Bahia Principe Escape Aquamarine: So much fun!!

The resort was beautiful, clean and welcoming in every way. Special shout out to the entertainment crew Sthephanie, Willy Wonka, Marlon and Harmon who kept things going and everyone laughing and having fun. Would absolutely recommend this resort to friends and family....very much hoping to go back myself!!

Caribe Deluxe Princess: Nice resort

Lovely resort. Well kept grounds Very friendly staff. Helpful and attentive to guests needs. We enjoyed the food. Wish there was more things for senior people to do. Basically if we weren't having drinks we were sitting around the pools.

Bahia Principe Explore Esmeralda: Amazing resort

Friendly staff and all were very helpful. There were lots of options for food and very easy to book a la cartes. The rooms were clean and spacious. The butler Jean Carlos was extremely helpful and very willing to assist with any aspect of our vacation.

Bahia Principe Escape Bouganville: Beautiful resort with amazing staff

The hotel itself is amazingly clean and beautiful. The staff were very friendly and cordial without making you feel pressured to tip. The facilities on the resort were accommodating and there was something for everyone to check out, with a ever changing cycle of activities that differ day by day. The restaurants on the resort were also top notch, I was pleasantly surprised by the variety and quality of food.

Barcelo Bavaro Palace: Great Resort!

One of my favourite resorts! My family and I were a bit disappointed in the timeliness of service.. Otherwise no complaints! Had two great meals in the Spanish restaurant, and enjoyed our nights in the resort club and casino, depending on your room be prepared to walk!

Bahia Principe Explore Legend: Excellent place

Fantasia Bahia Principe Punta Cana was a beautiful, clean resort. We have nothing negative to say about the place. The pool temperature was nice; the waterpark for the kids was wonderful and hours of fun. The buffet was wonderful and was changed up daily. The staff was friendly and efficient and always helpful. Lots of places to relax and sit whether it be near the pools, the beach, or the entertainment. They came around constantly and asked what we would like to drink.

Caribe Deluxe Princess: Love this resort

This is our 3rd time at this resort and it does not disappoint. Clean, staff is very friendly and we will be back! 3 pools, one with a swim up bar which is alot of fun! Water is a little rough and current is strong but we are pool people so it's ok for us.

Emotions by Hodelpa Juan Dolio: Excellent

Accommodations and service were all excellent. Food was acceptable albeit plain without much change on a daily basis. All of the staff were exceptionally friendly and went out of their way to make you feel special.

Royalton Bavaro Resort and Spa: Amazing resort

Great place to relax. I'm very satisfied with this resort. They affair exellent activities .I recommend it to everyone. I definitely want to go back there. Thank you Royalton Bavaro Resort and Spa for everything

Viva Dominicus Palace by Wyndham: Lovely property and great staff

This is a beautiful property. The beach is wonderful. Both the new rooms and the older rooms are well kept, clean and comfortable. The staff were extremely helpful and did their very best to get us everything we needed to have a really good holiday. The food in general was good. We had our favorite al carte restaurants but the buffet always had ample choices. A good thing was that many of the foods were new to us but became some of our favorites. Who knew that fried mashed green plantai [... read more]ns are just delicious? This was our fourth time at this property and we have seen improvements every year. We hope to be back again next year.

Caribe Deluxe Princess: We will not go there again.

It was our second stay in this resort and the quality definitely went down. Our room required renovation. Service was not great, especially in the bars. Restaurant staff was not great, we had to wait to get water or drinks. And on the top of everything there were cockroaches in our room.

Hyatt Vivid Punta Cana: Great resort

We had a lovely time at this resort. The food and service was excellent. We did upgrade to a ocean view room in the preffered area however it was not ocean view. Be careful when they sell you this upgrade.

