Valentin Imperial Riviera Maya: Amazing 3rd visit

This was our third time staying here and we won't stay anywhere else in the Mayan Riviera. The hotel and staff are amazing. You feel welcomed the second you arrive. The grounds are emmaculate and the food is top notch. You never want to leave; it truly is that amazing.

Bahia Principe Explore Coba: Amazing Resort!

We had a great time at the Grand Bahia Príncipe Coba! The food and service was great. I had a couple of concerns coming to this resort. Neither turned out to be a problem at all. One being the distance of the resort from the airport. Hardly noticed it either way. Second was the beach being a bit farther away. Again, not a worry at all. With all of the trolleys going we never had to wait. My kids loved the water park. I would return to this resort in a heartbeat!!

Bahia Principe Explore Tulum: Had a great time at Grand Bahia Principe Tulum

Myself and 6 of my friends took a trip to Mexico May 10 - May 17 2017 and we had the most amazing time. We stayed at the Grand Bahia Principe Tulum and were very happy with everything! The customer service was amazing they made sure we had everything we needed and If we had an issue it was solved, the rooms were well kept a cleaner came in every day, the mini fridge was always stocked with chips, pop and beer, the food was the best food I've had at an all inclusive and offered a large variety, t [... read more]he beach was amazing if you walked down closer to the reef you could see hundreds of fish, we saw turtles and sting rays right off the beach too which was so cool and spent a lot of our days at the pool, the drinks were always well made and the excursion we went on was a lot of fun. We got to snorkel in fresh water cenotes, zip lined and repelled, were served a nice lunch and we got to see the beach of tulum and the ruins. Our excursion was an extra $130, but very worth it. I would 100% recommend staying at the Grand Bahia Principe Tulum, there was always something going on, whether it was a magic show, acrobatics, day time pool activities, on site casino and club and trollys from the Coba to Tulum. Thank you to our travel agent Rebecca May for booking such an unforgettable trip. :)

Breathless Riviera Cancun Resort and Spa: Wonderful resort

First and foremost this was a spectacular resort. I will list the pros and cons: Pros: -Stunning grounds and rooms -Extremely pleasant, accommodating, kind staff. Language not an issue. -Very clean and safe. No worries about use or drinking of water but did stay away from trying water from room tap. -Weather amazing. Even when some times overcast and cloudy/ bouts of rain, you need SPF as rays very strong. -Nighttime brought with it romantic feel when walking grounds with lighting and f [... read more]ireplaces throughout resort. -Fluent transport through airport and between airport and resort -Only about a 20 min car ride from airport to resort. -Kibbeh restaurant amazing staff and food. Breakfast unreal. X-hale only. -Xhale pool amazing from the service to the romantic and relaxing feel. People who use this pool were fun, respectful, and mature. Cons: -Food at restaurants so-so. Loved the Italian. Never went to French though. -Room service surprisingly good for dinner anyway. Breakfast not so good. -Swim out room pretty but would not do again. Water in swim out very cold. Also may have comtributed to the extreme 24-7 humidity. Shower in middle room didn't help either. -Needed a makeup mirror in bathroom. I know this sounds petty but mirror very deep away from edge counter and lighting poor around room to use other mirrors. -Fitness Center definitely geared for males. Lowest weight 7.5 lbs. and machines scaled for larger people. Nice and clean and up to date though. -Xcelerate pool brings with it a different crowd. I didn't think I would mind the fact that there are topless women but it did have the feel of a cheesy swinger-like area with women up dancing topless and kind of strutting their stuff. Either way one knows when going to that pool that that may have that feel I guess so personal choice. -pushy attempts to cell spa coupons. Pleasant interactions yet don't want to be co tinually asked if we want to go to the spa. -Beach not good at all. We knew this going into the trip but as not beach people decided to book anyway. Thing we didn't consider was negative effect on view and inability to walk he beach in am or during time there. -nightlife so-so. Show each night at 10-1030 in theatre like room and the After Dark fun smaller venue for dancing. Really resort winds down by 11. Overall I definitely would recommend this resort. Was a wonderful 7 days there. Resort has a lot to offer and staff delightful. The 3 pool choices offers something for everyone or, in our case, the opportunity to mix it up some.

