Barcelo Maya Tropical: OK resort but not recommend

Landscape is beautiful. Room is great. Beach is nice. Food has to be better and some items over salted. Bus from airport to hotel was very dirty and smelly.,..........................................................................................................

Barcelo Maya Beach Resort: has it all resort

We stayed at Caribe hotel from Oct 14 to 21. Although booked Beach hotel thru our agent, we were placed at adjacent Caribe hotel based on room availability. Initially we were offered main floor room, but on our request we were given second floor room instead. The initial disappointment turned into a favour. Room location in building 5 was more central in the resort thus closer to beach we used closer to Palace hotel. Extraordinary cleanliness, in seven days have not noticed a piece of trash eith [... read more]er on the grounds or in indoor amenities. Friendly helpful staff provided us with great service be it room service, bar service or restaurant service Beach was nice with plenty of shade, clean loungers and easy entry into water since crews were daily correcting washed sections of the shore. Clean beach and bath towels were readily available as needed. Water and refreshments stocked daily in fridge. Loved stake house dining. Would surely return to this resort for beach, room, food and service. Found the transfer from Cancun airport to be in access of 90 minutes rather than advertised 65 minutes.

Occidental at Xcaret Destination: Very relaxing stay

Xcaret park, at walking distance, enjoying nature, mingling with animals including nearly extinct, made this a very enjoyable and educational trip. Not to mention the excellent food, drinks, free Wi-Fi, ala carts

Barcelo Maya Palace: Wonderful large resort

The resort is gigantic and very well kept with great customer service. Check in was a little time consuming for us and we had to wait 4 hours to get our two rooms but staff was nice about our original request to get adjacent rooms. I loved the beach and the constant breeze there. The size of the resort also helped me easily hit 10K steps each day and we liked some of the a la Carter restaurants even though it was stupid only being able to book one reservation each day. The buffet food qualit [... read more]y was poor but I have high standards.

Barcelo Maya Palace: Amazing Resort

My husband and family and I just came back from a holiday at the Barcelo Rivera Maya and it was extremely enjoyable. We stayed at the Barcelo Palace and it was wonderful. From the food to the hotel room to the many helpful pleasant staff. Front desk is the only complaint. It is very slow to check in and putting wrist bands on. We loved the location of the Palace with the many kids pools close. The beach was also beautiful and close to the hotel. Our grand kids enjoyed the Barcy children’s c [... read more]lub very much. The restaurants were all delicious and had the best service. A very lovely resort

Occidental Caribe: Not impressed

I wasn’t impressed with this resort at all. I will not be back and I would suggest to anyone looking to book this resort to definitely reconsider. Food at the buffet is horrible, hotel is outdated and needs major repairs and cockroaches were found in our room.

Barcelo Solymar: HIGHLY OVER RATED

I realize CUBAN food at any resort is rather bland...BUT... SERIOUSLY...no bacon all week...chicken legs.. potatoes as a choice first thing in morning...server dropping basket of buns..picking up back in basket and out back on table PASTA..PASTA..PASTA. 4 star resort...1 elevator of 3 working...1 washroom on ground floor been shut down for last month. Wrong time of year to go...low season...90% of vacationers from CUBA also bring their family...no manners or respect..,#1.. litter pool area with  [... read more]empty plastic cups..#2.. breakfast and supper , head up with empty plates filling up with buns, mini cakes taking back to table after breakfast and taking to pool area and rooms. 2 star resort ..not a 4

Barcelo Maya Palace: Disappointing

We were a family of 6 travelling to BARCELO Mayan Palace. Your Agent suggested we upgrade to The Palace as it would be well worth it. Last year we stayed at The Colonial. Anyway, our rooms were lovely and spacious although the food was absolutely horrible. Poor selection, some stale food like the Truos and flies sitting on some of the fruit. Service was really bad. We had to pile our plates up as they weren't taken away quickly. The Restaurant barely had anyone in them. So much do that Staff we [... read more]re standing together with no people to wait on. We decided to try the Colonial.Restaurant that was so good last year. Again, poor everything. The ice cream in all places was runny and more like liquid. To he honest, we were so ready to come home and get some good HOT food!! We will not go back again and disappointed we had been encouraged to book this property

Barcelo Solymar: Very disappointed

I want to start by saying I love Cuba and the people. I have visited over a dozen times and have never experienced these issues. This last visit was very disappointing and has discourage me from ever going back. From the time we got to the resort it have been nothing but upsetting. The rooms were dirty, no towels were available until the 4th day. I kept getting the run around from staff. We had to change rooms three times due to issues. As for the food, I was aware of the food shortages and I'm [... read more] not a picky person when it comes to food but this trip the food was the lowest quality i have experienced. It forced us to eat off resort for the whole week. I wish my experience was different.

