Dreams Dominicus La Romana: Great time at a great resort

We really enjoyed the Dreams Dominicus and all it has to offer. We upgraded to the Preferred Swim-Up Rooms which were nice but we didn't get much use of the private pool. It was nice to have the preferred perks such as a buffet restaurant for only preferred guests and a section of the beach with beach service. There was also pool service and room service included for everyone which is wonderful, you feel truly spoiled. Our (we were 6 ladies travelling together) experience with the staff  [... read more]was great, they were friendly enough, we had no issues. The food was good, the a la carte restaurants were especially good although I wasn't overly fond of the sushi. The beach was beautiful, calm, clear water and plenty of white sand.... there was a little market about a 5 minute walk down the beach with all the souvenirs one could need. The Spa was very nice and my services with Ana were wonderful. The packages are definitely negotiable though and they have a different special every day. I would definitely recommend this resort, it's the third Dreams resort I have stayed at and probably the least favorite of the three but still a nice, relaxing place.

Paradise Playa Dorada: Dominican holidays

The grand paradise is the best resort I have ever been to, the place was spotless and the facilities were the best yet.the select option was remarkable with gourmet food and drinks,the staff were very friendly.the pool was the cleanest I have ever seen and plenty of chairs and towels every day.the flight both down and back was not good as the delays were horrific,about 9 hours down and 4 hours return due to technical problemss.this needs your immediate attention.i would rate this resort as the b [... read more]est resort I have ever been to.

Wyndham Alltra Samana: Relaxing

Recent visit to this resort with my family enjoyed our time. Overall beach is beautiful always had a chair. Swimming in ocean and palm trees building a sand castle great time for my family. Food was ok my youngest is picky so bit of a challenge...but overall ok..hotel clean room cleaned daily fridge restocked daily...be sure to upgrade to select it does make a difference main pool very busy good to access other pools....

Majestic Elegance Punta Cana: Vacation of a lifetime!

My family and I have so much to say about this resort! First off, our agent Kateryna was the best in helping us plan this trip! We went to the resort from June 21-28. When we arrived to the resort everything was handled so smoothly from our baggage to check in. After check in, we saw the rooms and they were beautifully decorated and clean. Every morning and most lunches we would dine at Flavours and the food and cooks were awesome. Of course, it can get repetitive, but for an all inclusive, we c [... read more]annot complain. The staff at Flavours were also one of our favourite parts of our trip! Our usual staff Carlos Doñe, Jorge Luis, Rigoberto itol, Luis Galay and Franklin were absolutely amazing! They made every breakfast and lunch lively, relaxing and provided excellent service all the time. Also, Masiel Jizordo and Yadari and Wanda who would greet us and show us to our tables always made us feel welcome and were so kind! Furthermore, the restaurants options for dinner were amazing and we absolutely loved 9 doors and Il Bottacio. On our anniversary we had dinner at Lim. Gourmand and Pastor decorated the table and absolutely blew us away with the service they provided for our anniversary night! Francisco and Felix who served us during Dominican night were so helpful. Everyone at this resort are doing their best to give the best service and it shows! The entertainment group are awesome and always trying to get people to be involved which is great for people that want to have fun! Cheeky monkey and Sunday Romero are fun and know how to dance! The beach is beautiful and the water was amazing. The only downside was the seaweed on the beach but the resort did the best they could to clean up the beaches and it got better. The drinks were great and my daughter loved the Sammy Sosa drink and I would recommend the Majestic drink and Miami Vice! Everyone at the resort made our second vacation in Punta Cana perfect! We will be returning to this resort again! And we thank the resort for making our vacation worth it!

Marien Puerto Plata Hotel: Good not great resort

The Reort was nice lobby was on the smaller side but had the air conditioned bar at the front good for night time . The pool and bar were good nice big pool which was nice Beach was average little seaweed nice sand good views . Hotel room was nice decent size air conditioning not working for 2days took so long to get fixed not acceptable. Once fixed room was nice had a partial ocean view nice balcony. Comfy bed. The buffet was not good at breakfast was decent though. However the alacarte we [... read more]re good Mexican was my favourite. I did have a good time went to cable cars and on a boat party off the resort were good and affordable overall 7/10 Good price Puerto Plata Dominican Republic experience

VIK Hotel Arena Blanca: Amazing and wonderful and clean resort

The hotel is clean furnished and equipped with everything to make you comfortable. The ground was well maintained and clean. Dining area, was well organised and clean with very polite servers and cooks. I give this hotel four stars. Best vacation spot ever.

Iberostar Waves Dominicana: Resort not what I expected

Stayed at the iberostar Dominicana for 2 weeks. Grounds and hotel was very clean. However I would not have given it more than a 3star. Rooms very outdated. The food was very repetitive we ate the same things for breakfast lunch and supper everyday big disappointment. Lastly things went missing from our room.

