Barcelo Maya Colonial: Amazing Resort

My husband and I had a marvellous time at the Barceló Colonial. The staff were very friendly and accommodating. The nightly entertainment at the theatre was very good. We would certainly recommend it to our friends. We would certainly revisit.

Barcelo Maya Tropical: Family Oriented Resort with Beautiful Beach

We enjoyed our time at the Barcelo Maya Tropical. We were blessed with amazing weather and the beaches were clean with crystal clear water and white sand (end of April). We have travelled to Mexico several times and in recent years have been very disappointed with the seaweed - fantastic to not experience this on our holiday. The Barcelo is a large and well appointed resort. We loved the architexture and abundance of public spaces to relax. A few areas needing improvement include the food - whil [... read more]e we were able to find options, the overall quality was not as good as many other resorts we have been to. Public restrooms were often not equiped and properly cleaned - this was really suprising. Rooms are opened with key cards that often stop working - front desk staff are quite dismissive and not helpful. The staff in all other areas are kind and helpful. Beautiful walking paths and landcaping throughout the resort. We would definitely consider comimg back with grandchildren as there were so many activities for children to have fun.

Barcelo Maya Beach Resort: Terrible

Hi Nicole thanks for your service it worked well at the airports and arriving at the resort and leaving. Not impressed with resort it was spread out too much a lot of walking just too big. Rooms are falling apart air conditioning hardly worked patio door would hardly open bathrooms was falling apart. Not impressed. They charged us 120$us for sunscreen deodorant and 2 toothbrushes a total ripoff. Not impressed wouldn’t go back. I would definitely use you as a travel agent. Thanks Doug Moore

Barcelo Maya Palace: Beautiful Resort

The food was amazing, the staff were friendly, the room met actually exceeded my expectations - can’t wait to go there again, would love to take my grandchildren. The beach was ok but the pool was great and the swim up bar was excellent, they were fast and didn’t have to wait long

Barcelo Maya Beach Resort: Great resort

The beach at Maya Beach was excellent, very clean and seaweed was cleaned up everyday. There was only a little bit in the water. The rooms were a bit dated but clean. We had amazing service from all of the staff. The a-la-carte restaurants were amazing with the exception of the Steakhouse (food was cold and service was terrible). Buffets were ok for lunch and breakfast. We tried the snack bars but food was not great. The best bartender is located at the lobby bar and her name is Maria, sh [... read more]e makes the best drinks. My only complaint was we had to have our room card reprogrammed over 15 times during our 10 day stay. Several guests were in the same boat as us.

Occidental Caribe: Amazing week

I have no idea what all the negative reviews are about this resort. The view, the pools are amazing! People were friendly…. Food always A LOT Of options from salads to fruit, meat and Sides! Is the service fast NO ur I wish people would put things in perspective… it’s 30 Degrees, they work 12 hr days, with few hours off in between and your ON VACATION!!!! Is it that terrible the extra minute for your Pina Colada! You want fast based go to North America! I would highly recommend this resor [... read more]t to anyone.

Barcelo Maya Palace: Maya palace over premium at the maya beach

In the last year i have stayed at both the bercelo maya beach non premium and the maya beach premium oceanfront , given a choice the service at the maya palace was far superior then the beach resort. The only down fall of the palace resort is that you have to travel 3 hotels down to strikers sports bar to get drinks after 12 and food after 10 pm

Occidental at Xcaret Destination: Nice resort but has room for improvement

We enjoyed our vacation but the resort is not as good as it was last time we visited pre-covid. Rooms seem like they could use an overhaul. One of our party had a light that was broken. Our toilet needed a minor adjustment. Door locks were finicky and the balcony door didn't lock at all. We found that food has gone down in quality. Still good but it was amazing last time. Just decreases in premium items an inconsistent availability of items. Same issue with drinks. No access to top shelf brands [... read more] unless you pay royal member pricing. Last time we were able to get it by request. Last time we were able to get Victoria beer but this time only Modelo or Corona light. We had to buy Victoria off resort and bring it in. Drinks were different at each bar. You can't order an amaretto sour at one bar and get the same at another. Bartenders were not trained the same. We had two under 18 (15 + 16) with us and we were charged adult prices yet they were banned from adult pools even though they were better behaved than majority of drunk adults. If you are charging adult prices the adult pools should be regulated based on behaviour not strictly age. It's not like indecent behaviour is permitted in the adult pools.its purpose is to provide a pool where you aren't getting splashed or hit with balls etc. policing based on behaviour would be more fair. There is very little for teens under 18 to do in the evenings. Since adult prices are charged there should be an effort to provide entertainment for this age group. Even the arcade was pay based and highly over priced. Why not open the disco earlier for all ages and then move to 18+ after 11pm since it currently doesn't open till then. Open the sports bar to all ages or provide access to games such has pool somewhere they can use. The walking at this resort is extreme. Shuttles use to be scheduled here but this time it seems they were only available when a sales pitch came with it. Boats use to be available to the park also but now only available for the higher level resort. These things were disappointing, but overall we had a great time. Enjoyed the park, the pools and the ocean. Staff are friendly and mostly helpful. No one went hungry and there was plenty of food items that were great. Pacos was the best, most consistent restaurant.

