Paradisus Punta Cana: Beautiful Getaway

Easy 20 min. bus ride to resort. Luggage drop was not directed very well on arrival. No direction was given getting off the bus. Book close to the water and restaurants for shorter walking. Pool area not near the water so choose which one you like better - map is also not to scale. Regular running shuttles were great but some are running on Diesel which was a HUGE TURN OFF. Add the heat plus fumes not pleasant! Grounds were amazingly kept with lots of drinkable coconuts! workers happy to prepare [... read more] one for you. Be ready to be hounded by beach sellers even though they are to remain only on the beach I was told, a few wandered around you 2 rows back which can wear on you by day 5. Several real healthy juices for breakfast but limited juices at the bar was odd. They promote a healthy approach to the bar menu which lacked real juices. Great walking beach/ friendly staff at the pool / beach bars. $1500 in promised spending bonuses on pampering services, turned out to be a reward for viewing timeshares.. Surprise! And then it's not applied to not all the overpriced services and only covers part so you are buying anything you choose at reg. price. Felt like a scam. Check in said talk to your lobby travel rep and he said (AirTransat rep) he couldn't discuss it? We had to arrange a meeting to get it? Oh - a timeshare presentation. Aha moment. Very disappointing. Felt like a scam - poorly represented. Not all restaurants were equal so ask around what most liked more so you make the most of your dinners. Bad experience at THE GRILL. Ordered ribs and my dinner came as a slab of meat on one side no bones and the flip side was solid white fat and gristle - I was shocked. The phone system had 5 star features but ours worked for the first day. Bad line. Housekeeping was always after 4/5pm which was inconvenient and they always scented our room as we noticed after 3 days a slight septic odor. Curtain off track at the end and paint splatters on the wall art. I think our room was next in line for a renovation. Frosting patches peeled off the shower glass/ soap build up and grungy hardware attaching at the bottom. Great TV with lots of channels. CNN / NHL / MBA playoffs and The Voice... I pointed out to staff twice that 2 different washrooms had plumbing problems so the attention to some details are not being managed. A lot of staff always on their cell phones too... The main beach restaurant and bar was closed for renovation after being told how nice it was by our travel agent. Guess they don't pass that along for fear of not booking? DONT BUY CIGARS ON THE BEACH. Locals say the boxes are knock offs and they use 2,nd grade leaf and some banana leaf filler... on the flip side, 1 week of great weather can over look a lot!!!

Bahia Principe Explore Punta Cana: Shocked and annoyed to be there

everything was beautiful but the people, service and the locals. I found out that people like locals are allowed to stay in the resort for 65 dollars a night, this is from people of all backgrounds from gangs, hardworking and even prostitutes can come onto the resort. As a 5 star hotel you are expecting safety, reassurance and fun while staying on a resort not worrying about your money, your well being and your overall security. the beaches are beautiful, the food was terrible, same thing every  [... read more]single day. and the pools were dirty as well as the washrooms. the maids could not clean the room properly but it was always half done. I had the same dirty pillow cases for the full week I was there, all the room was made up and done with the same old ass sheets. there was cockroaches, dead and alive ones, they never had fresh towels I always had to ask for some and the mini bar stuff as well. I would never ever go back and I would never ever let my family either, stay far, far away from this resort. it is a unsafe, gross and nasty place to go spend a week.

Bahia Principe Explore Punta Cana: Shocking and scared to be there

The hotel was beautiful, the ocean was gorgeous and the lobby was easy to access because of the carts. This is the only positive things I have to say about this location. The maids were rude in the 20 section, the place just wanted us as tourist to buy what they had. the excursions were based on sales pitches and trying to make us spend money rather than show us what the Dominican was all about. they had a lack of understanding and trying to converse with people of a different nationality. over  [... read more]all I would not ever go back there and I'm glad my trip is over with.