Occidental Punta Cana: Occidental Punta Cana

This is the worst resource which I ever visited Punta Cana above the other 5. So do not even think to go to this place or it will make your self regret and feel stupid. In my last word, garbage food and they will try to hook you up with their scammed time share.

Barcelo Bavaro Beach: Ok

Clean grounds beautiful beach. Rooms outdated, step in showers toilet beside. Premium level not worth the price, Mayan riviera Barcelo resorts so much nicer but beach not as nice. Lots of smokers and communication is a problem unless you speak spanish

Barcelo Bavaro Beach: Good Hotel, Good Food, Good Beach but NO Shade on Beach

All was great, September is off season time and resort was not full. Second time visiting Barcelo Bavaro Beach resort. Week of September 6 - 13 was 6 days sunshine 1 day rain. Great resort and vacation, no issues. Beach - Barcelo Bavaro has no shade area besides palm tree's, had some seaweed obviously but other resorts were much worse from what I hear. Plenty of activities sports or music, can walk to Palace from Barcelo Bavaro beach in 10 minutes. Hotel room - I was staying in Building 2, [... read more] 3 storey building has elevator, room is spacious, has a balcony ocean view, comfortable bed with all necessities such as hair dryer, full shampoo/conditioner, coffee machine, fridge. Never had a problem with AC or no hot water. Water was always very hot. Food at the restaurants was plenty, good, many choices, all was fresh no issue. Restaurant MIRAMAR at Barcelo Bavaro Palace extremely slippery floor.

Occidental Caribe: Not worth it. Go to Mexico or Cuba instead.

I wrote a lengthy review on TripAdvisor you can check out. I can see why Canadians do not want to go to Punta Cana. Their service is so poor and the maintenance of the hotel is lacking enough that Cuba or a 3 star in mexico is better than Occidental. We tipped everyone and still did not receive mediocre service, let alone good service. We managed to visit 1 a la carte only. Lots of locals on weekends. Rude, cold servers, except for 1 lady. Beach was choppy. Lots of vendors. Not worth it.

Occidental Caribe: Amazing Resourt

The hotel was very clean the staffs was very polite and courteous. One down side we didn’t receive a face cloth for the 5 days we were there, and only one bath towel per person per day. I would visit this hotel again

Barcelo Maya Palace: Barcelo Riviera Maya resort the greates

I was very satisfy with the hall trip, flights were on time without any issues. The resort Barcelo Maya Palace was amazing, more than what I expected. Since I was at the Palace, I was able to visit the other Barcelo hotels in the resort, they all were great, though I believe the food buffet option at the Palace was the best. The beach access was good, really enjoy swimming in the ocean, I even got to see a turtle while in the water. Saw the dolphins in the resort and went snorkeling on the reef [... read more]s right at the hotel beach site. Room was beautiful and staff were all very friendly, accessible and polite. I did enjoy all their pool activities, I was doing aquaerobics and Zumba almost every day. I went to the different theater options in the resort. And was able to find nice souvenirs at the Mexican plaza and their retail store. One night I went to the disco and we did enjoy the Latin music in there. All was an amazing and safe trip.

