TRS Turquesa: Just returned from Royal Suites by Turquesa

The beach is absolutely beautiful! We took a 45 minute walk every every morning. Delores does an amazing job serving the entire Royal beach! Although she works non-stop, on sunny days when the beach was busier she could have clearly used some help. If you have kids the water is a bit rough for them to play and would have to be very closely supervised. Lots of shade and sun available. Service is good, but language is a huge barrier. They barely speak English so do not go 'off script' as it ma [... read more]y seem that they are rude but they simply do NOT understand. 'Butler service' was included for us. Our butler Carlos was practically non-existent! He almost seemed annoyed when we asked him if he could book our reservations at the Steakhouse-to which he responded that we could not get a reservation because ALL Americans like steak? Not sure what he meant by that?! We later learned from another vacationer that the steakhouse was first-come-first-serve - and we simply walked in. Food: We really enjoyed the French restaurant for dinner. Fondue was amazing! Brazilian restaurant was just Ok and the steakhouse was very disappointing. The seafood, Mexican, and Spanish restaurants were good. The buffets were the typical all inclusive (even the Royal buffet). There was a good selection of drinks and they were quite good! It rained on Valentine's Day, so we decided to spend a few hours at the spa and used the facilities. It's free when staying at the Royal suites. We used the hot tub, steam room, sauna, even did a 'mud bath'. Lots of beds, towels and even its own healthy snack bar. No alcoholic drinks are served there. The property is spotless. They are always sweeping and mopping.

Tropical Deluxe Princess: Great family resort.

The staff was amazing. The rooms need updating but not bad. Had a few issues but they took care of it quickly. Took our 3 young daughters and we felt safe letting them run around on their own. Have to get up early to get pool or beach chairs. The beach towels were also hard to get, they never had enough clean and ready. They blamed the guest's for not returning them each night.

Bahia Principe Grand San Juan: Amazing trip

First I'd like to say people that say negative things about this resort are crazy. This was our 7th time to bahia San juan first time back in 10 years and it was even nicer than I remembered so many improvements. Staff excellent Restaurants excellent We had a suite which is two rooms two bathrooms for the extra well worth it for our two week stay. We will definately be returning again. Thankyou so much Bahia Principe staff from housekeepers bartenders grounds keepers waiters entertainment  [... read more]staff we had an amazing two weeks.

Cofresi Palm Beach and Spa Resort: Great experience

This is a huge resort with many employees. It covers any budget and any size of family. It was like a mini town itself. The entertainment team were really funny and had different activities each time. It was 4 of us that went on this trip. My friends didn't have a great start due to air conditioner not working in their room, but once changed it was a great experience. The food was great and delicious. The employees are very friendly and helpful! We would definitely go back!

Bahia Principe Grand San Juan: Fabulous Week!

This hotel offers all you could possibly desire. The bang for your buck is a deal and you won't be disappointed. Incredible staff, beautiful grounds, delicious food, and a great time! Hope to return in the future!

Viva V Samana by Wyndham: Great adults only resort

Beautifully kept grounds, with clean facilities, hard working staff, and a gorgeous beach. This is a small resort with only 144 rooms in 3 storey buildings which are all in close proximity to the shallow, sandy bottom, well shaded (with palm trees) beach. The rooms are on the small side, but who goes to sit in the room! Wifi is included and works quite well ...most of the time; sometimes even on the beach. The food is quite good, but I do have to say that they need to work on keeping it hot.  [... read more]Much of it is warm at best, but I do see head chef, Manuel, making improvements as he oversees the buffet and 3 a la cartes, teaching his staff accordingly. Coffee is great; beginning with fresh ground beans.

Vista Sol Punta Cana: Beautiful hotel and beach!

This was honestly one of the most beautiful resorts I have been to. The grounds were so amazing and the beach and ocean were perfect! The food was delicious and so many choices. Did the Italian and Mexican a la carte and both were great. I did have to upgrade my wine 🍷 but no complaints. I would definitely return to this resort!

Marien Puerto Plata Hotel: Good value resort

Nice grounds, food was good, service wonderful. There are too many people trying to sell you something on the beach and at the resort The Dominicans are very friendly and service oriented. Large beach and pool. Restaurants good. Smaller resort, better to navigate

Casa Marina Reef Resort: The resort is one of the best ouce per bounce resorts in the D.R.