Iberostar Waves Costa Dorada: FANTASTIC RESORT

We had a fantastic trip to the Dominican Republic. Iberostar Costa Dorada is a spectacular resort. The service was excellent, the staff was very friendly and always willing to accommodate. There was great entertainment and fun for the kids each night. The only recommendations I would make is for them to clean up the seaweed on the beach. Other than that, my overall experience was great and I would recommend you stay at this resort!

Iberostar Waves Dominicana: Pass on this one

This was my second visit to Iberostar Dominicana. It was for friend's a destination wedding. Unfortunately it was not a great experience at all. When we landed we were greeted by friendly staff who checked us in. They said that since this was our second visit to the resort they upgraded us to the Jr. suites. Thinking this was a nice gesture we accepted and unfortunately things went downhill from there. When we arrived at the room it was very outdated and the floors and bathroom was dirty [... read more]. We went back to the front desk asking for a standard room fearing all of the Jr. suites would be the same. Of course none were available which explains why were upgraded. They said that we would have to wait until the following day at 3pm to change our room. We agreed however did ask for a room with a stand-up shower. The next day at 3pm we go to the front desk and they gave us the new keys. We walk back to the room and it was filthy, they hadn't finished cleaning the room after the last guest checked out and also it didn't have a stand-up shower. We walk back to the front desk and after a long discussion get to speak to the manager who tells us a new room will be available after 5pm. Go back at 5pm and finally after the third try get the room that we requested. Food is largely catered to their main demographic of guests which is European. It was quite bland and boring, since there are minimal changes to the menu throughout the week. Since staff are clearly biased to favor their main customer base, expect longer wait times and poor service even if you tip in comparison to their core demographic. They also appeared to be severely understaffed most notably in their transport team (cart service) since we were there for a wedding we relied heavily on the carts to move around from resort to resort however wait times exceeded 30 minutes at times. This was ridiculous considering the wedding party was under time constraints. It also resulted in a horrible incident where one of the wedding guests needed to get back to their room to take their medication however due to the wait time ended up having to go to the hospital because their situation had progressed to a dangerous state. Overall would not be going back to any Iberostar resorts and probably won't be traveling to the Dominican again.

Bahia Principe Escape Aquamarine: The best resort ever

The words can't explain the great experience we had at the Luxury Bahia Principe Ambar Green the food the people everthing was perfect on this trip i strongly recommend for anyone to go there for it will be a trip you wont regret we will be bavk for my wifes birtgday in November

Bahia Principe Explore Legend: Good Resort could Improve

Going to try and make this short. Stayed June 24th-July1.2017 Travelled with my wife and my 2.5 year old Daughter. Have been to Punta Cana twice prior to this trip. Resort is nice castle and grounds very well kept. This resort connects to two other resorts that you have access to some facilities at beware though no access to any of the other neighboring buffets. So if you don't secure a la carte reservations you will have the choice of two buffets or room service which gets pretty boring when yo [... read more]u eat breakfast and lunch at either or daily. Very hard to get reservations for a la carts at decent time once you check in we were able to secure two one at the Italian and the second at the restaurant by the beach Las Olas. (Another Buffet) not bad but don't like the reservation format they should make it clear how to make reservations before you go. They say to use the app but you can’t use the app until you are checked in and by the time you are checked in there is very few spots left and none at others. Everyone says email the resort prior but no email is listed anywhere I could find to make the reservations. We did get sick off the food, I was sick from the beef at Garden Circus and my wife was sick from the salmon at garden circus. Didn’t get hand food mouth my daughter was fine. As long as you make sure to sanitize your child’s hands before they enter the restaurant or feed them a snack at the pool I think they should be fine. At all the restaurants the staff are waiting with hand sanitizer which I thought was a good thing. Pools were never closed when we were there. Beach had a lot of sea weed but I think that was from recent storm not usually like that. Casino was okay but is at the neighboring hotel, Small in size has a few slots and few tables. Pools were good however the whole thing about reserving the chairs is correct you need to go out before you go to breakfast if you have any hope of getting one in the shade or with an umbrella. If you want the tent ones you probably need to be up at 6am. Free Wi-Fi is good you have to re login every couple of days but service is good. One negative I did have was we went for the family photo session photographer was great pictures were good but prices to buy them were just crazy. If you wanted to by all 50 pictures they took it would have cost $800us and that is just to burn them to a disc. We bought 15 for $150. They won’t barter on the price either. My advice don’t get the photo-shoot that way you won’t want to buy any. We really wanted the photos but I was not going to pay $800 US for 50 photos on a CD. Also almost positive the guy at the pool that convinced us to do the photo shoot said we could buy them all for $150 which is reasonable but that was not the case. I know when we stayed at a different resort we did the photo shoot and bought them all for $150. Also one other thing to mention is don’t worry about brining pool toys beach toys etc. as they have stands that sell some buy the pool and they are priced reasonable. Other negative was they have a sign on the mini bar in the room saying if you want the mini bar refilled more than once a day it is subject to an extra charge, I feel this should not be the case if paid for all inclusive. All in all not bad for a family resort I wouldn’t go as a couple if you don’t have kids.

