Riu Palace Las Americas: Halloween in Mexico!!

Let me start off with the best - THE SERVICE! Outstanding!!! The staff are amazing, hotel is beautiful, food was great! This trip ensured that we will only stay with RIU you cant go wrong! Awesome holida

Riu Caribe Cancun: Riu Caribe

The hotel was very modern, friendly staff and good service. The buffet was amazing. The steakhouse was not that good and the mexican was so so. Besides being very windy everyday the end of Oct the seaweed on the beach is an everyday occurrance and a nonstop cleaning process. We were there for 10 days, would I go there again, probably not. I prefer the Riu Cancun, the buffet seems a lot larger there. All and all it was very good.

Grand Memories Varadero: Great Resort

The RIU Varadero is a great resort. The grounds were kept trimmed and beautiful. The staff was fantastic! Very accommodating and friendly. I was in a group of 12, and we had a great visit. There was always a good selection of food at the buffet restaurant. Jorge and Renee at the swim up bar were outstanding. Some of our group would've liked to be closer to Varadero but it's just a quick cab ride in a fancy old car, or a bus ride away, so no big deal. The rooms were comfortable and clean, and the [... read more] AC worked really well! Had a wonderful time, and would love to go back!!

Riu Vallarta: R&R @ RIU Vallarta

It is hard to explain in 200 words or less! Arrival, for some reason the staff anticipated our arrival and surprised us. The surprise was we usually take a cab and no one to my knowledge new we were coming-SURPRISE!! so FANTASTIC!! ROOM, I think the rooms do need some updating although clean and fresh everyday 2 twin beds together to make a King bed was really not great, also the bed itself very hard, just want you to know, not a big deal but we do like comfort. Fridge stocked well although we u [... read more]sed the water and club soda up everyday and found out they only came to the room every other day so we needed to remind front desk and they took care of it. FOOD It was fabulous no complaints! An update on decor maybe could be looked at. BEACH This is where we like to be. Clean and well maintained. If you had more service on the beach it would be great. The one person that worked the beach did a fantastic Job, made sure we had water and drinks for part of the day-thanks All in All a great week or so at your HOTEL, WE WILL BE BACK! Don & Darlene Fletcher

Riu Flamingos: Amazing Resort

I stayed for 1 week at the Riu Jalisco. I had a amazing time. I would recommend this hotel to everyone. The food the atmosphere , the food, the location and the weather was amazing. I am planning my next trip to the same location with my family.

Riu Emerald Bay: great hotel!

Clean, great location, great view nice staff and good food. Elevators were a bit slow during certain periods but overall a great experience. Great balconies and a nice beach. Would definitely go back.

Riu Palace Bavaro: Nice modern resort.

We enjoyed our stay at the Riu Palace Bavaro. The good points include the room - great air conditioning, very clean, great maid service, beds a bit firm, but good. The jacuzzi tub was comfortable. The bar service was well run in the entertainment area. The servers were very friendly and efficient. The food had a good variety at the buffets all meals including lunch. The service at the a la carte restaurants was not very friendly. Our best service was at the Steakhouse. We went twice. We always t [... read more]ip and perhaps many guest do not and perhaps that is why the service seemed unfriendly at the a al carte restaurants. VIP section was nice, but not much special treatment other than our adult only pool. Should have had more waiter service dedication. Bar should have stayed open in the evening the same as the Sensimar section. I heard this section was primarily for the Europeans. Or they could have allowed the VIP people to access the pool bar in the evening. The coffee bar should open at 8 am rather than 10 am. The front desk personnel were very friendly as well as our towel/pool attendants in all areas. Overall, we would recommend this resort.

Sol Turquesa Beach: quiet and relaxing

The resort was a big spacious place to enjoy Cuban nature and relax. The food was good and plentiful. We enjoyed the spacious room with a balcony. The beach was well kept and the non motorized water sports were enjoyable. We would go here again given the opportunity

Riu Guanacaste: Great resort!

The hotel is really beautiful. I loved the grounds and the people so friendly. The beach is great. The pool also amazing. The buffet restaurant had a variety of food to please everyone. The only negative was the steak restaurant did not enjoy the menu.