VH Gran Ventana Beach Resort: Good people, good food

My sister and I really liked this resort. We appreciated the response we got through our Sunwing representative (Jamelle, thank you!) from the Hotel staff. The food is quite good but the buffet is outside and can get quite uncomfortable in hot and humid weather. We were able to sit under a fan almost every meal which made it ok most of the time (Johanna, we love you!). The room was nice, everything worked but would have been nice to have a TV station from Toronto or Montreal since a lot of gu [... read more]ests are Canadian and Quebecers. It would also be nice to install hooks in the bathroom to hang clothes. The beach is nice and the vendors get to know you and do not bother you too much if they realize you are not interested. All in all, a very nice quiet vacation.

Sunscape Coco Punta Cana: Sketchy resort

Lots of scammers on the beach, staff tried to sell me cocaine, felt a bit unsafe at times. Food was awful, burgers were very stale and got me sick. Service was very unprofessional at times, and definitely isn't worth it.

Bahia Principe Escape Ambar: Amazing!!

Best resort ever! better each time I return as I’ve been to this resort 6 times and love everything about it! With all the updates they have done and adding the coffee shop and sports bar, this resort has everything! Entertainment is amazing and staff are like family Highly recommend

Marien Puerto Plata Hotel: My First Resort

The resort was extremely clean, the excursions I went on like ziplining, cliff diving, and horseback riding were memories that will last I life time. There was very little vegan or vegetarian options for the meals. I got food poisoning on night two and I continued to get sicker as the week continued. The beach was amazing though, great views and access to the Atlantic Ocean. I would never go back there again. I am still sick and I've been home for two days now.

Barcelo Bavaro Palace: Beautiful & stunning resort. Also, it's massive!

Although the grounds are immaculate and stunning, the Barcelo Bavaro Palace was one of the largest resorts I have ever been to. Having a tram/train to get from one side to the other is an indication of it's foot-print. The main pool was outstanding. I particularly liked the water spouts that gave wicked massages. We really enjoyed the underwater loungers, but not where they were situated right by the buffet. It did give a feeling like everyone is watching you while they eat. The buffet was ext [... read more]ensive and had many options and something for everyone. We got to know some of the staff and a few would go over and above to find us mango or extra passion fruit for our table... worthy of the extra tips ;-) When we arrived, we met with a manager Adiascar Corcoran who treated us extremely well. For six of us travelling together in celebration of our collective birthdays, he made sure we had the best a la carte reservations for every night. He also sent a birthday surprise to our room. Our rooms were also spectacular! I can't tell you how wonderful it is to have a private Jacuzzi tub on our balconies. I used ours everyday, sometimes twice a day. I would recommend this location for those who want a big, clean resort. People who like large pools and beautiful palm trees. The restaurants were great, specially the Mexican. If you want real Dominican culture and more of a natural real experience, this isn't quite the place. The shear size, makes for a loss in intimacy and getting to know people. The beach: Perfect for long walks, awesome pictures and sunning in the morning. We were lucky to not have to battle too much Sargasso washing up and whatever did, they took care of it early in the day. We only saw mass amounts on our last day. It's a natural phenomenon which houses many wee beautiful creatures. It is what it is. We did appreciate the efforts to keep the beach clear. However... the one thing I found frustrating was the stickiness of the ocean water. It is clear that it's polluted by massive amounts of sunscreen. We could feel it on our skin, sticky and white some days but usually we were just coated in a sticky-ick. I would like to see more efforts towards pushing for either no sunscreen use in the oceans or at least a reef friendly kind. I had a very difficult time with the animal enclosures out in the water. I'm pretty sure it's animal cruelty. We didn't quite know what we were signing up for in a snorkel tour. I assumed open water areas. We were taken by boat (who was on a 5-song-loop) to first, an area cordoned-off for snorkeling and then a ocean floor-walk with the big glass helmets. This area is far over-polluted and murky. There was only one kind of fish who have been trained to stick around as the tour guides squirt bread from bottles to attract them to the ocean floor-walkers. Also not an environmentally sound practice. The Ocean floor walk was pretty cool, if it weren't so "set up". We didn't need all the extra Insta-moments or photos stops. It was clear that the push was to get us to buy the video. I would have been happy to just pay to have a guided walk in a natural area where healthy sea-life just float on by. It just felt very dirty/touristy. We then set off to another encloser where we were told we would swim with sharks and sting rays. What we witnesses was very sad animals. terrified sting-rays who cowered from the snorkelers and crawled up on each other in a corner. Same with the sharks who looks very unwell. If these are rescued, then let them heal in peace. We were then lined up (at first we didn't know what), my camera was confiscated and i was urged to line up with everyone else. It was too late to bail when I realized I was lining up to have a poor sea-lion kiss everyone on the cheek as if we were at Sea World in the 80's. He was beautiful and there was no need to train him to do this. It broke my heart! The dolphins were next and I just couldn't watch. They were so distressed that some were fighting. I was out! I sadly took myself back to the boat to drown my sorrows in how fake & cruel this all was. I would come back if there were huge efforts towards the environment, waste, and true cultural experience. I would like to add a piece about our booking agent Angela. She continually made mistakes, left things out, emailed the wrong addresses and/or didn't respond to emails at all. It became glowingly painful to get answers.Some of us just gave up on her. She did promise all of us a gift card per room of a value of $100.00 towards an excursion (which they would NOT accept ) or massage, which they also would NOT accept. We tried calling Trip Central's complaint number & email to ask what it WAS good for and OF COURSE, got zero response. We were counting on those funds and we were never able to use it. So, if you're given a Tripcentral gift card, double/triple check WTF it's truly for. We were also promised a rebate from the airline through our agent and those also never showed up for most of us (or have yet to). Only two of the six of us received a rebate on their credit card before the trip. I wouldn't use Angela Douglas of Trip Central ever again, even if you paid me. Her correspondence skills are extremely lacking and she doesn't deliver what she promises. We have email proof of what we were promised what we did not receive. She blew it, big time. Oops, one more thing. Our arrival at the Dominican airport consisted of a 2 hour line up in the heat (thankfully inside the open air), just to go through their customs. I felt awful for anyone travelling with children. That alone would hinder me from ever coming back. 2 hours is just too long to line up like cattle. No thanks!