Bahia Principe Explore Legend: Great experience

Food, amenities, entertainment were all great. They had activities for all groups and ages. Nightly shows were fairly good. We Enjoyed the Michael Jackson show. Seaweed at beach was a bit of a nuisance. Definetly suggest to explore the alcart restaurants especially the Italian.

Riu Republica: Awesome Resort

The hotel was fantastic with beautiful landscape and colourful flowers.The restaurants were fabulous with so much variety .The culture and people were fabulous.I would recommend this resort to fellow family and colleagues.

Marien Puerto Plata Hotel: Rated a 5 star.. in 2002

Upon checking into the room, there was an extremely strong smell of cigar smoke. Reported this to the front desk and wasn’t able to switch room as everything was booked. They sent a worker with a open coffee packet to help with the smell (two days for the smell to go away). Room was mediocre... mould and stains on the ceilings and bathrooms. Phone didn’t work and a few of the outlets didn’t work. 2/3 of the guests were locals, encountered a few who had little manners but majority were frie [... read more]ndly :)

Bahia Principe Explore Esmeralda: Great property.

The room and washroom are really spacious and very clean.Very picturesque resort and we loved our stay there.The pools are great and the staff are very friendly. The spa is good and the a la carte options are great. Enough beach beds and pool beds. Even after 10am you can still find empty beach beds and they serve food and drinks at the beach. Also buggy service to go to various properties and easy access to various shows and activities.

Grand Palladium Palace: Great Vacation

All-in-all our vacation was amazing. (: The resort and it's staff are beyond our expectations and we'll definitely be going back again! Lisa was very helpful when it came time for us to confirm and book our vacation. The only thing that I would suggest is that if you've been to a resort before and have a request for the resort itself (example: requested room/villa) call the resort directly to confirm the request has been received. Our request for a specific villa was not received by th [... read more]e hotel and was not listed on any of our paperwork- so we got upgraded to VIP as our requested villa was not available. Clara (palace pool bar tender) is amazing and Jose Torres (our butler at TRS) was fantastic! They both went above and beyond for us! Even surprising us with a few special treats for my boyfriends birthday! (:

Emotions by Hodelpa Puerto Plata: Very emosh. Emotion Santo Domingo

I want to start off by saying that the workers at this hotel are outstanding. Through my whole week all workers except one at the customer service desk were outstanding. I was a little disappointed by the beach as there is lots of seaweed. Once you get in there is a big area clear of seaweed to swim in so it made it okay. Big disappointment was that we did not have hot water to take showers for the whole week. Also the pressure was really like. A shower that should take 5 to 10 minutes too [... read more]k me 40 minutes. This was the biggest disappointment of all. Everyday I would ask when our water was going to get fixed and they would tell me that it would be done tomorrow. Tomorrow came and still no water. One day we had no water at all and our toilets wouldn't flush sinks wouldn't work showers wouldn't work. The ala carte restaurants we're okay. They are understaffed which made the service quite slow. They push you really hard to go to a breakfast lunch meeting so they can sell you some timeshare. This is definitely not a four-and-a-half star. Maybe a 3-star. I read all the positive reviews before I book this hotel and I'm now I'm figuring out why it has positive reviews. They give you a spa treatment and after that you need to sign the waiver that you will not say anything bad about the hotel.

Bahia Principe Grand Bavaro: Amazing Resort

The resort was great. Very relaxing with lots of entertainment. Feels like you could be on vacation everyday! Embracing everyone's culture also made the guests feel at home 'Canada Day was the best Canada Day ever'.. from the mouth of our kids

VIK Hotel Arena Blanca: Horrible Hotel/Service Doesn't Exist!!!

The service doesn't exist in this hotel at all. You have to serve yourself everywhere. Food variety is none and everyday the same. A la carte restaurants are nowhere to be a restaurant. Cocktails are garbage.

Iberostar Waves Dominicana: Friendly staff

The resort is beautiful, well kept gardens, absolutely beautiful grounds. The rooms are spacious and comfortable while the food at the resort was pretty good, myself and my family only eats seafood but they were a lot of meat options for people who are meat eaters. The people who work there are amazing so friendly they totally makes this resort 5 star.