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.

Secrets Mirabel Cancun Resort and Spa: Now Emerald resort Cancun

Ground area is wonderful, beaches are fantastic, service is excellent, transportation is pretty good, staff is friendly, the weather was perfect. There might be some noisy neighbours in connected rooms but it’s just life ... ?!

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.

Hacienda Buenaventura Hotel and Mexican Charm: Really Nice Authentic Mexican Hotel

This was a little older but well maintained hotel. The name "Mexican Charm" is quite fitting because it was charming! Great staff, clean rooms, tasty food. We are a family traveling with a 6 year old. We all loved this hotel. Close to the beach (5 minute walk) and nice beach club. Would definitely go back.

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.

Majestic Elegance Costa Mujeres: Amazing!

We had an amazing time staying! The hotel decor is beautiful, the service provided was the highlight of the trip. Roberto from concierge was super helpful and very kind! The food was very good at all 5 restaurants, the lobby bar and piano bar were great as well with wonderful service. Overall we had one of our best experiences staying at Majestic Elegance Costa Mujeres!

The Sens Riviera: Very good

Very good hotel for this price. Very good beach, grounds, food good, the rooms are good but second and third floors no balconies. Service very good. Entertainment normal. For me very nice that almost no insects.

Royalton Hideaway Riviera Cancun: Not what we expected

Too crowded and TOO noisy, a lot of drunk people misbehaved in the halls after 10 PM. Dirty beaches: seaweed all over the place and wastewater from mangrove forests that prevented us from swimming in the last two days. The crew was generally welcome, helpful and professional. Good food despite the covid restrictions. Great gym. Basically, it's one big hotel with lots of pools and good entertainment. Nonetheless, I would not go there ever again and hence would not recommend it to others.

El Dorado Seaside Suites: Beautiful resort - so so food

The room was beautiful with a comfortable kingsize bed. Bathroom huge with jacuzzi bath and shower room. Drinks were fine but the meals were hit and miss. I felt we overpaid for this resort. Would not recommend it.

Samba Vallarta: Wonderful relaxing place to ring in the New Year.

We were at the Samba Vallarta on a fairly last minute deal to ring in 2020. They hosted a wonderful outdoor white party for New Years Eve with an awesome, extensive buffet, live band playing, dance area, party hats, etc... and fireworks and champagne at midnight. The beach is lovely although there was a storm there on New Years Day and the water was quite rough so not many people were in it the rest of the week. We always found beach chairs and we had a great guy keeping our drinks full and [... read more] cold. We didn't really spend much time by the pool. We waited out the storm in the small lobby lounge listening to karaoke... there are not a lot of places to go at the Samba that are sheltered other than your room. There were beautiful hummingbirds on the walk to breakfast every morning. I'm not picky so could always find something to eat on the buffet. Beach bar burgers and dogs were good. We had two ala carts - Mexican and Italian. Both very good. The Mexican is on the beach so you can watch the sunset. We did go into Bucerias and Puerto Vallarta for 3 of our 7 nights so don't know how good the night shows were. Room was okay, older but adequate. Never spend much time in the room anyway.

TRS Yucatan: Great resort, just not what we were looking for at all!

This was a beautiful resort, just totally not what we wanted. We enjoy a pool with water aerobics, and beach right there in front of us. At the TRS Yucatan, it was a 4 kilometer ride to the beach. We tried to get moved as we have asked to do a few times in the past and had a lot of push back and waiting. Sunwing then wanted to charge us 1700. to move! The supervisor of TRS, Betty was informed we were not satisfied and did everything in her power to make us happy. I am grateful for her, she [... read more] did her best but this resort was way to big for our liking. I feel very disappointed in Trip Central and Sunwing. The first full three days were a nightmare trying to get moved. No service outside of poor Betty who really couldn't change the situation. I sent the following email in response. "In the past 20 years, we have had 2 situations where we were unhappy with our choice and were moved within 24 hours with a charge of approximately $100.00 for both, or each of us. We are totally disgusted with the slow and useless service offered on behalf of Sunwing and will never deal with Sunwing Vacations again. After spending over $4000.00, the service you offered was useless, giving us an option late on day 3 ( which did not land in my email until day 4 AM) and saying we would have to pay an additional $1700.00. Really poor customer service!! Tripcentral was not much better, however apparently out of the hands of our apologetic agent. Perhaps you can work on that too. We even had to choose options, if we do all of the prework, what are you (Sunwing) there for? If you cannot trust the hotels you work with, how is that our problem? This was never a problem before, in fact we were given options. On a positive note, TRS had a supervisor contact us and Betty was amazing. I wanted to make it clear to Betty, her resort was beautiful, just not what we enjoy. We made it clear we do not like large resorts, we were told TRS was a small part of a large resort, the beach was " right next to resort" , when in fact the TRS beach was over 3.5 kilometers away, an 8 minute trolley ride. Betty tried to upgrade us, made reservations for us twice, contacted us daily to make sure we were okay. Betty was the true picture of customer service. Finally, I want to suggest making these things clear, adult property with a beautiful beach 3 to 4 kilometers away (or 1 kilometer away if you want kids on your adult trip)."