Ocean Riviera Paradise: Never again...worst hotel management staff!!!!

Here's an overview of our experience at the Ocean Riviera Paradise: DAY 1 - Our arrival, Sunday May 7th: When we arrived at the resort we proceeded to check into the hotel. The hotels check-in representative, Uriel told us that he could only find 2 out of the 5 reservations. Uriel told us that the 3 families did not have a reservation in there system. Uriel told the 3 families that in order to receive a room they would have to stay in the Daisy suites. The 3 families had to sign a document  [... read more]for Daisy Suite. For 2 of the families they gave them both document to sign for "what we were told" was for the Eden Suite. All of this process took 2 hours at check in. Everyone went to there assigned rooms, however when I and the one of the families went to our section of the resort, we realized that our key card was not for the Eden section it was for the Daisy section. We immediately contacted our sunquset rep here in Mexico, Antonio and Paul. Much couldn't be done until the next day. Day 2, Monday May 8th: All 5 families met with Antonio from Sunquest at 9am. We explained to him our check in experience and our missing reservations and the room category booking. Antonio spoke with manager prior to our arrival that morning to find out that the hotel over booked the Eden section of the resort. Which wasn't our problem. Antonio did the best he could with resorts management staff and told us that they would move all 5 families to the Eden suites as originally booked, however we would all need to wait until the following day Tuesday May 9th or receive a credit for the downgrade between both room categories. We all decided to make the change. Later that day at around 3 pm we spoke to Wendy our travel agent representative from Trip Central and she reassured us everything would be adjusted (Wendy is amazing!) The Sunquest representative, Antonio followed up with us every moment and did the best he could do to communicate and liaise between us and the hotel. Day 3, Tuesday May 9th: All 5 families packed their suitcases and prepared for the room change. At 9 am we met with Antonio and a hotel representative, Regoberto who explained the process of the room change. We were told to place our luggage at the door in our room and keep our room keys and to check back with front desk at 3pm for our new Eden Suite keys. All rooms were ready and we received our new room keys. Laura Iafrate went to the new room to find that there was only one bed for their family if 3. They had to walk back from the Eden section to the lobby with all their luggages. Laura and her husband were extremely upset with the front desk staff. The front desk staff said that they made the changes to accommodate the original reservations but could not guarantee a room with 2 beds. If they had explain this before wasting time with move, Laura would not if made the move. Laura and her husband demanded to be moved back to the Daisy suite because the suite had 2 beds. When Tony and I arrived to our new Eden room we found small black bugs all over the bed. We immediately called down to the front desk and they asked us to go back to the main lobby to explain the problem with the new room that we were assigned. So we walked all the way back to the lobby. By this time is was nearly 6:30pm. We were so fed up with the chaos we had to endure the first 2 days, we asked to be moved back to our old room in the Daisy section. They agreed to move us, but we had to sign a waiver. The document was written in Spanish and we couldn't understand it. The front desk representative Carmina explained to us that we would not receive a credit for moving rooms as it's a downgrade. By the time Carmina received approval from the resort management staff the time was about 8:00 pm and we hadn't had dinner, seen our family and we were exhausted. We signed the document. I took a photo of it for our records. Carmina called for a personal cart ride by Giovanni at the concierge desk. Giovanni took us to pick up our luggage from Eden to old room at the Daisy section. We showed him the bugs and he said that the resort had a tendency to over book the Eden section of the resort. Giovanni was very nice and gave us a bottle of wine. Day 5, Thursday May 11th: We returned to our room at 10pm from a full day of being at the pool, beach and going into town 5th Avenue. There was NO water for taking a shower, NO water to flush the toilet, NO water came out of the bathroom faucet. Completely, ridiculous, right ?!?!? I called the front desk and the told me that there is construction taking place and that water would be restored in 30 minutes. Day 10 - Departure day! Checked out of the hotel at 11:30 am. Process took 5 minutes. We handed back our room key and towel cards. Sunquest shuttle bus was scheduled to depart the hotel at 12:50 pm. Our flight was scheduled for 4:30pm. We asked the front desk representative what time the buffet opened for lunch to grab a bite to eat before leaving on the shuttle, they said it opened at 12 noon. We all headed over to the buffet to find out that the buffet was closed until 12:30 pm. We asked if we could get in a little early 5-10minutes before opening so that we can have some time to eat, they said NO. We were so upset and annoyed. We literally had 15 minutes after they opened to eat quick and get to the lobby to catch the shuttle bus. A few things about the resort: Trolly service The trolly service between lobby, resort sections and A la Cart restaurants is extremely slow. They only had one trolly running. We spoke to the concierge desk about this and they said that they have 2 trolleys and they run during peak times, but this was not true. This was difficult especially for people that are older and can't walk for a long time. Pools Pools were very nice, But were very dirty and not cleaned often. The concrete around the pools were not cleaned often either. Waiter staff poured drinks that were not consumed into the plants near the pool which brought bugs. None of the shower stations near the central pool areas worked. There was only one bartender at the pool bars and had to wait awhile for drinks. There was not enough staff to attend to guests. Beach Although from a distance the beach and beach pool looked beautiful, when we spent time we noticed the sand was not raked like at most resorts and garbage was left around by people probably because there were not enough garage containers. There were shower stations on the beach to rinse of the sand before going in the pool, but several of the stations were in the middle of the sand so you had to walk through the sand to get to the pool. The other shower stations were in locations close to the pool on the beach, but you had to walk through the sand to get to catch the trolley. The waiter staff poured all the liquid from drinks into the sand causing allot bugs to gather at the beach chairs. A la Cart Restaurants: let's just say the buffet was better! The a la Cart restaurants had a ridiculous wait time after being seated. Waits 1 hour at the Steakhouse and 2 hours at the Mexican this was extremely frustrating. We stuck to the buffet for the entire trip.

