Occidental Punta Cana: Beautiful beach

Everything was amazing - sea, beach, pool, friendly staff, perfect service, everything neat and clean. Nature is charming! We spent lot of time on the beach, sea waves were magical, we couldn't get out of the water! Availability and versatility of food and beverages were impressive. Overall atmosphere - very relaxing and friendly!

VH Gran Ventana Beach Resort: Gran Vantana Resort

Great resort to relax, eat and enjoy the sun. Many buffet options for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The resort is small which results in less walking from any point in the resort to other areas. The Italian restaurant for a la carte was awesome just needs to have a little bigger portions. Have gone at least 6 times and would keep going back,

Senator Puerto Plata Hotel: Not a 5 star!

We have been to Senator previously and were disappointed this visit. The pool was very dirty and debris was constantly underfoot. Even poolside, many cups etc not picked up regularly. The food was justok, but service in dining room was hit and miss. You had to chase staff for spoons and coffee cups & coffee. The alacartes and the pizza in the boulevard were the saving grace. Our room was a bit musty smelling and took 2 days for air conditioning to feel effective.

Royalton CHIC Punta Cana: Bad hotel, would not recommend

Infrastructure Infrastructure is very deficient. Parts of the hotel flood with just 10 minutes of rain, and it even rains in parts of the lobby despite being indoors. You’d think that with how common tropical storms are, any hotel in Punta Cana could handle a little rain, but this one certainly can’t. You’ll also find exposed dangling cables and power outlets on the walls or at the beach right next to the chairs. Imagine stepping on one of those with wet feet? The reception and Wi-Fi a [... read more]t the doctor’s office are really poor. If you need to contact your insurance, you may have to borrow a phone and go outside. And if the doctor’s computer doesn’t have Wi-Fi, she won’t get any emails from your insurance company, and may not be able to provide covered treatment. And the “IT” people are clueless, I had to fix the Wi-Fi myself so the doctor could operate her account -.- Services and housekeeping Housekeeping is very inconsistent. Sometimes they leave no towels. Other times they don’t change or even shake the sheets (so if you had sand in them, you’ll still have it after housekeeping). Other times they don’t refill the minibar, so you have no water. Other times they don’t take the trash out. Other times they don’t replace the used glasses. So on and so forth. And if you ask the front desk, concierge, room service, or anyone else to fix anything, they’ll give you a commitment that it’ll get done right away, but it’ll actually never happen unless you ask several times. The safe wasn’t even working when we checked into the room, which makes me think they don’t do a basic check before welcoming their guests. And by the end, our room phone stopped working. The hotel doesn’t offer any transportation of their own. They work with a third party taxi company, and you can’t bill the cost to your room. The pricing is very inconsistent, we asked different staff members and they gave us drastically different prices for the same trip, so until you have them call a taxi and ask the driver yourself, you’ll never really know. Food and drinks The buffet is pretty good. It’s available for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and it has an abundance of different items: fresh fruit, smoked salmon, seafood and red meats cooked on demand on the spot, pretty decent pizza, a variety of desserts, many kinds of bread and bagels, a comprehensive salad station, honey on the honeycomb, etc. etc. etc. Without a doubt the best place to eat in the hotel. The honorable mention is the 24-hour room service, which has quite a few dishes and they are pretty decent. The restaurants are not very good. They seem to have very few items that are actually respectable, while the rest are pretty mediocre. We didn’t try Cloud 9 (it was 150 USD per person, I doubt this hotel can offer anything worth that much), but we tried all the others which were included. The drinks are also a big miss. Beer is never cold. Most cocktails are either overly sweet, watery, or just have a weird artificial taste. There are only a few decent ones, like the mojitos. Even the water can taste weird depending on where you order it. Entertainment There’s not really much to do at the hotel. There are a few sporadic activities like aqua gym or dance lessons. For non group activities, there’s a tennis court, but only one tennis racket available, so if you didn’t bring your own you can forget about playing. There’s a basketball court and a fitness center, but we didn’t try them. Other than that, there’s a spa, two pool tables and an air hockey table, all with very hefty prices. The night shows were ok and the club was mostly just empty playing very American music. Beach Aside from the infrastructure problems, the beach is ok. It doesn’t have a lot of sitting, but it was never full anyway, we could always find sitting with both shade and sunshine. They have a little tractor that clears up the seaweed regularly, so the sand stays mostly uncontaminated.

