Occidental Caribe: Large and very nice resort

Very nice grounds with plenty of Palm trees and places to eat. I would avoid rooms in unit 3 they are exposed to noises from the buffet during the night. Very nice roomy wide beach. Family friendly resort.

Occidental Caribe: Amazing resort!

Although it is a 25 year old resort, it is well kept and comfortable with updated rooms. It's grand with plenty of vegetation all around. The beach is huge and beautiful. Too bad the waves were rough most of the time. Most staff were friendly and helpful.

The Level at Melia Caribe: Amazing resort!

We were extremely happy with the Melia Caribe Tropical resort. The food was top-notch, the staff friendly and helpful and the rooms were clean and spacious. We played golf at the beautiful Cocotal course as well. Nothing negative to say about our stay!

Ocean Blue and Sand: Not up to task

While nice facility. There needs to be a shift in staff organization for service and communication. There were issues with phone, toilet , door lock. Not unusual things to happen BUT staff did not react to correct. Took days for phone fix. And hours for other fixes. Didn’t answer the extensions they gave us even when I used my cell to call hotel

Secrets Royal Beach: Perfect place to get away!!

Beautiful resort and beach. Food was good, rooms were clean and spacious. Staff were friendly and helpful. Main complaint is too many vendors coming up to you while on the beach (in the resort section).

Occidental Caribe: Magical place

Beautiful gardens.The room was spacious and clean,they made sure the fridge was full.The restaurants were perfect and the servers very friendly and polite.I enyoyed my stay very much.The only thing I did not like ways the Air Transat rep.he was not the most friendly.I could not understand him very well.

Riu Republica: Excellent resort

This resort was beautiful, a lot of food selection which taste really good. Staff was really friendly and hard workering. Only thing I didn’t like was the music at the club on resort. Played the same music every night and selection wasn’t really great. Also they need to have music playing at each bar where people have drinks. Some had no music? Two had music to put someone to sleep. Grounds were very nice, Good drinks and rooms weren’t bad either minus the musty smell. Overall had a great [... read more] stay and would definitely recommend this resort

Bahia Principe Explore Punta Cana: Too Big to give good service

This hotel was much bigger than I expected. It is actually 7 resorts. We paid extra for the Royal Golden but were quickly disappointed in what that meant. When we arrived they didn't have us listed and we waited 5 and a half hours to get into a room. We got an extra night dinner as a Royal Golden member but they couldn't fit us anywhere we wanted, so we settled for another 9:30 dinner at the only place available. When I mentioned that I wasn't feeling very Royal Golden, they kept telling me t [... read more]hat we would get slippers and a bath robe, a small bottle of rum and chocolates. (and that we are closer to the Beach) No rooms face the ocean. We actually got to look at the top of the workers shed all week that had garbage on the roof. There was a small bottle of rum but no chocolates (whatever). The last day they sent a fruit basket to our room in the evening (to make up for the chocolates?) which was nice except we had to check out at 8 am the next morning, so it wasn't even touched. The staff didn't speak English and were not too helpful...I heard "That's not possible" a few times my first day. Good luck getting thru to the front desk or concierge. On a positive, the food was good, the beach was beautiful, once you got passed the hundreds of chairs lined up. We made the best of it, but I will never return.

Whala Bavaro: Fantastic

Resort is spotless, food is great and varied. Beach is s bit cramped but you can walk up and down to other areas. Staff are so nice with no pressure to tip. We had a suite which was so nice. Hard to find coffee however.

Le Sivory: WOW!!!!

My wife and I just spent 14 days at Le Sivory. It was exactly what we were looking for. A small resort where you can totally relax. Adults only. Quiet and peaceful. Loungers always available either at the pool or at the beach. Great food. Wonderful staff. There are 100 positive reasons why we would go back. There are 2 negatives. The ocean can be quite rough at times. When we were there, not a single day where you could just float.On certain days some of the waves were 6 feet high. There were su [... read more]rfers just to the left of the resort.It was fun for a while. Definitely not the resorts fault, but you constantly had to be watching the waves. The second reason is Le Sivory is exclusive to Sunwing. This was our first time on Sunwing and it will be our last. We would not let the waves keep us from returning. Hopefully, more airlines come into play.

Melia Caribe Beach Resort: Amazing Family Trip

Our trip was absolutely perfect from start to finish. Trip Central di a fantastic job booking the trip, finding us the right resort and flights for our family. We flew Air Transat direct from Halifax and everything was on time and couldn't be easier. They even upgraded us to Option Plus, which provided food and drink on the plane and priority check in. The transfer from the airport was waiting once we retrieved our bags and we were at the resort with a drink in our hands 15 minutes later. T [... read more]he Melia Caribe was beautiful. Rooms (Family Suite) were very nice, not huge, but very comfortable for a family of 4. The resort itself was great, the food was awesome, the activities for the kids were first class. Pool and beach were fantastic. Only small complaint was we were in villa 1, next to the restaurant and bar, and the party continued to 11pm most nights. No issues, just a little noisy at times. Ask for villa 2 - 4. Everything else couldn't have been better in our opinion. Zettler Family

VIK Hotel Arena Blanca: Beautiful Beach

We arrived early 8n the day, Check in was after 3pm. It was fairly quick as there was only 8 checking in. We did not get the rooms we requested until the next day. Staff was friendly and did what they could do to accommodate us. When we arrived the hotel was having water problems but was fixed asap. Our rooms were nice and clean, 2 bottles of water in the fridge every day. The pools were nice but no swim up bar. The beach was amazing. The food was good, no waiting in line for the a la carte rese [... read more]rvations. Mexican was the best. The wait staff were awesome and the bartenders too! Drinks seemed to be weak. Evening entertainment was lacking. Nothing to do while waiting, no live music to be found. Not worth staying up for. This is a very quite resort. Good for relaxing.