Ocean Coral Riviera Cancun: Would return!

Great service, great modern rooms, great food and great people! It's been an amazing trip and we would definitely return again. The only thing I would say is to have more food choices in buffet but restaurants were amazing!

El Dorado Seaside Suites: Everything we wished for and more!

My husband and I went to celebrate our 10th anniversary. We wanted a resort that was not too big and that had the feel of being isolated. This resort had all that and more. The food is to die for. The staff are so friendly. The room is amazing. Nothing better than wake up looking at that ocean having a pool right at your balcony. We had such an amazing time that we are already planning our trip back :)

Grand Sunset Princess: Perfect Resort for how You want to experience the Mayan Riviera

For My first, and my Girlfriends 6th trip to Mexico, we picked The Grand Sunset Princess and from the experience we had, we will only be staying at the Princess Resort in any future trips to the Mayan Riviera. The resort is a quick cab ride from the Cancun Airport and Playa del Carmen, surrounded by lush Jungle and a beautiful beach. The resort is large, and diverse in Scenery, Activities, Clientele, Dining. The Grounds and Rooms were kept immaculate by a hard working, Friendly, Helpful and  [... read more]Fun Staff, which made me appreciate the surroundings more. The swim up Suite we stayed in was central to everything at the resort so walking to the beach, buffet, lobby, bars, restaurants wasn't a big deal, and a major part I enjoyed. My Girlfriend loved waking up in the morning and walking into the quiet pool off of the semi private deck. The food was good. The coffee was awesome. The drinks never ended. So many free activities you can't do them all. The beach had nice sand, and was a great place to play in the waves, or in my case, spend a night under the full moon then wake up to a breathtaking sunrise. Parasailing was the best way to see how nice the location truly is.

Bahia Principe Explore Coba: AMAZING!!

This resort is incredible. Food, pool, grounds, people. Everything just amazing :) We did a couple day trips also....everything was organized and no problems at all. We would highly recommend this resort.