Barcelo Maya Riviera: A great time in the riviera maya

We went to the Barcelo Riviera Maya on the last 2 weeks of august. We stayed 14 days and had 2 rooms with 4 people. Overall, our trip was great, the facilities are great and the food and service was great. Food Our group love the fact there are only sit-down restaurants in the evenings. The variety of choices are good, and the quality of the food and service was great. We tried the taco bar, sit down, seafood place, Brazilian steak house, Italian, French, asian sit down and Asian tep [... read more]panyaki. Enough variety for 2 weeks of stay. The buffet was great too, even if it shuts down at 6:30pm. The 1 complaint we had was that room service is an extra charge (e.g. a $20 cheeseburger) and aside from very minor snacks there is no food at the complex after 6pm. If you miss your reservation, or come back late from an excursion you are stuck hunting at the other hotels attached to the complex. The buffets shut down at 11pm at the other complexes and if you have to take 45min to travel on the shuttle, take that into account ff you arrive late. The food at the buffet at the Riviera is better quality and more varied than at the other facilities. If you are looking for good food, good service and variety this is the place to go. Overall score: 4.5/5 (-0.5 for lack of food options after 6pm) Pools The pools are 4 side by side pools with stairs and a walkway to go from pool to pool. There are several design flaws. The pools could have been connected so people can move around the larger pool area without getting out. This was a missed opportunity. Instead 99% of people congregate around the bars and those areas can get crowded. There is also no place in the pools with shade. This means if you are going during a very hot time of year you will not have places to get out of the sun while being in the pool. They easily have room for such and could add some large sculptures, trees or other features to resolve this issue. The pools are decent. Large and with a variety of temperatures, water features and 2 pool bars at either end of the facility. Overall score: 4/5 (-1 for lack of shade and crowding in 1 pool) Beach This ranks as the lowest quality feature of the facility. The sand is more like fine pebbles. The beach is full of rocks and there is no way to get into, out of or around the beach area without dealing with an excess of sharp and prickly rocks. It's a 500ft walk in the ocean to get to water that is deep enough to swim in without touching rocks. You can go to 1 of the other complexes for a better beach experience. Overall score: 1/5 (-4 for unusable beach area) Facilities The bars, restaurants, activities and entertainment are good. Also, there are 5 other complexes (hotels) to explore. There are better beaches, different food options and activities to find at these other places. As an example, the palace was a nice change of pace with a much different pool setup. The pools at the other 4 hotels is nothing special. The food at the other 4 hotels and their buffet is not worth the trip from the Riviera. The "mall" is hot and just an opportunity to sell you stuff (as the name implies). There is a doctor on prem at this location, but he lacks even the most basic facilities (e.g. ability to treat swimmer's ear) so it's just an excuse to funnel you to a Mexican hospital. There is a double decker bus that takes you from hotel to hotel. Expect to spend 45min+ to get from end to end. Expect to be hot and uncomfortable as you travel. The driver does not open both sets of doors which means you have to wait for everyone to get off and down the stairs from the 2nd floor before boarding and It's at least 5-10min to load and unload passengers from the bus because of this. You end up wasting a lot of time. They should consider putting smaller vehicles or a 1 story open air vehicle for travel. It would be far more pleasant. Overall score: 4/5 (-1 for terrible transportation) Rooms The rooms are the highlight of this property. Clean, up to date, the bed was comfortable, lots of space and the balcony hot tub was very popular during our stay. The very minor item of the AC being limited to 21.5 which was at the limit of what my family was happy with. Would have liked to be able to bring it down 1 degree. This was 1 of the best rooms we have had in our vacationing. Overall score: 5/5 The Service and Staff Overall staff were fantastic. Service was great, communication for the most part was good and we generally had a great time. There was 1 issue we have never encountered anywhere else (never seen it at even all inclusives in Cuba, Dominican Republic or other hotels). Key staff such as those at check in lacked the ability to speak English or actively seemed put out to speak in english. 2 examples: The guy at the front desk when we checked in spoke enough English to hold VERY basic conversations. However; it became evident that was it when we asked him if the unexpected “tax” charge he was asking for was mandatory or optional. He answer yes to both mandatory and optional. The whole check-in experience was very frustrating. The 2nd example was with those running activities at the facility. Such as, the Animation staff (such as at the pool) who genuinely seemed put out to have to speak any english. To the point of “huffing” when anyone spoke English to them. Strangely enough when we visited the palace several times we did not see the same problem at these facilities. We do not expect everyone to speak English but the front lobby staff should at least speak enough English to resolve issues and answer questions. We have never encountered this type of issue anywhere else (never seen it at even all inclusives in Cuba, Dominican Republic or other hotels). Overall score: 4/5 (-1 for lack of English)

Barcelo Solymar: It's Cuba!

Spring for the updated bungalows. The food is decent, the pools are kept as clean as chlorine availability allows, and you can use three resorts for the price of one. Beach is beautiful, of course, it is Varadero. The proximity to town is great and it's nice to walk around during the day and possibly go to the nearby bars and clubs at night. Cuba is having issues with everything, so please don't go if you are expecting it to be like Mexico, Dominican, Jamaica, or even like Cuba of 2-3 years ago, [... read more] it is not, nor will it be close as long as their trading partners are at war.

Barcelo Aruba: Amazing

Absolutely beautiful hotel, Very friendly staff and amazing beach, pool , restaurants etc Food was great especially the Japanese restaurant. The weather was awesome and the trips we decided on were excellent too. Thank you Kevin Dupius for helping us book this awesome vacation.

Barcelo Maya Tropical: Very Nice Hotel

Very clean, Beautiful hotel. Room service is very good. Food is great and delicious. Beach is very clean and adorable. My family really enjoyed the stay at the hotel. Without any hesitation, I would like to recommend this hotel any one traveling to Mexico.

Occidental at Xcaret Destination: Nice resort!

Friendly staff, nice rooms and affordable price! Right beside Xcaret park, the hotel sells unlimited pass for Xcaret which is a deal you can't miss, especially when travelling with young kids. Overall very happy with the experience!