Bahia Principe Explore Esmeralda: Beautiful Resort Luxury Bahia Principe AMBAR Adults only

I was originally booked for the Esmeralda as it had turned it to an Adults only resort from Jan 2017 to May 1st 2017 and then they turned it back into a Family resort, so I cannot add anything about Esmeralda except that I went to the Bella Italia Restaurant and it was very good. I stayed at the AMBAR Blue 2 years in a row now and this is an excellent resort if you are looking for Adults only resort. Food is fantastic and entertainment is wonderful, I loved the pool and the beach as well. Sho [... read more]ut out to Carlos part of the Entertainment team who made our vacation enjoyable and lots of fun. Will be back again

Bahia Principe Escape Ambar: Best Trip ever

We will definitely be returning to this Resort. It was our second visit here and they did not disappoint. All is very well maintained, rooms, pool, grounds. Food is great as ell as service. We had the best time. Denise & Ron LeBlanc

Breathless Punta Cana Resort: Terrific

We ended up loving this resort. we were initially unsure about the techno party vibe when we arrived, but found lots of quiet areas and TONS of shade for r&r. great food choice; beach only OK - not bavaro

Grand Palladium Palace: Par

The grounds were incredible, always clean and beautiful. The buffets were okay, a huge selection of food. Not always cooked to perfection but the variety was there so always able to find something to eat. The restaurants on the other hand were absolutely perfect! With the exception of the Brazilian one. All our servers (buffet and restaurants) were great! The rooms (for being deluxe renovated) not bad. Whenever you showered the water would always flow into the bedroom thru the glass doors o [... read more]n the other side. The air conditioning needs to be fixed. The safe in the room didn't work. The fridge was restocked daily and the rooms were cleaned daily - no complaints as far as that goes. The pool was always clean and the beach was spectacular.

Grand Bavaro Princess: Great Resort

We has a fantastic time here. Clean and refreshed rooms, food was fantastic! Beach was paradise,and the pool was clean and large. Smiling and polite staff. We are already planning our next stay! Thank you Bavaro Princess for a fantastic vaction. Mr and Mrs M Camlis from Ontario!!

Bahia Principe Escape Ambar: Good Resort

We have been going to this resort for the past 9 years and once again selected it for our vacation. After being there many times we have certain expectations regarding service and amenities. This time we were somewhat disappointed in the amenities. The rooms are getting older and need some upgrades. Took two days to fix the issues and only fixed it after our insistence that we wanted to speak to a manager. The service in the restaurants and food quality was good. I would highly rec [... read more]ommend that the management look at upgrading the rooms because they are in need of upgrades especially the bathrooms.

Catalonia Bavaro Resort: Ok resort

This resort would be more for an older crowd no disco and my 17 year old daughter was harassed by the staff they were very aggressive it was beautiful but not much to do the stores didn't sell much the power went out twice

Punta Cana Princess: Good resort

my resort was very good and very clean and beautiful. The stafff are very friendely. And the temperature was ok 2 days of rains and the rest sunny. And the restarant is very good. It was fifth time at this resort . Very good

Cayo Levantado Resort: Terrific jungle island experience - by far the best we've experienced thus far in DR

This place is extremely well done. The service and waiters have impeccable manners. We were raised with excellent manners, most big cities don't even understand proper etiquette but everyone on Cayo who was working there did. Service fantastic, food fantastic, we are extremely experienced world travellers and have been very fortunate in our lives to experience 5 and 6 star places regularly. This is better than any of the other 5 star places in DR that we stayed by far. Don't even bother rea [... read more]ding negative reviews on Tripadvisor - these people are probably whiners and don't understand the big picture of everything. WIFI was already strong and I was able to work remotely throughout my stay with no issues. Fruits, vegetables, meat, fish - all of it super fresh and high quality. I swam about everyday in the ocean - excellent weather and climate. Beautiful birds and ambience at night. My wife and I were on our honeymoon and we loved the people on the resort - DR is a special place filled with love, music and nature - if you like those 3 things then this is the place for you. Best, Glenn

TRS Turquesa: 6th Time!! Still our Favorite.

We stayed April 29th until May 6th 2017 and had another amazing time. Had rain the first couple of days however the sun did shine for the next 5. We always have great service and love the RST. We do eat breakfast at the Palace buffet and Marcella takes great care of us. Alex has a great team working for him. Front desk management are wonderful and Tomas is always there to assist us when we arrive. We like the Cabana Swim up rooms. A mini Paradise.

Grand Palladium Punta Cana: Great Resort!