Platinum Yucatan Princess: Beautiful Resort

All in all this was a great resort, especially for the price we paid. Most of the bartenders are fantastic (especially Gilbert at the 24hr bar!). The pools are the perfect temperature and kept very clean. We saw them being hand scrubbed! The Dining is a bit hit or miss. The Yucatan buffet was quite expansive and the fresh grill section always delivered great food. The Tao restaurant's teppanyaki was hands down our favourite, so delicious and always entertaining. The other section is alright as [... read more] well as the sushi. The Rodeo grill was not impressive and left much to be desired for us. We were not impressed you had to pay extra for the outside tipi type things. We didn't even make it to the rest of the restaurants but I heard good things about the bruschetta. The night life was a little disappointing while we were there but the resort in general wasn't very busy. You could go over to the next princess where the night club is - which we found odd since we were at the adults only section. We thought the club would be on our side but oh well. It was nice that we coukd go anywhere but only the Yucatan Platinum members were allowed in our area. The beach is quite beautiful with plenty of chairs and shade to choose from. There is seaweed that is cleaned up daily but you can't fault the resort for that. As far as we can tell the entire coast from at least Cancun past playa del Carmen is plagued by the stuff. It is definitely windy but it keeps you at a nice temperature during the peak heat hours. The staff were all around very helpful and friendly and clean. Beware the one lady that cleans the bathroom near the main bar, she will forcibly braid your hair and expect a tip! The room was very fancy at first glance but shows some wear and tear on close inspection. Nothing major and we were still thrilled about the size and appearance of the room. The free necklace amulet was also a nice touch as well as welcome Champagne. The location of the resort should also be mentioned as quite convenient. You are 15mins from playa and half hour from Cancun. So most excursions and tours (except for ruins) are quite close by and don't waste a lot of time on a bus or taxi. We went all over the place so we really appreciated the central location! Overall we had a fantastic experience at this resort and would definitely come back in the future. Bring your own sunscreen though! You own believe what they charge for it there...

Sandos Caracol Nature Resort and Water Park: Breath taking resort

This was an incredible experience and stay at caracol eco resort! Thankyou for the amazing hospitality, service, food and entertainment. Myself as well as my young children had the time of our lives. We will definitely be back for another vacation in the near future. So much to do, so much to see and a relaxing atmosphere all in one.

Akumal Bay Beach and Spa Resort: Amazing Vacation

Akumal Bay Beach and Wellness Resort surpassed all our expectations. The service was top notch. The food delicious and fresh. The rooms were clean and quiet. The bed comfortable. Snorkeling right from shore was amazing. Saw lots of turtles and an aquarium of fish. I can't wait to return.

Barcelo Maya Beach Resort: Stunning Resort

This Resort is absolutely amazing! It is beautiful, the beach is fantastic, the pools are massive and amazing! So much for kids to do. The entire Barcelo Maya Grand is spotless, they have thought of everything! The food is fabulous! There is so much to chose from, they have the most amazing desserts! We can't wait to return! Even the rooms are nice, even though we did not have a newly renovated room, the rooms were still fresh and clean. I can't say enough good things about this place, it never  [... read more]feels crowed, plenty of beach/pool loungers, ample seating at buffets and restaurants, you have to be a stuck up snob not to have liked this place! I consider myself and my husband to be very picky people, and we were so impressed! Mexican restaurant and Japanese our favourite a la carter, but they were all very good!

Grand Riviera Princess: Nice Family Vacation

The Grand Riviera Princess was grand. It is a very well designed hotel. It had many sitting areas to enjoy a relaxing drink, talk with friends or just enjoy the surroundings. The property is well maintained. The grounds are lush and well kept. The service was good. The food was good, not excellent. Always something to eat at the buffet and the restaurants were enjoyable. The beach is nice, however, snorkeling is nil at this beach. There should be more work at making sure the seaweed is r [... read more]emoved as it does give off a foul odor at times. It should not just be raked and buried. It should be completely removed from the property. Overall, this was a nice resort for a family vacation.