Viva Tangerine by Wyndham: Good Family resort

Overall a good resort rooms were a bit small beach was very nice but there were a lot of vendor's walking around tying to sell you anything you would buy food was okay but for the price the value was good. I would say 3.5 stars.

Hyatt Zilara Cap Cana: Fantastic Hyatt Zilara Cap Cana

We loved the new Hyatt in Cap Cana! Beautiful, elegant design with modern layout. A large enough resort in that area which is quite exclusive in the DR. The beach features white sand, and calm turquoise waters. Lovely. Nice pools. Water park is 2 min by golf cart. Food was very good with buffet available every meal, and a la carte options added at night. The Waves Grill is open every day at breakfast and lunch and offers some nice table service choices too. Drinks are top shelf, and well mixed.  [... read more] Service staff everywhere are outstanding and smiling for you the whole time. All are very competent and can't do enough to please you. Rooms are very comfy. Our balcony view was amazing. From the lobby you can see across the pools and the ocean to the horizon. Sunsets exceptional. A very quiet and safe area to vacation in and adults only if you like that. Sister resort allows children.

Barcelo Bavaro Palace: Great Resort!

Huge resort, but still walkable. Impeccably clean. Lovely rooms and balcony with jacuzzi tub(building 5,4th floor is a great spot). Great beach, good food, a la carts were all good except seafood restaurant had cold food and it was ok ish. Mexican was awesome and Japanese was awesome. The only thing Barcelo Palace is missing is a beach bar and a lunch place on the beach. Always had to go to buffet. Nightly shows were surprisingly really good too! Wi fi only in Casino which was a little annoying [... read more] but it’s good to be “unplugged” for a week. I would recommend it and I have travelled quite a bit.