Grand Decameron Complex Bucerias Trademark: Nothing special.

This resort is not a 4*. More like a good 3*. Too many people arriving at the same time. Rooms not available until 3pm. Had to wait. Given the wrong room & bed requirements. The grounds were well kept. We found out after a week where they had the nightly entertainment. Lobby bar small with people watching hockey on one screen and curling on another. No music. They did not have much of any so-called international alcohol. Their house wine was decent. Food was decent too. Too much mex [... read more]ican type of food although food was abundant enough. You had to ask for bacon in the morning. They kept it hidden behind the fresh omelette station. The a la cartes were okay. Nothing authentic and most of the meat as overcooked. But one did have the option of 5 a la cartes per week. The cleaning staff were friendly but I wasn't happy that they still entered the room even though I had the "do not enter" sign on the door. If you are looking for a vacation that is very reasonable and pretty good value for your money... you will be overall satisfied as long as you have no expectations. There is no fridge or coffee machine in the rooms and you have to pay 50 pesos per day for the key safe. The lounge chairs on the beach are hard plastic, like the plastic stackable summer chairs so extremely hard to lie on so you'll need a floatie. All in all you are still getting good value as we probably saved upwards of 500-700 dollars for the 9 day vacation.

All Ritmo Cancun Resort And Waterpark: Great Small-Medium Resort

This hotel is off the main strip, which may or may not be to peoples preferences. It's a small-medium sized hotel. We checked in at night so its hard to get a real sense of the place but the following morning and of course over the length of our vacation we got to know it well. First of all for families its a great pick. The water park attached to the hotel is as advertised- clean, fun and everything works. There are food and drink options at the water park. We upgraded to a beach/ocean faci [... read more]ng ground level room so we could walk right out onto the beach. It was totally worth it and reasonable in cost. The food is good- they have theme nights for dinner and the Mexican night everyone loved. There are flexible hours for all meal times and something for everyone. The staff is friendly. The main pool is clean and we brought two 5 years olds (my son and his cousin) who had a hard time choosing between the pool, the ocean and the water park each day. The beach isn't huge but just fine for the size of the resort and they look after it by grooming the sand etc. daily. The rooms and grounds are clean and tidy. One thing to note apparently its not a well known location for North Americans. It seems more well known by South Americans. Just a point of interest- we had a good experience and my wife would like to rebook again next year. They have modest nightly entertainment as well which my family enjoyed. I would recommend this hotel to anyone not looking to book at a huge resort but still looking for all the basics. Even if we didn't bring kids we would still go back- its a relaxing destination. If you have kids all the better- between al the water based options, the kids club and the entertainment staff the kids went to bed exhausted each night.

Grand Decameron Complex Bucerias Trademark: Beautiful, Relaxing and Fun Resort

This was a very relaxing resort. Loved the room, the adult only pool, the beach, the food, the shows, the snack bar, the bartenders and all of the service staff. Enjoyed all of it and had an amazing time!

Valentin Imperial Riviera Maya: A very relaxing vacation at Valentin Imperial

I am satisfied with the meals (different restaurants and breakfast buffet), the room, the beach, the pool, and staffs’ service. I enjoyed my vacation and it was a very good experience to stay in this resort.

Barcelo Maya Colonial: Home sweet home

The Barcelo in the Mayan Riviera, is a wonderful place to go to and the reason we, along with others, keep going back (9 years). 1. The staff is wonderful (front desk, servers, maids, activity staff). 2. Grounds are immaculate. 3. Rooms are great. 4. The food is varied and one can always find options. 5. One feels safe on the resort. If there is one wish is that the shows at night be updated (same overall for the last 9 years). The singers and band are so talented that they could [... read more] do more. Looking forward to returning in 2021. Outside the resort, Trip Central has always made it easy to get to our destination. Thank you very much. Stay safe and well Eva Sawoszczuk