VH Gran Ventana Beach Resort: Would go back

Older hotel but well maintained. The room was clean and people are nice. I would say one thing that I didn't like was their main lobby bar would open at 10 and if you wanted a cappuccino in the morning you would have to go in the buffet area. The waiters in the buffet were nice and trying to accommodate everyone but looked like they were shorthanded most of the time and adding to make the cappuccinos in the morning was a lot of unnecessary work. Would be nice to have the machine moved to the bar [... read more] area instead and open the bar early to give the waiters in the buffet some breathing room. The food was very good. A lot of choices for everyone. The entertainment team worked hard as well. Very busy on the weekend with locals and even the quiet pool wasn't quiet but we're not pool people so most of the time we were on the beach. Overall we had a good experience.

Bahia Principe Escape Aquamarine: Great time at the resort!

My girlfriend and I spent just about a week at the Bahia Principe Aquamarine along with her parents and I must say that we were quite pleased with our overall experience at the resort. The pool is set-up quite nicely where you can find areas where you can relax a little more, but also you can find a spot near the Pool Bar where things get a little more animated (in a fun way!). Speaking of Pool, the Entertainment was a fun time! The entertainment team definitely had all the energy to put on a  [... read more]show with their various games to keep people engaged (sometimes I did feel like the games were dragging on for too long?) but a real fun time in general. The Bar Staff for the most part are not the friendliest I will say. I would often find myself thinking if I said something wrong or if I am being annoying somehow? Perhaps I could have tipped them more so I can get better responses? The Lobby Bar is beautiful and a great hangout spot in the evening if you want to stay close to your hotel room and still want to be entertained. Sports Bar is definitely a fun highlight of our trip. It can get pretty rowdy in the evening which was unexpected! Great pub food, and just a great late night spot to have a few extra drinks before bed. Aquamarine's location makes it a 10 min walk to the beach which is super manageable and accessible. The beach is stunning. I would recommend a morning start at the Beach and then cool off by the pool in the afternoon. The buffet was surprisingly really good! We booked many A la Carte restaurants throughout the week, but we'd often find ourselves going back to the buffet as the service is so quick and the food was delicious! Do not underestimate the buffer. 9/10 recommend to anyone!

Temptation Miches Resort 21 Plus: worst resort i’ve ever stayed at

no one was there, the food was horrible and the resort was over an hour and a half from the airport, the entertainment was subpar at best and the rooms were disgusting and had bugs everywhere. ended up changing hotels to majestic colonial and had the best experience of my life, other than getting charged an additional $1700 to switch resorts

Viva Heavens by Wyndham: The Best Experience

The staff was amazing. I have extreme dietary restrictions and the chef and kitchen staff went out of their way to make sure I had nice meals. The rooms were clean and the entertainment staff were absolutely adorable! I hope I can come back to visit again. Thank you

Bahia Principe Explore El Portillo: Great Trip!

Beautiful property - friendly staff! Entertainment and bar staff were amazing! Buffet was great. Greek was my least favourite of the restaurant dinners, butt was still good. Rooms were good, always cleaned and ready when you came back from the pool/beach. Beach was fantastic. We had 2 bad days of rain and the entertainment crew still made it fun! Yovanni helped us with our breathtaking tour to El Limon Waterfall and gave us great local day trip ideas.

Hyatt Vivid Punta Cana: Beautiful resort!

The resort is well designated; room: clean, stocked, everything worked well, nice sheets and towels; landscaping: impeccable; pools: welcoming; beach: combed of seaweed each morning; restaurants and coffee shop: great variety; food: good quality; drinks: mixology perfect; service: incredible. My only complaint is the Club Family pool was gross, it isn't filtering properly. I would recommend upgrading to CLUB, a few extra amenities available, nice touch.

Bahia Principe Grand Bavaro: Amazing resort

Bahia Principe is amazing resort, but don't use West Jet . We had worse transfer from airport PUJ to Bahia Principe . They could not resolve it during half hour ping pong me from one reprehensive to another, even I show them my printed booked documents. at the end one of them said , I done it specially , I was teaching you how you must talk with me. For next my visit , I will use different air fare company like Air Canada , Transat , and will try avoid West Jet . This is not complain about f [... read more]light itself, I don't understand how company lost my info and did not send this information to there representatives, also even they did not get this info they don't have our name in there list , still should be plan b for this condition

Wyndham Alltra Punta Cana: Beautiful Resort

The grounds are well maintained, the staff is very friendly & helpful, the beach is beautiful, the pool area is great. The Club experience was excellent. It’s an older resort and the rooms need some maintenance.