Bahia Principe Explore Tulum: Would never return

The 'Meh' 'Not my problem' Resort. I can whole heartedly say - we will never return to Grand Bahia Principe Tulum. This is the worst resort we have ever experienced. There were a few positives, but these were overshadowed by the mass of negatives. This resort is absolutely huge, and the fact they have so many guests - the majority of the staff don't seem to care about the standard of service they give. They have a 'not my problem' kind of attitude. There were a few very polite, smiling  [... read more]staff but overall it was service with a snarl. We attempted to book our a la carte reservations on the day we arrived - we were only able to book 10.30pm reservations for the end of our vacation - nothing else available at all. We were able to secure an earlier reservation at another restaurant but only after speaking with guest services. On a positive note La Gormet restaurant was pretty good. The food in the buffet was mass slop. Often sat out for too long, and not consistent temperatures. Some days we lived off pizza and fries because everything else was flavourless mush. We are not picky eaters and have been to multiple resorts in Mexico - this is the first time we have struggled to find something at a hotel buffet. We were part of a 40 person wedding group, which was specified on booking and confirmed by the bride prior to our arrival - we were on the absolute opposite side of the resort to everyone else. I know close rooms can't be guaranteed but it would have been nice. During the wedding guests were told to be in the lobby for 2.30pm to be transported to the wedding ceremony. At 2.45pm no transport had arrived and when my fiancé asked he was told 'call wedding coordinator not my job'. Our room itself had broken air conditioning. We reported this 3 times and then gave up as nothing was done about it. It made for some uncomfortably hot nights sleep. We also woke up the morning after the wedding to find no running water, and we had one evening with no power in our room. These latter two problems were fixed but not promptly. The night of the wedding we found a room service menu in our room and called for room service. We were told 'is no for your room' and to go to the snack bar. It said nowhere in this menu it was only for certain guests. We went to the snack bar and found scraps of food , we asked the staff if more would be coming out and were ignored. We went back to reception and inquired about paying for room service as at this point we were ravenous - we were told 'no for your room' and when we asked how much it would be to add it on we were told its not possible. When we checked out the manager had a note of our problems on file and said 'we could have added room service to your room no problem' but this was obviously too little too late. We complained about the above on multiple occasions and were told the manager would contact us. On the last day we received a letter telling us to speak with a guest service manager. At this point we just wanted to enjoy the last of our trip. On check out the manager spoke with us, we did get an apology but it was very much brushed off that we didn't speak with them soon enough to rectify the issues - although we did raise the concerns during the week as they happened. By the end of our week we were ready to leave, fed up of almost being run over by golf carts every where we went and generally unhappy looking staff. If you have got this far into reading my review - I will say we still managed to enjoy our trip on the whole, but this resort is far below the standard advertised. Do your research and go elsewhere - there are MUCH better resorts in Mexico.

Barcelo Maya Colonial: Go back again anytime!!

We absolutely loved this place. For our first trip to Mexico, it was hard to decide where to go. After many days of research. We came up with barcelos. Best decision we've ever made. Already planning another trip in Christmas time. Highly recommend this place.

Bahia Principe Explore Coba: Great For The Value

Food and cleanliness exceeded my expectations for what we paid. The beach isn't great but we still spent 2 days on it. Lots of pools and games. Staff very annoying in lobby selling time shares. Do yourself a favor and ignore them completely. Some of the trolley drivers are irritating as well. They play games and say they aren't going places, but a for tip it's no problem. Really not a big deal once you catch on and depending on what villa you stay there will be lots of walking. We were proba [... read more]bly in the furthest one away so it was about a 10 minute walk to the lobby. I just saw it as good chance to shake last night's drinks! Hacienda is fun with a casino and lively disco if you want to stay up later. Never really waited too long for drinks or food. They do shut down a bit early but there are 24 hour snack bars. It's is a little far from the towns but it's a pretty lively resort so we always found stuff to do, and lots we didn't get too. If this is your first time going to Mexico I'd think you'd enjoy it. For us we had a great but would probably try somewhere else next time.

Bahia Principe Explore Akumal: Loved our stay

We loved our stay! The only blip on an otherwise fantastic experience was the fact that we booked for a King room and got 2 double beds. Otherwise we loved the beach, the service was great (staff were so friendly).

Margaritaville Island Reserve Riviera Cancun: Good food and service

Nice small resort, very good food and service; on a level higher than typical Mexico resorts which are already good. beach has seaweed, but cabanas were very nice. Rooms were well kept and clean, room service was fast and very good. Family friendly.

Bahia Principe Explore Coba: Great Family Resort

It was a nice resort with lots to do for the family. They always had something on the go. You could enjoy the fun by the pool or you could head to the beach. The beach had quite the seaweed issue this year but the safe worked really hard to keep it cleaned. Everyone was friendly and always willing to help out. I am not much of a buffet girl but they always had something to choose from. I enjoyed the a la cartes but booking was certainly a challenge and required some patience and sometime [... read more]s you had to be diligent to check again and not take no for an answer. They definitely went the extra mile for us as a large group and we were able to have dinners together most evenings as a group.