Entertainment could have been better
Bus ride from the airport was more than an hour
Requested two beds but none available ended up with a king size and a roll away - did not pay to sleep on a rollaway bed
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Maya -
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Fantastic resort
Resort was clean, food was good (especially the French a la carte restaurant), plenty of sitting spaces near the beach/pools, staff was very friendly and provided amazing service. Our concierge, Emilio, was excellent - very friendly, helpful and always available to assist us with anything. He brought us champagne to our rooms when we didn’t even ask! Very sweet guy. My only complaint was the bed sheets in the rooms seemed a little damp due to moisture in the air but I’m not sure much couldâ€[... read more]™ve been done about that. Regardless I enjoyed my stay and would come again.
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Emilio was the highlight of our vacation
We were Xhale Club, so our check-in and check-out were smooth and fast. Our room was comfortable and always kept immaculate. We appreciated the nightly turndown service. Our host (butler) Emilio treated us like queens from the time that we got there until the time that we left. He went above and beyond for us, and he is the #1 reason why we will return to this resort. He is a real gem, and an asset to your company. Please pass along our gratitude to our beloved Emilio. The buffet food was surpri[... read more]singly good! The best that I have had at an all-inclusive. The Strip Grill, Coquette and Spumante restaurants were all very good. The service from all staff was exceptionally great, There are too many to name, unfortunately. The entertainment was lively and energetic. The drinks at the Xhale Club lounge were spot on. There is so much more that I could say, but I will wrap it up by saying that everything was absolutely perfect!
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Best Yet!!
This resort exceeded my expectations!! So beautiful, clean & top notch service in all areas of the resort. I’m a fussy eater and NEVER went hungry, the food was great and ohhh the beef tenderloin was superb!! Now on to the BEST person on the resort, our concierge, Emilio! He made us 4 ladies feel like Queens for the whole week and was always there checking on us and asking if we needed anything and what ever we requested, he would make happen, from dawn until dusk he was always there! The[... read more] whole team at Breathless Punta Cana deserve a high five, from the servers, grounds keepers & pool cleaners, they ALL work extremely hard to ensure we have a great, clean and joyous week!
I can’t wait to return, thank you Breathless 😊
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Overall very nice resort ate all all restaurants except the Hibachi because everyone we spoke to advise it was horrible however we ate at all of the other ones and did not have a bad meal. We did purchase an Xhale pkg and liked the option for sit down breakfast and lunch. We did have a butler but he did not do much and some days never saw him at all.
We mostly stayed at the quieter pool as we are in our fifties, the other party pool is that exactly mostly young crowd very loud ban[... read more]ging music with lots of intoxicated people even saw one day they had bottles of champagne and tequila in the pool passing in around to share
When we were in our rooms late afternoon that pool was heard all over the resort....
No real complaints we will try another resort next time.
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Great Resort for Younger Set
Our meals and accommodation were wonderful. Lots of food choices and la a carte restaurants. Best part for us was the swim out pool right outside our back deck. Loved the beach even though the seaweed was plentiful. The resort did there best to scoop up daily. Drinks were good but not a lot of premium top shelf choices if that’s what you want. The only draw back for us was the late night music until 2 each night. More a 18 to 40’s atmosphere. Pool music started at noon and lots of act[... read more]ivities in the morning. As for Covid 19 precautions, hand sanitizer at restaurants but that’s it. So if worried about that, not the place for you as lots of close contact in pools and chairs. Enjoyed our stay but a bit tired from late nights.
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Beautiful resort
The resort is very beautiful, the grounds immaculately kept and clean. I give credit to the incredible staff and their excellent customer service at the restaurants, front desk, serving staff and bars. However, there were some areas that required improvement. We are a couple of seniors and were assigned a room on the 3rd floor, with no elevator. It was a challenge climbing up and down those stairs every day. The housekeeping staff were very inconsistent with their timing on cleaning our [... read more]room. Some days, they were there in the morning, late afternoon and even at 9:30 at night which was too late. The mini bar in our room was not consistently replenished. Our room was very outdated and the air conditioning was really loud. The jacuzzi on the balcony was very rusted and hardly any water pressure. The tv remote worked inconsistently- we had to call to get new batteries installed and even after then, it still didn't work well. We were in the Xhale club which provided so much better drinks, more quiet and liked the private beach and pool. However, at the large poolside area at the front, there were 2 djs, one at each end of the pool. Both competing with each other as to who played the music loudest which was extremely annoying because you couldn't make out the music was playing-i.e. rap on one end and country music on the other - both blared so loud. If you are the party type and under age40, I would recommend this resort. People were so loud, very drunk - we were woken up several days in a row at 3 am in the morning with loud drunks yelling and screaming at each other as they climbed up the stairs to go to their room. As far as entertainment goes, it was mediocre at best. They need to have more entertainment in the evening, especially at the Xhale club bar. We loved the bar, but there was no music or entertainment there. The restaurants were so-so. Two of the restaurants were never open at all. We enjoyed the French restaurant and the steakhouse. The buffet food was the same every day so we got tired of it.
