Sandos Caracol Nature Resort and Water Park: GOOD RESORT
Resort needs a facelift. Workers are very nice. Monkey's are the main attraction! Beach - not able to swim here, too rocky and too rough, had to use the pool every day, and we are not pool people. Food is fine, you won't go hungry. We went for the monkeys. We were bored by the 10th day due to no swimming in the ocean. I do recommend this resort, for the monkeys.
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Grand Riviera Princess: Had a Great Time
WE liked this resort a lot. The Grounds are kept very well with workers constantly working. The Food was great, we ate A la Carte every night. I wouldn't normally go to a resort this big but we stayed in the Laguna Villas section which had a private pool, bar service and Concierge. The bartender, Pedro and the waitress, Margarita were awesome. They felt like family. We had access tho the Platinum Club section and benefits including a roped off section of the Beach with....you guessed it, private[... read more] bar service. The Beach was great for walking but for swimming was pretty rough. There were lots of rocks in the water and lots of weeds washed up on shore. They did work hard to clear them with a tractor but....
One thing though was when we got checked in we were met by a "Concierge" and he took the time to explain our benefits but also talked us into signing up for a breakfast were we would hear about vacation packages. He took us for a tour of the resort by golf cart. At that point although we had a welcome drink, I just wanted to get out of my jeans and see the beach. Turned out he was wrong about many of our benefits which our concierge, see above, cleared up. Although he seemed to work for/with the hotel, it turns out he works for for Holiday company as well. We canceled our "Breakfast" the next day. We did run into other sales folks and manged to put them off.
Other than that it was a fine trip, I might go back but we do like to try different places each trip. Although good value for the money, this was the most we've spent on a trip so far.
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Allegro Cozumel: A really nice vacation.
Grounds are impeccable.Food was ok there was always plenty.Staff is incredible.Rooms are small but clean.Not much for nightlife.Beach was nice always a place to sit.pools clean...the staff makes this a nice family resort we met some lovely people...the excursions on the island were fantastic...nice safe clean place...enjoyed this place ..
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Dreams Huatulco: Great holiday and resort.
We have travelled​ extensively through the Caribbean over many years and we this resort is the cleanest we have ever seen along with excellent service and great food. Highly recommend especially for beach lovers.
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Barcelo Maya Beach Resort: Just amazing!
We've just arrived home from a weeks holiday. What a wonderful week it was!
Everything was perfect. The staff, the rooms, the food, the beach, the whole environment was just wonderful.
We will definitely return!
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Hotel Castillo Huatulco: small but nice
returned for a 2nd visit after 3 years. same well run very easy going great staff. ask for a room on main floor opening up to pool for best experience. food is good the beach club buffet is great. they make fresh nacho chips and pico de gallo every day. very close to town if you want to go out for a nicer dinner than the usual buffet. marina right across the road for excursions and fishing.
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Dreams Huatulco: Excellent Resort
Beautiful resort 25 minutes from the airport. Safe, clean and loads of fun. Loved the 24 hour cafe which served all types of coffee, smoothies, teas and pastries. Food was plentiful including a wide variety of drinks. Service was excellent and we received an upgraded room upon arrival. Enjoyed the infinity pools and also spent time relaxing at the adult only pool.
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Occidental at Xcaret Destination: Jungle Gem
Just returned from one week at the Occidental Xcaret. Great room, good food, lots of acres to wander, wonderful staff. No disappointments. Large pools, beautiful lobby and music every evening. This is a great resort for couples or families.
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Allegro Cozumel: Can't wait for our third stay
We came back to the Allegro for a second time and were not disappointed. It's so comforting to return to somewhere familiar. Friendly staff, comfortable rooms, great beach, food variety, fun bartenders, great location.
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Occidental Costa Cancun: Cool
Jai vraiment aimer le manger les spectacles et la piscine la plage un peux petite pour la chambre ne prenais jamais chambre 156 tres bruyant a coter du restaurant mais il nous ont changer a un autre so apres supert a plus pour la propreter
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Barcelo Karmina: Beautiful Resort!
We very much enjoyed our stay at the Barcelona Karmina, the staff were all very helpful and friendly, the waiters/waitresses in buffet and all restaraunts/bars were extremely efficient.
The pools: Amazing! We loved them, so pretty and not much of a problem to find chairs (we were a group of 5, so had to move around a bit when needing some shade) we had a lot of fun playing basketball, and the waterslide was actually pretty fast! Had a few laughs with that!
The grounds: Beautiful! We lo[... read more]ved walking around and discovering all the little nooks and crannies. The Iguanas that were roaming around were great too, there is one that sits on the bush by the pool nearly every day, looks like he loves the music too!