Paradise Village Puerto Vallarta: Beautiful Clean Resort

We picked this resort because we liked the idea of being able to watch boats on the marina as well as be on a lovely beach and it really was a beautiful location. This was, by far, one of the cleanest resorts that we have ever stayed at in Mexico. Our studio room was large and comfortable. Unfortunately our room was right by an elevator so it was a little noisy at times but not too bad.That said, I am not certain that we would go back to this resort. We went with an all-inclusive package and f [... read more]elt that it did not offer us the same level of service that other resorts have offered us. The buffet, while good, lacked selection that other buffets have afforded us. They only offer one a la carte restaurant reservation per week with the all-inclusive package. We chose Mayapan, and were very happy with our choice as the food was beautifully presented and delicious. We had asked for a glass of house wine with our meal, which was great, but we could not get service to get a second glass. We also found that the indoor bar service was extremely slow. It often took 20-30 minutes for a server to take our order and often had to wait another 20 minutes for the drink to arrive. The servers were very polite but run off their feet as there were never enough servers on the floor. The food at the beach bar was excellent and we thorough enjoyed the shrimp quesadillas. We were always able to find a palapa with comfortable clean chairs and the servers on the beach were super nice but again drink service was very slow as there seemed to be one server to every 18-20 palapas. Again, we had to wait up to 40 minutes for a drink to arrive. The beach was a lovely clean beach. For entertainment one evening, they hosted a Mexican Fiesta by the pool, which was so much fun. My only other disappointment was that our maid would not be able to get to our room to clean until later in the day, usually between 3:30- 4:30pm. Most days, after being on a tour and returning so our room hot, tired and sweaty and hoping to have a shower before a pre-dinner cocktail, we would have to wait another hour for our room to be finished getting cleaned. We didn’t use the spa and we didn’t use the pools as we are beach people but pools looked clean as we walked by. Staff seemed quite pleasant.

Grand Sens Cancun: 4 Star Resort Trying to Give a 5 Star Stay but Only Delivering a 3/3.5 Star Experience

To sum it up, NOISE NOISE NOISE. This hotel is LOUD. The hotel has a U-shape where the middle of the U is the main pool. Most of the rooms face this courtyard/pool. The dance music starts here at noon and is way too loud and goes all afternoon. Forget going for an afternoon siesta or sleeping in from a late night. It's too much. Coupled with the design of the interior of the hotel - beautiful finishings but it amplifies and transmits all the non-music noise. Partiers coming home late drunk s [... read more]houting in the hallways? Yes. (avoid rooms close to the elevators). Cleaners talking about their day outside your room at 8am? Yes. Doors slamming? Yes. Furniture being moved for cleaning causing a scrapping sound? Yes. (Pro tip - invest in some furniture socks). An loud click when your neighbor's door closes. Yes. Bring earplugs. I use sleeping pills and I was still awoken many times. It really impacts your stay negatively when everyone is grumpy because they slept so poorly. (Tip - ask for a lagoon view room, on a higher floor away from the elevators). We tried to move rooms twice and only accommodated once due to the noise. My spouse mentioned how she looked forward to returning to the peace and quiet of home. Without realizing what she said, I reminded her how we live downtown in a loud apartment on a major road of a major city. We came here for quiet and didn't get it. It's like the hotel can't decide what demographic it's going after. It was split almost 1/3 partier age, 1/3 middle age, 1/3 seniors. If you look past the noise this hotel has a lot good going for it. As mentioned, the hotel is beautiful. The beach is great. The shows were THE BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN. I'm not big on resort entertainment, but WOW, these guys did a great job. They hired professional dancers that are so athletic you will be embarrassed to not tip. The Burlesque show was hands down amazing, with some magic and comedy. They also include an evening drinking on the pirate ship (basically a rave on the water). The food experience was variable. The seafood restaurant was incredible. They also offered the same 4 course meal at lunch which was fantastic. You can goto as many ala carts as you like which is great. Minor issue - they have gotten rid of the reservation system, so it's first come first serve. That leads to a lot of waiting, then waiting for your food. Maybe bring back that reservation system. Group seatings are difficult and in the White Box, impossible. They refused to seat 6 of us together. I couldn't believe it. The Japanese restaurant has amazing food, but half of it is in the beautiful glass bar, so they crank up the music and you have to speak over the music to have a conversation. Make sure you get seated inside the restaurant proper if you are not into that sort of thing. The sister resort is right next door which you can attend during the day. However, they have exactly the same restaurants so forget about experiencing variety that way. The air-conditioner worked great in both rooms. Beds were comfy and rooms nicely appointed. The staff by and large were great. Lack of quiet pool was a problem. They have this really secluded second floor pool that is tiny and gorgeous, but here too they ruin it with noise. Even on the beach you have to go some distance from the hotel to get some quiet. I actually found it quieter next door at the family resort with all the kids screaming and running around.

El Dorado Seaside Suites: fantastic resort

everything was very good. we enjoy very much. everything was fantastic except for some wind on some day. service very good. place very clean. entertainment very good. Personal very courtesy......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................