The Resort is after all a 3 1/2 star but could very well be a four. The landscaping is very beautiful with 3 pools to choose from. The grass is well kept with back drops of Palm trees everywhere. The high winds will create high incoming waves. Red flag warnings are common to stay out of the ocean waters. People do break their bones. The food/menu does repeat itself at the Resort but for the most part is very good. There are 2 al-acarts, a Mexican and Italian where the waiters serve you wine and [... read more] drinks. The service is quite good and for the most part requires a tip of a few (100)pesos. A lot of people don't- shame! The main dining area is a major food frenzy, people will take your table. Get there a few minutes before it opens and it will not be a problem. Sosua is the town just outside the Resort and can offer you some very nice restaurants with similar prices as here in Canada. When travelling in Sosua be very careful because there are many scam artists out there ready to take your Pesos. Never take more money then you need. A Friend of mine found a wallet in the front lobby of the hotel and handed in to the Hotel Management. After a hour he was called to the office and was informed that there was 3000 pesos missing from the wallet and to return this money he never took. The management told him the police would be in touch with him. They never came but it put a big damper on their vacation. Also, the D.R. Immigration police were picking up Tourists for not having their passports with them, taking them to the station demanding all their money. Immigration did apologize, it hasn't happen thereafter. One tip from us is to keep your passport in your safe, in your hotel room. Never carry your passport into Town with you and never hand it over to anyone without you being there. Common sense!

Bahia Principe Escape Ambar: Amazing Vacation

The resort is amazing. Always clean and the grounds pristine. Staff were so friendly and helpful. The abundance of staff was impressive. Our room was spotless and so comfortable. Food was fantastic. Everything we ate was delicious The selection of ala carte restaurants was very impressive. I highly recommend the Bahia Principe Ambar to anyone thinking of going to the DR. The extra it cost for the resort was well worth it!.

Bahia Principe Grand San Juan: Good resort but not a pleasant trip

I enjoy most of my trips but did not enjoy DR. Beaches are all public so you get harrassed daily by local beach vendors, know one seems to know English so you have to learn Spanish and I am talking about bartenders etc. Cleaners always put my towel back when I would place it on the floor and never made my bed. They would fold the blankets and put it on the chairs or closet. I asked for new sheets and they just reused the same sheets that I spilled coke on. Beach was super rocky and dirty. Could  [... read more]not see anything but dark brown ocean. I have been on a few trips and enjoyed all of them except this one. One more thing, resort reps harrassed you to see their other resort through videos at a 60 minute presentation that I had to refuse more then once. If you are looking to relax than skip this resort or country all together. Only thing I enjoyed was food and the sun when beach vendor's left you alone.

Bahia Principe Explore Esmeralda: Very Disappointed

On a good note the Staff was wonderful, food was ok. Very disappointed with the rooms, we had requested a garden view room, and upon arrival we were given 2 rooms with a view of the main road and a fence. Because we arrived only at 6pm we were too tired to complain. The next morning we complained and were given other rooms with a better view but with 2 double beds and not a King. After changing rooms, we proceeded to the desk to book our reservations at particular Restaurants for the  [... read more]week, only to be told that all restaurants (Buffet excluded) were totally booked and the only times we could get were at 9pm or 9:15 pm, which being seniors was too late. We ended up eating every nite at the Buffet. with the exception of our last nite when I made a fuss and they told me to call the Restaurant we wanted directly to see if we could get in for 7pm. Upon arriving at this particular Restaurant there was a fuss at the door, but they finally let us in, only to realize 3/4 of the place was empty and when we left the Restaurant it was still almost empty. We were not very happy. That same day, with some people we met, ,we found out that people booked their Restaurant Reservations at the same time as their trip booking, which we were never told.!!! This is NOT a 5 Star Resort!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Caribe Deluxe Princess: No snow in Punta Cana

Good walkable beach but a bit too wavy to make use of watersports. I emailed a room request in advance of my arrival and although they responded electronically they totally ignored my request. A/C was not the greatest. Most of the time it was 24 C in our room. It did drop to 23.5 once. Had it checked and they said it was perfect! Had the VIP which includes free room service and due to the fact that we had 3 rainy days (February 2017) we had some meals delivered :) You can dine in a la cart [... read more]es every night and can book every meal at once in the lobby (you need insect repellant in the lobby). Favourites were Mexican and Asian. We did not try Dominican on the advice of people we met. The Brazilian was just a lot of tasteless meat. VIP also gave us a meal in the seafood restaurant. We had lobster which was delicious and huge. Unfortunately my husband's was not fully cooked. Need to "reserve" your chair at the beach well before 9 am. VIP includes beach towels in your room and if you ask they will exchange them in the evening. We went to a couple of shows in the evening and they were better than we expected. Sunwing flight was delayed and Rep made no attempt to let us know that our hotel departure was changed. In hindsight, if I had data on my phone I would have received an email from Tripcentral at 7:45am. In summary, Punta Cana is a nice place to get away from winter and the resort was okay but I would probably try another resort in the future.

Bahia Principe Escape Ambar: Awesome Resort!!!!