The rooms: We had an ocean view junior suite, very nice but only double beds available if you don't book a king bed. We had 2 adults and 16 year old. Could book a king bed, some of the couches are pullouts, but not overly comfy! The beds were VERY hard, none of us slept that well. Bathrooms are gorgeous and housekeeping was great. Beautiful view from balcony, air conditioning was efficient AND quiet! We paid for wifi, it was really good in the room, made my son very happy!!!
The beach: beach is small, but nice. Wear water shoes! Especially if wading around, there are tons of fishes right there, makes for great snorkelling.. but... don't stand on the rocks. I did, and within 10 seconds something took a go at my foot!! Scared the life outta me, but didn't break skin, just a scratchy grab... I still can't believe it LOL
The Food: buffet was always good, we were always able to find a full delicious meal. There are 3 restaraunts, Japanese and Italian were best, the agave, while the location is absolutely beautiful wasn't the greatest. It was ok, but felt rushed and food wasn't all that good. (Heard a few people got sick after eating the lobster dinner)
A few in our group had little bouts with GI issues, not sure though exactly what the cause of it was.. I ended up extremely sick on the day after we returned to Canada, can't say for sure though what the cause was...
Nightly Shows: Ok. Just ok.. we didn't bother after the first one. The entertainers work hard, but just wasn't for us.
All in all, we enjoyed our trip immensely, despite the few negatives!
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Sunset Plaza Beach Resort & Spa: Enjoyed this property
This was a great time and experience at this resort, ordering from a menu and not picking from a buffet lineup was excellent.
The staff at this place could not do enough for you to make sure your stay was close to perfection.
The chefs and dining staff would go out of there way to have everything prepared just the way you liked it.
I would go back in a second,be sure to try the crab cakes on the lunch menu.....to die for!!!
Would recommend.
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Riu Santa Fe: Wonderful resort!!
Well maintained and clean resort! Staff were very gracious and eager to make our stay perfect! Standard room was good and the food in the buffet was fresh and featured something new if you went for dinner. Our experience at the steak and Asian restaurant was ok. Cabo is a great location! Our 4th time but 1st at this resort. Would recommend this resort!
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Barcelo Maya Colonial: Something To Do For Everyone
This hotel is amazing. It is very large and entails some walking but my husband, who walks with a cane, found that it was okay.
There were several restaurants to dine in and the selection was amazing. We really liked the buffets. The staff was very helpful and went out of there way to assist us with anything we needed. Alfredo and Caesar were great waiters and anticipated anything you needed. The buffet had a different theme each day for dinner (ie. Italian, American, etc). They went [... read more]out of their way to decorate with balloons, etc. On the American day they had cakes decorated like the American and Canadian flag.
I was amazed at how well the children behaved. We hardly knew they were there. The parents were very "hands on" and really enjoyed their time with their children.
The room was great. There was an elevator in each section. The bed was comfortable. Water pressure was superb. We had a great person looking after our room. There was a line to hang you wet bathing suits out on the balcony which was handy.
There was a double decker bus that ran all the time to take the guests to various areas of the resort - Dolphin show, Mini Golf, Mayan Mall (they don't take cash or debit but take credit cards or if you arrange it, you can charge your purchases to your room) The prices at the mall were fair - much cheaper than the airport - and they didn't harass you to buy from them but let you look at your leisure. They also had a water park. The pool was beautiful. The beach was a bit rocky and when we were there it was fairly rough as it was so windy.
We went on an excursion to Cozumel Island and that was enjoyable. Our tour guides were Monti, Nicole and Maria. They were great. Monti was really entertaining and certainly knew his history and information about the flora and fauna of the area. He made the trip very interesting and humorous. We saw a Sea Lion Show and visited Crocodiles. Also, had a tequila tasting visit which was enlightening. Part of the trip involved driving a jeep. A lot of fun!
We also went to see the Matis Silver factory. Beautiful items and certainly worth visiting.
We met people who had been at this resort several times. One man told me that this was his tenth visit.
We would go back again, for sure.
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Bahia Principe Explore Coba: Parfait pour les personnes avec allergies alimentaires
Breathless Riviera Cancun Resort and Spa: Perfect Getaway
This is the best resort I have ever had the pleasure of staying at. So much fun, all top notch amenities great food and the service was absolutely top notch! We simply just did not have enough time within our 7 days to see and do all this amazing resort has to offer next year we are going for 10.