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Not the same as before
Dinners were excellent. Drinks everywhere were all watered down. Crown royal is rum not whiskey. The men are friendly the woman not so much. Was there 5 years ago. Won’t go back just ok ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
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Good time but "Adults Only" Misleading
We had a good time. Food was decent, rooms were clean, service was okay. However, when it comes to adults only, this is misleading.
The Breathless is connected to the Dreams resort next door which is not an adults only result. We were told that Breathless guests could go to Dreams however, only adults were allowed on the Breathless resort. This was not the case. Multiple times where teenagers were getting quite drunk on the Breathless resort at various pools. A few instances where they almost s[... read more]tarted a fight. No one working on Breathless seemed to do anything to either a) prevent non-adults from coming on the resort or b) getting them off when they were on the resort and causing problems.
My wife and I were young once and we get that teenagers are going to try and sneak a few drinks in when they have the opportunity. But when you are getting hammered and getting close to starting fights on a resort where you aren't suppose to be and disrupting guests who paid to be on an adults only resort, that crosses a line for us.
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Great Week at Breathless!
This was a great resort. Would we return? Probably not, but only because there are other resort chains that we love more.
We read a ton of reviews before we went and to be honest, we disagree with a lot of what's been recently said. The towel game is definitely in play but by 9am, there were still plenty of options. The shaded options were few and far between at that point, but other reviews stated there just weren't enough chairs for everyone. This is not true. There were plenty.
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Others also commented on the wifi. It wasn't great, but it was manageable. The connections frequently dropped but it was only a minute or so before you could connect again. We never had a problem in the room, it was just when you were around the pool that sometimes it would drop.
Is it a party resort? Maybe. But if you weren't into that scene, it was easy to avoid it. We asked for a quiet room and that's what we got! We were completely unaware of the loud music, doors slamming, etc that others complained about. We never heard a thing!
No one ever approached us for time-share meetings. Not once. Which was great.
Covid protocols - masks were required at the buffets and enforced *most* of the time. If you didn't have a mask, they would give you one at the entrance, but when they ran out, they just let you in. Masks were not enforced anywhere else even though they had signs posted at all entrances that you needed one. All staff wore masks at all times.
Our butler was great. His name was Gliny. We didn't need a lot of help during our stay but anything we did need was right there to help us! He also set up a nice birthday surprise of a door banner, rose pedals, champagne and a cake for the hubby's birthday. This was a nice touch!
Housekeeping was great. Our room was *usually* done by about 12pm. Once it wasn't done until late in the evening (7-ish) but it wasn't a big deal. Turn-down service was hit and miss. We seemed to only get it twice during our week stay, but again, not a big deal. I can turn down my own sheets...
The Xhale upgrade was 100% worth the extra money. With this upgrade, we were allowed to have breakfast in the open-air Strip Grill restaurant instead of the main buffet. THIS ALONE MADE IT WORTH IT. I could not imagine eating any more meals in the main buffet. It was closed-in, crowded, and just not a nice atmosphere. Speaking of which, none of the restaurants had a nice atmosphere. We didn't overly enjoy the experiences in any of them. The dinner service was just ok. No one was overly friendly and they often got the orders wrong. Not a big deal to us, as all of the food was pretty good. Nothing that stands out as being excellent, but no poor meals either. If I gave feedback to the resort, it would be to liven up the restaurants so that you didn't feel that you were sitting at a random table in an open-space room. It always felt awkward.
The Mexican restaurant (Picante) was advertised as part of Breathless, but it was in fact part of Dreams. A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE when you think you're at an adults-only resort and you are suddenly surrounded by more kids in one room than you've seen in your life!! (I'm not a parent if that's not obvious). My advice is to skip Picante all together, and stay at Breathless.
The gym was also part of Dreams. As avid CrossFitters, we were naturally at the gym at 6am daily... the gym was pretty well equipped but SO HOT!!!! No air conditionning? And kids were allowed there too...climbing all over everything. Had we have known this in advance, we may not have chosen this particular resort...but that's just our preference and no fault of the resort.
The beach was nice, and well maintained. We took a daily walk in each direction but other than that, we spent no time there.
Lastly, this is not a comment about the resort but about our private transfer to get there. This was the first time we paid for a private transfer from the airport, and this will become the norm for us. It was awesome! As soon as we got our luggage and got out of the airport, we were immediately swept away into a private van and hurried to the resort without stops along the way. It wasn't cheap but the experience was well worth the money.
All in all it was a great week and nice weather.
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Melissa -
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Great Resort!