Viva Heavens by Wyndham: Amazing Vacation

What a wonderful experience. The staff here is amazing. Shout out to Marie E at reception with her warm and friendly smile. Kan Kan, Wesley and Kimberly on the activities team are the best group of people you will meet. The wait staff were very attentive and accommodating to our special dietary needs. The rooms are comfortable, the a/c was cold and the showers hot. The grounds and the path to the beach are beautifully kept. The beach is incredible and my favorite place to be.

Caribe Deluxe Princess: Very good resort!

Our family and friends stayed at Caribe and Tropical Princess between Nov 2nd-9nd and we had a great time. The rooms were clean and spacious, the entire resort was recently renovated and looked great, the A la Carte restaurants were very good, the buffet was a bit repetitive but not bad, the ice cream/coffee shop was a great added value, the beach and chair layout was sufficient and the water was great (we all love some waves and how clear of seaweeds they kept it) the groundds were kept very [... read more] tidy and having the flamingos, peacocks, ducks, etc walking arounf made it extremely relaxing. I would warn people to a couple things: 1. Extremely persistent and overwhelming pressure at times from the "time share" reps in the pink shirts. They hound you down on your way to the rooms from breakfast, chase you down to the beach/pool and don't take no for an answer. Wish management could try to control this. Other vendors along the beach are present but continue walking if you just say or nod No! 2. It seems that on weekends the place is innundated by locals who many have no etiquette or manners around the buffet/restaurants and bar areas by cutting in line not caring and at times mocking other guests (non-locals) with some staff. ( if you speak/understand spanish this is easy to pick up). Perhaps cutting the number of locals on wkds would alleviate much of the displeasure heard from other guests from Canada, US, Germany, and other European Countries. But overall, a wonderful week and I would recommend the Caribe Princess Deluxe!

Grand Sirenis Punta Cana Resort: 3.5 star at most

Pros The staff work hard at keeping the resort clean. The bar tenders try to move quickly. Entertainment team are the same crew from day time activities to nightly shows, and remain energetic. Beach was clean. Stephanie the wedding planner is amazing and will meet your expectations. Cons The mini bar in the room was only stocked twice in a week. The waiters are slow at taking drink orders in restaurants (food will be over half eaten before receiving one). Some the workers at the photo se [... read more]rvices in resort are rude. The pool table and basketball court are unusable.

Hyatt Vivid Punta Cana: Amazing Resort

Layout of this resort is great! Easy to get to the pools and restaurants. All staff were smiling and super friendly. Very clean rooms, grounds and restaurants. Food presentations in the buffet was exceptional. Highly recommend.

Bahia Principe Escape Ambar: Very nice resort

We came back to this resort for the second time, because of all the resorts we've been to, this is our favorite. The rooms are large and clean. Nice bathroom. The workers keep the room stocked with supplies and the fridge stocked as well.

Bahia Principe Escape Bouganville: Amazing Experience

The beach at the resort was disappointing to say the least. However, the atmosphere around the quiet pool area as well as the staff at the swim up bar made up for this. It appears that the closer your time to leave approaches, housekeeping deteriorates and towel changes, bar fridge replenishment becomes less frequent. Housekeeping has become less effective and we have on occasion been forced to do it ourselves and call front desk for towels. Room service could be improved upon. However, a [... read more]ll things considered, it was time away from everyday stresses, well spent.

Bahia Principe Escape Ambar: Bahia Principe Luxury Ambar Nov 2023

Check-in very good rating 5 Rooms excellent clean and conformable rating 5 Grounds clean rating 5 Restaurant Meat the steak was good and cook the way we liked it rating 4 Portfolio ok rating 3 Buffett rating 3 we found the food not hot in the trays luke warm but was cooked and lots of choices Bars Beach bar rating 3 and swim up rating 2.5 as we found the drinks were water down or not very strong and always had to ask for more alcoholic in them service was slow we found th [... read more]e pool rating 3.5 Lobby bar and area was much better rating 4 star Entertainment overall rating 3 On the beach was non existing rating 1 star No Music on the beach Pool area there was music rating 3 and games rating 2.5 Not interested in always taking a tram to go to other complexes for dining and nightly shows Would not return

Ocean El Faro: Avoid Ocean el Faro

The service at this resort was terrible…. Rooms were barely cleaned… Mini bar and coffee not stocked… When requesting more beer in the mini bar (only allotted 2 per day) told I had to pay for it some all inclusive that is… I was walked in on in my room twice after the mini bar was stocked and the room cleaned so not necessary for anyone to be entering my room. Bar service was very slow everywhere and orders forgotten numerous times.