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Occidental Costa Cancun: very nice resort
its was a nice resort ,,1 night wee hade the room 156 and its beside the mexicain restaurent and we didn't sleep for 3 nignt ,,the clean after the restaurant its closed and we didn't sleep,,so after the 3 night we asks to be change room ,,they put us in 435 and its was super ,,the restaurent a la carte the have 3 its very excellent ,,,the buffet was ok ,,the beach to small and the water was very nasty ,,but the pool was nice ,,,the thing they need is a pool bar ,,but every things was very good [... read more],,,oupp no internet at this hote,l sad ,,,but well it was a nice vacation...
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Excellence Riviera Cancun: Wonderful vacation
Just returned from an amazing 10 day vacation at Excellence Riviera.
Stunning grounds, everything well kept and immaculate.
The staff are amazing and really go the extra mile to ensure you have everything you want to make your vacation perfect.
The food is very good with varied food selections in the buffet restaurant for breakfast and lunch or you can have an ocean view and order off the menu
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There are ten different restaurants to choose from in the evening with something [... read more]for everyone. Our favourite was the French restaurant with Basmati, the Indian restaurant, a close second. No reservations required.
(A big plus for us.)
Only a short wait some nights but you are given a pager and can enjoy a drink in the martini bar or the outside entertainment while you wait.
Each evening there is a live band playing before dinner followed by main entertainment event and often more live music/dancing afterwards until about 11 pm.
Excellence Riviera offers lots of activities if you choose to participate.
The gym is well appointed and they even offer fitness classes (included) or personal training for minimal fee. Very impressive.
The only downside is that there is lots of seaweed washing up on the beach.
Excellence does a great job of removing it in front of the resort but if you like long walks on the beach, the seaweed is an issue as other resorts or private residences don't remove it as well as Excellence.
An excellent resort, I would definitely recommend it to anyone.
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Royalton Riviera Cancun Resort and Spa: Stunning Resort
upon arriving we were greeted by a stunning Main lobby overseeing the central area of the resort and beach. We were shown the different areas of the resort by a representative which I thought was a nice idea until at the end of our little tour we were given a sales speech on timeshares. After being up early and travelling with two young children that was the last thing I needed to deal with. I had to adamantly put a stop to the pitch so we could get to our room and rest. The room was immacul[... read more]ate and quite comfortable. The shower was nice and roomy. The only issue with the room is there isn't enough drawer space for a family of 4. There were only 4 drawers. A nice sized tv with enough channels for myself and the kids. The kids pools were great to keep them occupied and entertained. All the adult pools were excellent as well. The beach was great with the only issue being the constant washing ashore of the sea weed and sea grass. They did what they could to eliminate that but just dumped it slightly further down the beach. a lot of garbage washed ashore as well and was mixed in with the dumpings and really should of been just trucked off the site completely as it was compounding the issue. We ate at all the restaurants except the Japanese. (kids refused..lol ) All had great service and food to enjoy. The Buffet is also well stocked and enough staff to keep it nice that you didn't have to wait long for any customized meal.
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Blue Bay Grand Esmeralda: Blue Bay Grand Esmeralda
We were at this resort early March 2017. We traveled with another couple. My husband has mobility issues and must use a walker/wheelchair for travelling and to get around at the resort. The safety deposit boxes in the rooms are free and so is the WiFi at the resort.
The food at the buffet was excellent with a lot of variety. We did go to the Seafood and Steak house al a carts, but did not think they were as good as the buffet. There were 2 buffets to use during the day and one of them be[... read more]comes al a cart in the evening. The service at the bars was sufficient and the people very pleasant.
We were in building 5 on the 2nd floor which is no problem because there are elevators in all the buildings. We were close to the beach and the pool area. The rooms were nice and roomy and everything worked. The bathrooms were nice and roomy with large walk in showers, but no safety bars. The bed seemed very hard especially for my husband who is full of arthritis. Also I do have to mention that our pillows stunk, literally they smelled dirty; this was also noticed by the couple we were travelling with.
This is a very large resort to get around with a wheelchair/walker. There are shuttles that run daily, but the normal shuttle would not take us to our building, so we would have to walk quite a distance to get to our building. For myself this is not an issue but for my husband it was too far, I could push him in his chair, but that still didn't make it easy. So you could call for a person trolley to take you wherever. The Festival Buffet is closer to the lobby and quite far from our room. That was no problem, but to get back from that Buffet you had to go to the lobby to get a personal trolley to take you back to your room, the lobby is up a huge hill from the buffet. It did not make sense to me to have to push a wheelchair up this very steep hill to get a ride. There should have been a phone at the bus stop area to call for a personal ride; remember the regular shuttle will not take you to building 5. The person with mobility issues has to go further than anyone else to get a ride. We tried telling the driver of the shuttle to phone for us, which he did, but they did not show up.
I guess what I am saying is that if you have mobility issues this might be too big for you.
All in all the resort is very nice, just too big for us.