different barcelo lobbies but not from the buildings that house rooms to lobby, restaurants etc. Do not waste money on the upgrade- to premium level. Entire palace grounfs are wifi-friendly and rooms are all about the  [... read more]same distance awY from lobby. Beach is rocky and sandy but beautiful with sea turtles and natural life in the water.

Barcelo Maya Riviera: Absolute luxury and top notch service!

This was hands down the most amazing resort vacation my husband and I did. We are already talking about going back! The resort its self is so stunning and modern. All the staff went above and beyond to provide the best experience possible. We loved the Mexican and taco bar restaurants the most- very authentic and so delicious. The resort is actually perfect for covid because its so spacious and practically everything is open( even the hallways within the hotel has open areas), so there is al [... read more]ways air flow. I never felt like I had to get close to people and always felt very comfortable. We never saw any staff without a mask and everything was suer clean. We really felt taken care of and pampered. Wonderful experience that we cannot wait to return too!

Catalonia Playa Maroma: Safe to travel again

We just returned from our trip to Mexico. All in all it was a great getaway. The hotel was good. We don't really have any major complaints. Guessing things aren't perfect cause of the current situation (covid). They don't have all their staff due to the pandemic and the hotel not being fully booked. We found more people then we were anticipating. Our only disappointment was the a la cartes. You can't make reservations which was a huge disappointment cause the buffet got boring night after night. [... read more] We did manage to get to 2 a la cartes and they didn't have enough staff to handle the volume. The workers were running their tails off. We actually left 1 in particular cause after waiting over an hour after already seated our food came out cold. We could appreciate the wait with being under staffed but then to have it come cold was disheartening. We feel for the workers cause they were working so hard. The girls at the front seating for the a la cartes get stuck telling people they can't serve them or it's an hour wait. We have been to a Catalonia hotel in Mexico before and they took reservations. Seems like such a simple way to keep people happy. The dinner buffet really needs to add more variety or change it up more often

Barcelo Maya Riviera: Gorgeous resort , entertainment is non existant

This was our second time staying at this beautiful property Barcelo Maya Riviera. The grounds are beautiful, the hotel is spacious clean and gorgeous. The a la carte restaurants on site can be a problem with the reservation list and trying to get in so book them as soon as you get there with guest services. There are 5 other hotels you can go to eat at and you can book the a la carte restaurants there as well which is a good thing. The hotel entertainment is a problem at this resort. The  [... read more]first time we stayed there we thought oh , it is new they will get it organized in time. Two years later the entertainment at the resort is still a problem. The entertainment seems to be mostly Mexican themed and ends at 11pm totally shut down. When you speak with other guests it is the topic of conversation. The music at the outside bar is electronic mostly, very loud and if you are not a fan it is annoying all day. Hope they get this sorted out for it is a major problem. Staff are helpful and friendly always. Dorothy

Ocean Riviera Paradise: Amazing resort

However I had an incident, one of the staff who clean and makes the room, opened my room door to another guest and my brand new shoes that I purchased 3 weeks prior to my trip went missing. customer service employee came to my room and told me this employee has done and he has been fired unaceptable

Barcelo Maya Colonial: Awesome Experience!!!

I had an awesome experience at the barcelo maya colonial. The service was exceptional. If you've been thinking about that vacation, this place is a must try. Enjoyed a great lunch at the steakhouse.

Wyndham Alltra Playa del Carmen: Covid 19

The n site staff were awesome, the food was the best or any resort I've been to. Big call out to @Berto @Sergio for providing fun and being so accommodating all the time they truly were a joy to spend time with. A call out to all the staff that work tirelessly to make sure the grounds inside and outside are clean and kept healthy for everyone. Definitely a repeat customer here.

Platinum Yucatan Princess: Disappointment

This resort is a COUPLE RESORT. 85% of the travellers will be couples. Therefore, the activities offered are for couples. POSITIVE : The thing i loved about the most about the hotel was the crew, they were very friendly. There is a restaurant called Bruchetta and Tao who tastes really good. Also, Book a swimout to have access to the party pool, you will have direct access to the fun. NEGATIVE : I hated everything else. Let’s start with the smell. The smell is everywhere in the ho [... read more]tel, even in your bathroom. It comes from the sea water swap right next to the beach which BTW IS FULL OF SEAWEED THAT IS NEVER CLEANED. There is also ants on the sands of the beach and they CRAWL ON YOU. Therefore, you’ve been warned. Regarding the food, if you are a picky eater, you won’t like the buffet. Also, you will never see the room service. For water, you need to go to room service to receive a bottle of water and wait 45min to receive it which is a but long. This is an honest review from 2 girls who spend 1 week in this hotel and wants you to have the best vacay possible.