TRS Turquesa: Very Nice Vacation

We booked a Royal Junior Suite and I emailed the resort with a request to be near the beach and on a lower level (knee problem with stairs). I got room 5011 which is on the bottom floor of building 50 with a nice view of the main pool, very convenient to both the pool and beach. Room had a comfy king bed, deep jacuzzi in room, separate (very large) shower. nice balcony with 2 wooden chairs with pad and table. We could hear the music from the pool area from the balcony which was great, but not fr [... read more]om the room when the balcony doors were closed. Resort was very clean and well maintained. The beach at this resort is beautiful and goes on for miles. There was very little seaweed while we were there, really nice beach for walking and swimming. There is wait service on the beach for both drinks and food. We saw people ordering things from Helios menu and getting them delivered to their lounger. We didn't do this because we like to take a break from the beach or pool at lunch. The pool area is very nice as well and has shaded tables and chairs as well as loungers and huts. The pool bar stays open quite late and has music, so this is an alternative to going to the lobby or the other sections. At night the pool changes colour from blue, green, red, violet etc. very pretty to watch. We really liked that we had the option of ordering from a menu at breakfast, lunch and dinner at both the beach club (Helios) and the gourmet restaurant (Capricho). Both of these restaurants had beautiful (well shaded) outdoor sections as well as indoor - Helios with a view of the beach and ocean, Capricho more a garden setting. During the morning Helios often had live entertainment - violin or saxophone and the rest of the time nice electronic type music which could be hear on the beach area as well. In the evening there was live entertainment on a stage shared by the outdoor sections of Capricho and La Boheme. We went to Helios (favourite thing on menu was crab cakes - which we ordered on several occasions), Capricho (lunch menu changes everyday, plus has a small but very nice buffet as well), Kusko (wonderful Teriyaki Salmon), La Boheme (went twice favourites were French Onion Soup, Cheese Fondue and the Cafe Paris Lobster), Bhogali (delicious Lamb Roghan Josh), Las Torres(wanted to try the main Palace buffet at dinner) and Bohio (once to try the Palace lunch buffet near the beach). We found the food and service to be really good in all of these. We also had the use of all the facilities of the other resorts at the Palladium complex, so we could check out the live entertainment in the other lobbies and their restaurants/bars, but we tended to stay mostly in the TRS Turquesa section because we felt that the quality and service was better and things were more convenient to our room. We really enjoyed our stay and I wouldn't hesitate to return or recommend it to anyone.

Bahia Principe Explore Esmeralda: Best Resort ever!

We are frequent travelers so coming to this resort was a great surprise. This is definitely a 5 star resort! The facilities, the staff, food, entertainment out of this world. Will definitely go back. The fact that we were given access to the neighboring resorts was great. Transportation was available to get around and enjoy other restaurants, shows and the resort. We were sadden that we had to leave, wish we could have extended out stay. Any queries we had was tended to immediately. We never got [... read more] sick once here which says a lot about this place!

Bahia Principe Grand Bavaro: Bahia Principe

Resort was very clean. Very busy resort. Lots of activities by pool and beach. Entertainment was great! Staff were very friendly and helpful. Food was okay but a la carte was not much different than the main buffet.

Bahia Principe Explore Legend: Great Familly Vacation

Great resort with very nice and helpful staff. The food at the buffets was varied and good. The a la carte restaurants were very good although getting reservations at a decent time wasn't the easiest.

Grand Bavaro Princess: Awesome Resort

This was my second time vacationing at the Bavaro Princess. The grounds are absolutely beautiful and are maintained daily. The rooms are very clean and comfortable. If you have any issues you can call guest services and someone comes to look after you right away. It's quite impressive. We enjoyed the food very much...as a result I came home a few kilos heavier ha ha. The staff is friendly and helpful. The beach, what can I say other than wow! The only real issue I had was with the ven [... read more]dors on the beach, they didn't harrass when you said no and they were friendly, they just came around too often...I didn't really consider this an annoyance though. If you're looking for a quiet and peaceful vacation in paradise, this is the place to go.

Bahia Principe Explore Legend: 2nd time visit to Fantasía

Being out 2nd visit to this hotel, it continues being a great choice especially for families with kids. That being said, it shows some decline compared to a year ago in terms of buffet variety and a la carte restaurant food quality. Ride from the airport is about 35 mins. The resort is beautiful, very clean throughout, rooms are spacious. Service is great, everyone is very friendly. Food choices are still plenty so you're bound to find at least one thing that caters to your preference. They  [... read more]always have some variety of meat, fish and chicken available. Still a good choice for a relaxed family vacation.

Royalton Bavaro Resort and Spa: 3 star experience at a 5 star Resort

Overall it was a good experience however they don’t clean very well and the food at the pool for lunch is not always cooked. I had to ask 3 times for a blow dryer to be brought to our room. They have room for improvement for sure but it is a very new resort and is still working out it’s flaws.

Paradisus Punta Cana: How perfect can it be?

Paradisus was just as good as it has been for the last 5 years only better. We had a perfect holiday thanks to the friendly administration folks and all the staff at this great resort.We sure hope to return next year and once again enjoy the exceptional Royal Service experience.