Happy we booked here! We had access to the 2 joining resorts, food was good, service was EXCELLENT. The rooms could be cleaner and more bright. The beaches and pools were amazing. The shows at night were good, but they played too much rock music for my liking. A great place to go with a group of friends or your partner.. there was always a party happening at one of the pools.
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Patti -
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Not a 5 star, maybe a 3
We paid for the xhale club at Breathless resort, not worth extra money, We arrived at 10 am and didn’t get room till 3, our luggage showed up at 5 after many phone calls, and the host that was supposed to look after us for the week. It is very dated, room was musty smelling, we didn’t get much extra for our money, we had a lounge with premium alcohol, supposed to be for xhale guests, anyone could come in, nobody checked.
Overall we had a good week, weather wasn’t the greatest but can’t[... read more] control that.
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Katrinan -
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Amazing resort
The resort grounds were immaculate, the rooms are beautiful and the staff are amazing. I would definitely recommend this resort to anyone. It is not too big so easy to get around and you have many choices for food at all times, you can have a quiet day at one pool or you can sit at the party pool where there is always something going on. The beach was amazing and kept very clean.
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Seb85 -
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Great resort !
True luxury resort , service was perfect , food too , xhale isnt really worth it . You get too little extra for what you pay for ... The butler who wont do much will ask you to write a review on Tripadvisor in front of him so of course you will find tons of great review about xhale and their butlers but they dont much at all ... But the resort itself is great , all the restaurant are perfect and there is no wait or reservation needed . They keep asking you for drinks either on the beach or at p[... read more]ool . Your always taken care of . ! I recommend ! Great place to party ! Only downside is that the people are leaving towels to reserve chairs everywhere around the party pool , so unless you dont care and will dump them and take their "reserved seat" like i did you will have to stand or do the same really early . Only annoying thing . Everything else was perfect !
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Best time we've had on a trip so far
This was our first time at an all adults resort, didn't know what to expect. But wow! it was an experience to remember.
Food was always amazing and never stopped
Resort was clean and stunning
Shows were non stop, always some activity happening some where
Party.... WOW! never have I partied so much on any trip, amazing time
People were all so humble and kind to us and very helpful if we needed anything
E team was always putting on exciting shows and keep us entertained
My husband and [... read more]I would go back in a heart beat.
Best of all we had the best travel agent, working for us whenever we needed anything. Had issues with the flight, but Victoria worked on her own personal time to make it right for us. She got us what we wanted, can't say enough about how amazing this woman was to us. My husband and I are both very thankful for her and will be sure to use her on our next booking.
We will be back Breathless, i guarantee it (heart)
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Derksy -
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Great time at this fun resort
Breathless was a great place to stay, food was great, the place was clean and the staff was friendly. There is always something to do there so you would never be bored. The only negative would be that the drink consistency varied from bar to bar and you never knew what your drink would taste like each time. Also turn down service was to be done every night but it only happened once for us. No biggie as it was minor to us.
We would come back
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Lefty11 -
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Worth Every Penny
Breathless was breathless. The resort is beautiful and well maintained.
The food was excellent and the presentation from the buffet to Al la Carte’s was top notch.
12 of us went and 12 of us said we would return
The beach was clean and huge and lots of chairs and sun shades
Both pools were fun and designed to either party all day or a more relaxed area
Staff were amazing. Polite, courteous, and willing to do anything to help
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Kris2020 -
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Unforgettable trip!
Breathless Punta Cana was amazing! The grounds and beach were pristine and the rooms are very spacious and clean. The staff are what made this trip unforgettable; they are friendly and willing to help in any way at all. The entertainment crew ensured that there was never a dull moment, but there was always opportunities to relax on the beach or the main pool.
I had absolutely no issues during my trip. Accommodations were exactly what I needed. Highly recommend Breathless Punta Cana and will de[... read more]finitely be back!
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Gordon Lutomski -
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Great Resort
So let's start off with you get greeted with a fresh towel to freshen up! Very nice offer! They check you in fairly quickly and deliver your luggage to your room!
The room was a little musty smelling but not horiable.
The room I was in was nice needs a little touch up here and there nothing major or worth calling front desk about...
The one down fall was my shower would not drain fast enough but it did get fix along with the tv remote not working couldn't turn on or off the tv.
The grounds a[... read more]re beautiful and well taken care of!
The food was ok...
Not what I was expecting for the price I paid could have been better quality however the French and Italian restaurant where the best out of all of the restaurants.
Now the party scene at this resort is great!
Always had music going late into the night the theme nights and night club where great and the bar tenders where awesome this is where in my mind the resort stood out! If you are looking for a fun time and to let lose this is the place to go!
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Fantastic...
Highly recommend this resort. Has everything you could want; great rooms, service, food, beach, pools... You can hide away on the beach, or party at the pool. Great for couples and singles. It will leave you breathless.