Bahia Principe Explore Akumal: We Had a Great Time

I came here with my partner for a week and we had a fantastic time. All of the staff were incredibly friendly. Our room was clean and well air-conditioned, which was important because there were some really hot days during our stay. The buffets were awesome, as well as the a la carte restaurants. The buffet to the left of the adult pool had all our favouite foods. The shuttle service around the other parts of the resort was efficient and frequent. A couple of the restaurants and areas may still  [... read more]be unavailable due to the recent hurricane, however that didn't really affect our enjoyment as there was plenty available. The beaches were very nice and well maintained. Seaweed wasn't an issue either. Overall, we had an awesome time and met some great people. We thank the staff for facilitating and participating in that!

Ocean Maya Royale: Nice stay!

Not fresh hotel but they trying to maintain it in good level. Beach can be improved with more sand and cleaning in time from seaweed.Poool is clean and beautiful. Food choice: satisfying,good selection of salads,fruits but main foods are limited by staff distribution. No direct access to the food. Constant temperature control before entrance to the restaurant, mask,gloves protocol in place.

Riu Palace Mexico: They take covid seriously

Beautiful hotel, well maintained rooms and grounds kept clean. Lots of covid precautions in place with sanitary gel at entry to hotel and restaurants and masks mandatory except when swimming, drinking or eating. temp checks also done before entering restaurants. You feel confident they are taking necessary steps to ensure safety of guests. Front desk was very helpful in arranging PCR test for return to Canada. Test conducted in your room and results come via email next day.

Ocean Riviera Paradise: Not worth it. Dirty outdated resort.

Very bland. Extremely poorly kept and rooms, facilities and general areas are dirty and outdated. I would not recommend this resort. Stayed there with two children and rooms were dirty, bad ac, poorly serviced everything. Bland if not bad food.

Iberostar Selection Paraiso Lindo: A surpisingly wonderful trip!

To preface, my family and I are big supporters of the Royalton chain of resorts so we were visiting Iberostar with much skepticism. HOWEVER, from the minute we walked onto the grounds we were instantly persuaded to think differently! My family landed super late as we took a late afternoon train from Canada, so everything at the resort was closed by the time we got checked in. Our trip REALLY started the next morning at the wonderful breakfast buffet and did not stop being amazing until we h [... read more]ad to sadly depart to return home. The resort was much bigger than we have experienced before (at Royaltons) but with the frequent buggy carts and beautifully landscaped grounds, it did not feel that big at all! Strolling to the 'Mall' area from the beach for crepes and tacos was an enjoyable scenic walk that you wouldn't necessarily get from smaller resorts. Everything was spaced out elegantly and had enough 'breathing' room between buildings and facilities (it felt HUGE but small at the same time!). We absolutely LOVED the themeatic decor of the different mini resorts (Lindo, Grand, Playa & Beach), and the more we explored the more impressive it all became! A+ for beauty and design! Beds and rooms were clean and comfortable - we did not have any special diamond/premium level subscriptions but I did not notice anything lacking from our experience. Cleaning staff was always respectful and friendly and we very much appreciated the constant tidying up and straightening (something about coming to a cool, clean room after a day in the sun that is just so amazing!). No smell or weird stains anywhere - A+ for rooms and cleanliness. Bars and lounge spaces: I picked this resort due to their access to International Liquors (I prefer American bourbon). Not to seem pretentious, but I've noticed the quality of the resort directly depends on the quality of liquor they have readily available... Every bartender was fast, responsive and generally friendly! With such a big resort, we never stayed at any particular bar/area to make anyone stand out but all the spaces that we visited had wonderful staff and a welcoming area to hang out and have some drinks - A+ Beach area: Busy resort = busy beach, BIG resort = even busier beach! Factoring that variable, the beaches were great! Limited shade spaces at BEACH front, but a little further back there were enough natural trees to sit under that still have sand under your feet. Sand was cleaned and didn't notice any seaweed whenever we went. At Lindo there was a beach volleyball court (behind the main beach area), a beach snack/drink stand and some good space for entertainment activities. We LOOOVE going to the beach, and even though we often never got any loungers by the time we arrived, there was no complaints. NOTE: although there were not many loungers available, there were 2 STELLAR groundskeepers that went out of their way (almost daily) to pull up some chairs for us - without being asked!

Bahia Principe Explore Akumal: Suffered Resort

Only Tulum and Akumal sites were stayed open with about less than 50% of occupancy. All levels of hotel staffs felt this difficulty time and provide extremely friendly services. The A La Carte restaurants are improved greatly comparing with many past visits in recent years. The Buffer is not consistent as usual with less choice (due the less visits?). A lot more natives stayed in resort for a short stay and Christmas dinner seems opened to public with many locals to fill in. However, the local  [... read more]language speakers had advantages with the services in the food court as the servers in the kitchen area speaks little English. Much more drunks talked loud and played the music in the public areas through the mid of the night 1:30am to 5pm almost every night except the strong windy night. It was the biggest suffer for us despite we requested a quiet room. More young people played loud music with their own portable speaker in the quiet all adult area. There were no staffs ever interference with these activities. All COVID preventions were understandable and reasonable. The Akumal is remains as four-star resort.