- grounds: very well kept, vibrant and beautiful - public areas: clean - rooms: clean; forgot towel service one day, did not push beds and make together as asked for a King and got 2 double beds after asking twice - food: both a la cartes and buffets were fantastic; lots of variety; big negative is that you cannot book a la cartes, instead show up and wait (often can be over an hour if you have a larger party) - beach: clean, long, white sand and clear water - location: 1 hour from airpor [... read more]t

Bahia Principe Explore Esmeralda: Wow Amazing

The resort was amazing, the food delicious and no compliments about any of the restaurants. We were fortunate enough to have a room ground floor next to the pool and ten steps from the beach. Wonderful for us. Only black mark against resort was the "beach towel" issue, they never had enough towels. We only got dry or clean towels twice in two weeks. They need a little flag or something to let people know when towels are available, people show up at the towel house only to hear "no towels" e [... read more]very day same thing. Just let people know somehow, like a flag, clean towels, no flag, no towels. The staff goes over and above in all depts. People so friendly, entertainment good each evening. Everywhere very clean. Trolly service excellent.

Marien Puerto Plata Hotel: Better than expected! Resort is so clean, well tended.

We were very leery after reading all the Trip Advisor reviews, they were not very complimentary. Not sure where they visited but the place was beautiful. Exceeded our expectations by far. Trip Central was great, the lists they send before you leave really helped us to be prepared. We will definitely use Trip Central again and would even re-visit the same resort. They have done a lot of renovations and the grounds were immaculate. Food was A+ which is rare in the South. Our last trip was t [... read more]o Cuba and I did not enjoy the food there at all. I would recommend Dominican Republic be visited in MAY. No line ups, no over crowding, more one on one service. Be careful of the blue shirts on the beach, they are trying to get you to go off the resort to visit their "Market", prices are no better and you get accosted. Be careful of excursion prices, we saw many people be taken or scammed for the exact same excursions.

Bahia Principe Explore Esmeralda: Ambar Blue

First I will get the negative out of the way. We stayed at this resort for two weeks We had visited it about 5 years ago. The biggest issue with this resort was the construction next door. On some nights they were pouring cement and making noise all night. Definitely would recommend a room away from the construction. We tried to move but could only get a room on the ground floor which we did not want. We gave up trying to move as everyone on the construction side was trying to move and we ac [... read more]tually felt sorry for the desk staff. The only other issue we had was exchanging beach towels. We would try 3-4 times a day and they were always out of towels. The rooms are nice and they are clean. What you would expect. The staff were friendly and helpful. Yes some couldn't speak much English but that is to be expected and they tried hard. We did not spend much time at the pool as the beach was awesome. You had to get up very early, before 6am if you wanted seats in the first two rows. There were lots of seats further back. We had no issues with the food. The buffet had lots of choices and most of the restaurants were very good. The only exception was the oriental one at the Ambar Green. It was to hot to enjoy the meal. Overall we enjoyed our stay and would consider returning in the future.

Cofresi Palm Beach and Spa Resort: Most Amazing Pools!!

We had a great Mother - Daughter vacation at the Cofresi Beach Resort the week of May 3rd - 10th. It was the slow season so we pretty much had the place to ourselves. We enjoyed 4 of the Restaurants - Brazilian, Italian, Asian & Indian each was a . I would totally recommend the VIP Party on Sunday night, it was so much FUN. There're a lot of stairs however the buses run all the time so this was not a concern for us at all.

Bahia Principe Explore Punta Cana: So so resort

We stayed in the royal golden section the rooms were clean but dated there was not updated bar in frig as advertised. The staff were very polite and helpful. The grounds were well maintained. The resort was very big and very confusing to most people .all the different part of the resort were all intertwined. The pools were very well kept.long walk for breakfast always to main lobby. Food was abot 3.5 out 5 always find something to eat. Good starter resort for people

Bahia Principe Escape Aquamarine: Very good 4.5 star overall

Very good rooms in Ambur Green which is the 2 yr old section. Food was above avg. service at times was below avg but other times very good. Room cleaning was very good, mini bar service at times was lacking. Beach was very crowded and would be worse at peak season with 5000 rooms fully booked. A la carte dining reservations very difficult to get even with 60% occupancy which was the most disappointing, buffets were very good. Entertainment was actually very good for middle age and above