Riu Playa Blanca: Nice Resort

Brand new resort. Sunwing rep very helpful and available. Food was very good, lots of variety. The new airport is open so it is only a 15 minute drive to this hotel! The beach is gorgeous to look at and great for taking walks. But the beach water is hit and miss as there is a river (one property away) that flows from the rain forest into the ocean which bring debris (leaves & branches) and murky water. The night shows were just average. Staff was well trained and prepared to handle large volumes [... read more] of people. The resort including eating areas was kept very clean.

Riu Palace Costa Rica: Heaven on earth

My wife and I spent a week here, early Nov., 2014. This hotel iss beautiful. The staff are very polite, friendly and helpful. The food in the buffet and a la carte restaurants was both plentiful and excellent. There is a 24h room stocked with hot snacks, pour your own beer and wine, and an easy to use espresso, cappucino, etc maker. The bars were well staffed and effucient, little or no waiting. Wine was from Chile poured right from the bottle. Rooms were spacious, clean, his n her sink and grea [... read more]t shower. Gardenview room as good as oceanview because ocean is 500m away. Pools were superb, stand up bar, lounges built right in water. There is no quiet pool when activities go on (10:30~12:30 and 2:30~4:30). Beach is clean semi hard sand easy to walk but BROWN not white. We did Nicaragua tour, long day but worth it, even the 2h border crossing with ebolla check.

Grand Memories Varadero: Good Value

For all the stories that you here about Cuba this hotel was very good. The rooms were very clean and the food had something for everyone. Only complaints are the beds were really hard and be prepared for no spices in food. Some people that we traveled with brought spices, an onion, and Ketchup.

Riu Palace Paradise Island: Great Resort!

This was my second time at the Riu Paradise Island and I will definitely be going back. It is a small resort with all the amenities needed and is easy walking distance to shopping & Atlantis. The RIU is very clean with good food and nice & helpful staff. We did the Grill a la carte which was fantastic and the Japanese which was also very good. The buffet was plentiful with a good variety. Our room was comfy, clean and had a lovely with a great view. Cant wait to go back.

Riu Palace Paradise Island: Beautiful place to visit

This is an outdated hotel but it is still a beautiful place to visit. The beaches were clean and charming but unfortunately for us when we went it was very windy which meant that the red flags were up so we were not able to go into the water. The food was good and the view in our room on the 15th floor was a perfect combination of the pool below and the ocean on the right. I would definitely go back with the hopes of a bit better weather.

Riu Palace Costa Rica: Amazing

I have stayed at many resorts across the Caribbean and this was by far the best. The staff went above and beyond they were just so happy to help you with anything you might need or want. The food was great. Gina in the buffet is a sweat heart. Dennis the server on the beachfront was great. Go, relax you won't be disappointed! The animation crew work so hard to make sure you have a great vacation. The nighty shows were incredible.

Sol Turquesa Beach: Hotel experiance was very good.

A couple of issues. There were no lime at bars for Cuba Libre's or mint for mojito's . Bar tenders had to bring in there own. No potatoes for fries. Since it was low season plenty of room on beach with shade.

Riu Palace Paradise Island: Riu Palace

I traveled to the Riu in the first week on November 2014. I really enjoyed my stay the workers are extremely nice and polite! The nightly entertainment could be improved-not the best for a riu resort. Food was amazing and everything was clean!

Riu Ocho Rios: Wonderful Resort

Hotel adults only section was great, enjoyed the pool as it is much quieter in the adults only pool. Husband had a great time on the beach with snorkeling. Food was good at the Asian and the Steakhouse, average at the buffet .

Riu Tequila: Amazing resort !!!

This is the place that I will recommend to my friends too. We had some problems with the toilet and they fix it right away. The food was excellent , a big selection to choose.Great place ! I will go again!

Sol Turquesa Beach: title is not accurate

I would give it a 3 out of 10, rooms are clean and air conditioner works great. Too many stairs, swim up bar is missing pieces by where the tourist sit and it closed before 6pm each day. They played the same music everyday, the poolside games were the same games each day....bingo...1 session only...no dancing lessons as advertised, no other games as advertised. The disco was empty. Had a huge group of Canadian-Europeans who took over the half empty resort and threw other guests who not known to  [... read more]them in the pool. They had the beach bartender playing their European music on the speakers for everyone at the beach to hear. Shows were odd, more like school plays. I was there in Nov 2013...the difference in 1 year was massive. Wont be going back!!! Was boring