First thing, the Resort is spotless! The grounds are pristine! The rooms are spacious & clean. Buffett food is very good. Ala Carte food is even better! The beach is big & beautiful. The pools were clean & big. The staff were helpful & friendly. All in all my experience was extremely enjoyable and fun. I would not hesitate to recommend the Luxury Bahia Principe Amabar resort to anyone! Actually I already have! Great Resort!!!!!

Bahia Principe Escape Aquamarine: Fabulous Vacation!

This is an awesome resort with everything you need for a great vacation. The beach is amazing! The restaurants and food are very good. The activities staff are energetic and we found all of the staff friendly and willing to help. There is always something to do. While there were little things that were inconsistent, we really have nothing bad to say about our stay at this resort. The grounds are clean and well maintained. Just watch out for the slippery walkways and floors.

Riu Republica: Beautiful Resort

It was a beautiful resort, everything was very clean, people were very friendly and worked very hard. Food was great. The beach was very nice. But I was surprised that there was not any life guards at the ocean. The ocean was very rough most of our stay. I would definitely recommend this hotel.

Sunscape Coco Punta Cana: Be Live.....would not return......

Would not return....We just got back from Punta Cana.We were there 2 weeks and went shopping in San Juan. There were 6 thefts of cell phones at the hotel were were at..... apparently the person or persons managed to get into the room while the guests were sleeping. Another couple just got into their room, left there luggage and the phone upon arriving while they went to eat. Came back and phone was missing...... We don't plan to go back there for several reasons. And we upgraded to Master suite  [... read more]VIP. NICE ROOM IN FRONT OF A PRIVATE POOL. THAT WAS GREAT. However, there were lots of mosquitoes, poor service in dining room, food was just okay. Tough meat and cold hot dishes. Did not really like the specialty restaurants. This was a 4.5 star hotel. Staff was lovely, and people we met was one of the highlights. Jack and I enjoyed our time away from the snow, appts ect.... we are now enjoying good Canadian food. 💖💖💖💖

Bahia Principe Escape Ambar: Ambar - Green

Ambar Green was wonderful. Rooms were clean and the clean, pool side view. Entertainment was so much fun. All in all the staff was great could not do enough for you. The buffet at the Green was OK we preferred the buffet at the Ambar Blue which was much better. Would go back in a minute. Karen & Kevin Clifford

Majestic Mirage Punta Cana All Suite Resort: Will grow to become an amazing resort

We spent 7 days at the Majestic Mirage in early February 2017. I will be thorough, but want to make plain that we had the time of our lives and think it will be a great resort in the future. The staff were almost all wonderful and went above and beyond. Our maid Concepcion was great. She always had a smile for us and did her job very well. Our butler Jacobs was direct and professional. Tried his best to accommodate anything we requested. Unfortunately he only sought us out twice, but did [... read more] set up our room on Valentines day. We believe he had a larger group to look after that week. We had the lovely Janette help us out at the jewellery store where we picked up a little something for Valentines. The room was beautiful at first glance, however once there for a bit little things started to pop up. It was MUSTY! And the ceiling in the second bathroom had mold on it. They had, had a scented candle going upon our arrival, but it gave me a headache so I wrote a note in spanish asking that they leave it snuffed. I should have left well enough alone. We needed to open the doors up every day to air it out, which led to mosquitos. Lol. (They loved me but not my hubby) There was a two person shower that we utilized every day. When one person used the one farthest from the door the water soaked through the rolled towel on the floor and spread about a foot into the bathroom area. When both were used with two towels rolled up against the door the water washed all the way to the sink. So the floor is VERY clean :) Our toilet wouldn't stop running on the third day and after texting our butler and not getting a response we contacted the concierge desk. They sent a man up right away. Later the same day we did run into our butler and we mentioned that the night before the air con had stopped working (every night we would awaken hot and I would have to manually turn it on, however this night when I tried it went to P03 and started blinking). I recorded it and it came in handy when the two repairman arrived to fix it. Lastly, it seemed as though the finishing touches were rushed and there was paint where there shouldn't be and grout missing in spots or splashed on areas it shouldn't be. AGAIN....these are tiny things that we noticed and then ignored. Overall we are not a high maintenance couple, but the odour, air and issues were a small disappointment. This was not a cheap trip for us. Having stated what was..... We still had a wonderful time. We will probably not return but its because we will try something new, not because of the issues. We would recommend this property to other travellers as the outdoor space, pools, restaurant and beach are all top notch! The steakhouse is great! The rooms will come. They are working hard every day to perfect it.

Barcelo Bavaro Palace: Walt Disney world of resorts!!

Challenging golf course and groomed well but manageable for any player. Rooms were impeccable and beds were comfortable. Restaurant choice was unparalleled. Casino was fun. Staff were friendly. Beach was super. We might never go anywhere else. Highly recommended.