Occidental at Xcaret Destination: Resort is huge!

If you don't or can't walk miles and miles all day long do not go to occidental xcarat. The resort is so big that it takes to much time to get to one place to another. I also paid for a package that included a bottle of tequila and a fruit basket which I did not receive even though we asked almost everyday, we found that we had to do a lot of administrative work with Nexus. The light was out in the bathroom which we also asked to have replaced and no one came we had one light in the shower for [... read more] the whole washroom. The drinks are sub par. No top shelf and only two types of beer Corona and Mondela so if you don't like those then don't go to this resort. We had to get someone to get us good beer from off resort. The food was good, paco tacos was amazing! There are so many animals hanging about including iguanas of all sizes, deer, monkeys, snakes and scorpions! Unexpected scorpion! The bartender immediately took care of it for our safety. Decent place to go, it was clean but not the 5 star I was told about.

Occidental Cozumel: Amazing

Beautiful grounds , beach and pools amazing, rooms clean great water pressure in shower, staff were exceptional !staff listened and helped out when we needed to change up our rooms, no lines or very short lines in the dining room ( buffet)

Barcelo Solymar: Old and run down

The hotel is in need of some major renovations, our room had paint peeling off the ceiling, dressers that wouldn't open, rust or black mold around the tub,maid service that didn't change towels or sheets all week,(had to request towels when we got there and no beach towels while others had them ) elevators out of service, Not impressed.

Barcelo Bavaro Beach: Great beach

The grounds are beautifully kept .The beach is great and you never have a problem finding a beach chair. The food is good and alacarts are awesome. My only major problem is even though I don’t spend much time in my room other than to sleep the rooms are terrible and need major updating and renovations. My room had wet paint dripping all over. Bathroom Door handles were broken. Patio door had no latch and no lock. Very rough interior.

Occidental Caribe: Don't waste your money.

This resort is barely mediocre. I was disheartened on so many levels: the food, the service, the entertainment, the rooms. I was surprised by my experience, as it had been advertised as a 4.5 star resort. Our room never had towels. We had a broken toilet. Instead of feeling relaxed and regenerated, I left this resort feeling sick and tired (literally).

Occidental Arenas Blancas: Very good and wide open

We've been there already in November /December of last year and now in April 2024 again. Very close to the beautiful beach and constantly renovations. The staff was great and given the overall situation of shortages in Cuba, the food was plenty.

Occidental Caribe: Okay resort

Beach area was fantastic! Food at buffet was okay. Premium package breakfast and lunch was excellent. Did not get everything promised within the premium package. Music was extremely loud all day long.

Occidental Caribe: Okay resort

Beach area was fantastic! Food at buffet was okay. Premium package breakfast and lunch was excellent. Did not get everything promised within the premium package. Music was extremely loud all day long.

Occidental Caribe: 3 Star Resort

The beach is 5 star. Rooms are 2 star. Staff vary depending who you get- our housekeeper was 5/5 she was fantastic, however some of the bartenders should not have been in customer service. We lucked out with a good room however our friends had non stop issues for 3 days without any resolution. The beach is the best part of this resort however I wouldn’t go back.

Occidental Caribe: Extremely disappointed

I am extremely disappointed with my experience at the resort. Your company advertised it as a 4.5-star resort, but it barely meets a 3.5-star standard. We encountered plumbing issues, there were no towels in the room, and the food quality was subpar, with an abundance of low-quality options like hot dogs. This experience has made me hesitant to book future trips through TripCentral, as I feel misled by the representation of the resort on your website.

Occidental Arenas Blancas: Awesome Trip and stay

My family and I had a great time at the resort. The rooms are great and the food is edible, we were told to bring salt and pepper and hot sauce to spice things up. We don't have any complaints about Occidental Arenas Blanca. People are awesome the beach is to die for. Varadero is safe outside the resort. We did some great tours to Havana and Matanzas Yumuri tour, the guides were awesome. Do some snorkelling, It'sAwesome. Buy some Cuban rum and cigars. We will definitely go back to Cuba

Occidental Caribe: Group trip

As a group we found this hotel may be suited more for the party environment yet there were a lot of kids. We found the over all noise level loud especially eating at the buffet and evening entertainment. We are a group in our 40 s . The daytime staff are friendlier than the evening staff and booking a la carts is next to impossible. We found our booking was done on wrong dates and came across others with the same issue. Rooms had to be moved due to broken facilities and it took 3 days to accommo [... read more]date this. We sent booking numbers to have 3 rooms booked close together and we ended up at completely different ends of the resort. At times it felt the staff was making things more difficult than needed to be.