El Dorado Seaside Suites: Excellent service!

The staff are so considerate to your needs. Cleaning constantly! We’ve been twice, once during Christmas break 2019 and recently Dec 23rd to 30th 2020. We stayed on the 4th floor ocean front swim up in the Infinity section and loved it! Gorgeous views. Highly recommend the deep tissue message and Hydrotherapy at the spa. Enjoy!

Barcelo Maya Riviera: Amazing resort

Beautifully appointed resort on the beach, with lovely pool areas including swim up bars, spa water features, private hot tubs on terrace in rooms are perfect, used it everyday before going for dinner, excellent service, staff are so friendly and service oriented. Rooms are extra large plenty of closets, drawers, cupboards, housekeeping excellent. Restaurant's were good. Everyone we spoke to said it was the best resort they had been too. Covid protocols in place, distancing, masks, hand saniti [... read more]zing, buffet served by staff, felt safe & relaxed. Immaculate resort, will be back.

Barcelo Maya Riviera: Barcelo Maya Riviera is an excellent resort destination

We had a very memorable and pleasant time at this very well kept resort. Staff was friendly providing excellent service, rooms were spacious and cleaned daily and stocked with amenities. Restaurants were good. Beaches and pools and other activities were excellent. We will go back.

Kore Tulum Retreat Wellness Resort: Kore Tulum is the best kept secret in Tulum - this resort is HIGHLY Recommended. Great home away from home.

We are just ending two wonderful weeks here at Kore Tulum. We leave tomorrow Boxing Day 2020 back to Ottawa Canada. We chose this place because it was the best price - by far - for 4-star hotels in Tulum – we were not disappointed but continually pleased with our stay here. Because of COVID-19, we chose an all-inclusive, and Kore was just the right compact size, it had everything we needed, and we felt very safe, covid-wise and otherwise. Kore Tulum provides a great base for Tulum – It’s [... read more] ideally and strategically located at the road intersection of the Tulum ruins, Hotelaria and the Pueblo – old town off highway 307. The complaints in the reviews we have read have been completely unfounded. We never encountered a shortage of hot water – agua caliente, the rooms were clean, very modern, huge, very quiet and peaceful – very functional, loved the patio for yoga, and the room jacuzzi, and we felt very much at home. The layout of the hotel pool being the focal point for meals, drinks, events and socializing – made it very easy to meet so many wonderful and fascinating fellow travelers. The compact size and simplicity of Kore – made was conducive for very civil socializing or cocooning when we desired to. All the staff were first rate – and we had many great encounters with the staff. All the staff went the extra mile. Our favorite staff member, among many, was Karina, the crepe chef – she was so, so nice and her crepes were so, so good. They should have her prepare crepes for breakfast – they would be a hit! Minor issues that were truly insignificant to us were: the 43 TV channels available were not very interesting which proved to be a bonus – we spent more time relaxing, investigating Tulum and the area. The fact that you could not swim in the ocean from our hotel encouraged us to bike and drive to the hippie beach, cenotes and neighboring lagoons. We used the bikes provided to cycle to the beaches that surrounded us, sight-seeing and shopping. Again the hotel pool and pool hot tubs provided most of the wading requirements we had. We had rented a car for our two weeks stay and we traveled overnight to Laguna Bacalar-wonderful and Mahahual-which I would give a miss. I highly recommend the small town of Buenavista, a sleepy town at the top end of the 60km long Laguna Bacalar – if you want the quiet serenity and natural beauty off the beaten path. Closer to Tulum we enjoyed the ruins of Coba and Tulum, and a few cenotes. Sylvie and I are older 60 and 62 – so we had less need for the wild Tulum beach parties – we were very happy hanging out at our hotel home – it always was a welcome oasis/sanctuary after our forays into the wilder/crazier outside world of Tulum. We were able to use our tennis racquets at the beautiful all-weather public tennis court in pueblo Tulum at the Sport Unit Tulum where they had modern well-kept public basketball courts, soccer pitches, baseball field and a glass-enclosed pickleball court. Sadly, due to covid, they were under-utilized.

Catalonia Playa Maroma: Great resort

Everything was very safe and clean. The masks were mandatory in closed spaces, such as the buffet and the lobby. The staff was very professional and attentive and the service was very good. We had a wonderful time.

Royalton Riviera Cancun Resort and Spa: Amazing resort

This resort is amazing. Great service, staff, food, and entertainment and vibe. It is also great for family. We had a great time and stay. This resort is amazing. Great service, staff, food, and entertainment and vibe. It is also great for family. We had a great time and stay.