Buenaventura Grand Hotel and Great Moments: Amazing Resort
One cannot say enough about how wonderful the hotel and their staff were during our stay. Everyone was so friendly and accommodating to anything we needed. The food was excellent and the beverages delicious.
Excellent resort!
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Royalton Riviera Cancun Resort and Spa: the best resort
The hotel was breathtaking. From the moment of arrival we were greeted at the bus with drinks and wet towel ettes. The check in was effortless. The rooms were clean. The grounds were well maintained. The food was 5star. The staff were more than willing to satisfy. I would go back again and recommend this resort to everyone.
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All Ritmo Cancun Resort And Waterpark: Small Family Resort
The good part :
This is a resort for family with mostly small kids. Organized intertaiment was good during the day time and in the evening. Total nice surprise was a dinner and a show at the theater. Was awesome experience for us.
Nicely decorated, food was beyond any expectation. ..
And SHOW !!
Mikel Jackson with a new modern twist. We really enjoyed that evening.
I would like to say a special Thanks to the crew. .
Some negative points :
The beach is not good at aĺl to enjoy. .
Seaw[... read more]eed is everywhere and the water is not clear at all within 15 m around the beach. ..
One morning I found big dead fish head 100 m away from our main beach entrance.
We spent all our time in the pool.
And I really really wanted to swim in the ocean. ..
O, well.
Services of every single person at the resort was
SUPER GREAT !!!
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Barcelo Maya Colonial: Very impresses with resort
People were friendly resort was clean and beautiful
We loved the food and beaches the staff were always. Top notch
We have only good things to say
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Crown Paradise Club Cancun: Not Bad but just OK!!!
just got back from Crown Paradise Club in Cancun. Just want to start off by saying the property is nice but just ok. It is basically a hotel on a nice beach and if you know that going in then you will enjoy your stay. I am used to staying at 4.5 to 5 star resorts and this it was not. That being said no one went hungray, no one got sick, and everyone (group of 12 ages from 10 to 50) had a good time. Hotel is a little dated but nice and clean. Only critizm is that they could use more bar staff. Th[... read more]e waits at bars for drinks were long. Overall not bad place had a good time but I personally prefer resort style properties.
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The Reef Coco Beach: Awesome dive trip
The room was comfortable and the food was great. What really stuck out was the dive shop. We had some great dives and the staff was amazing. Highlights were diving with Bull Sharks, Day trip to Cozumel for 2 dives and diving in the Cenotes (Underwater Caverns).
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Dreams Huatulco: Great Resort
The resort was in great shape, clean and small enough to enjoy, and the food in the restaurants are good. Waiter service on the beach was good but enough bars that you rarely waited for a drink. Beach was clean a great for snorkeling or just a nice walk. Shops across the street for the resort if you wanted to do a bit of shopping there or a 5 minute ride into town for a nice outing.
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Grand Sirenis Riviera Maya: Great resort
This is a great hotel for both families and couples. Food is good, rooms are comfortable, grounds and common areas are kept clean and tidy. Staff are very friendly, and quick to serve your needs. Would recommend this resort to anyone!
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Excellence Playa Mujeres: Amazing resort - 5 star all the way!
We just came back from a week in heaven at this resort. The rooms are very spacious and modernly decorated, a fridge full if beer , juices and 4 bottles of liquor, daybed on your balcony to relax after a day in the sun and turndown service every night. The food and drinks are top notch. Best thing is no advanced reservations required except for tapanaki hibatchi. The staff are incredibly friendly and take pride in providing nothing but top quality customer service . Multiple times did we hav[... read more]e staff and managers ask us if there was anything more they could do for us . I requested a different pillow and had it that day. We had one issue with noise keeping us awake and the concierge addressed it immediately and the following day they gave us a free couples massage for our inconvenience . Wow! We've been to this resort 3 times and will definitely go back again!
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Krystal Ixtapa: Great resort!!
This resort is beautiful. They are renovating right now but after the first day of being there you barely notice the construction noise. Drinks, sun and fun. The food was ok, not the greatest but there was always something to eat. Our room was great, we faced the ocean and pool. Lorenzo at the pool bar was awesome, super friendly ! We would definetly return
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Canto Del Sol: Canto del Sol Tennis and Beach Resort, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Two nights before coming home, I got very sick, and 2 days after I returned, spent 2 days in hospital. The bacterial infection I had was identified as really nasty, and sometimes fatal e-coli from contaminated food prepared by someone who didn't wash their hands after using the bathroom. I have stayed at this hotel before, twice, but found the standards generally to be much lower this time. It would appear that efforts are made to make the appearance clean and cared for, but the tennis centr[... read more]e is totally neglected, the lowered quality of entertainment forced on guests on Monday nights when the whole restaurant moves outside, and there were so many more out-of-control kids yelling and screaming, along with doors slamming at all hours of the day or night.
I really doubt that I was the only guest that fell victim to this bacteria, and I hope no-one died! I will never go to this place again!
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Grand Decameron Complex Bucerias Trademark: FANTASTIC VACATION
This hotel boasts many repeat guests. The grounds are beautifully manicured. Staff work very hard and are very friendly. The rooms are basic but are very clean. Block 5 is adults only with its own pool. The nightly shows were excellent and the entertainment staff do a great job. You can walk for miles on the beach and it felt very safe.
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Riu Santa Fe: Sunset Escape
Romantic views, stunning scenery, very cleanly, lots of food to choose from.Rooms our spacious Huge pools with swimup bars Lots of activities going on.Lot of excursons with horseback riding- Atv-whalewatching-sunset dinner.
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Riu Palace Cabo San Lucas: Amazing hotel!
We flew in with Sunwing and much to our surprise the champagne flight was a joke! There is no longer a meal served (not even snacks) and the "champagne" is sparkling wine served in a tiny cup about 1" high.... far from the publicity shown!
As for the hotel... amazing! Definitely a true star 5+. Attention to detail 5+! We basically checked in on the bus ride to the resort. We got off the bus grabbed a drink and a piece of fresh made chocolate, walked to the desk, handed our registration forms co[... read more]mpleted on the bus ride in, got our bracelets and off to our room. Everyone in the hotel made it their mission to make us happy. The food is heavenly, this is the first time in 8 years that I go on vacation and gain weight! Everything tasted as good as it looked!!
It's definitely an experience of a lifetime. I will be returning!!
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Oh Cancun The Urban Oasis: OH!...NO!...bring ear plugs and ear muffs or go deaf
This is by far the noisiest hotel i have ever stayed at. i stayed from jan 26 to feb 2, 2017
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the hotel is situated near the busiest intersection of central cancun that connects three major arterial roads. there is a constant roar of mufferless heavy trucks, buses, taxis, motorcycles...etc. there are 8 lanes of traffic directly in front of the hotel and not just passing by, but the stop and go of accelerating and then squealing brakes. traffic starts early in the morning and continue[... read more]s on to 20:00hrs plus at night. if you have a street facing room...you're toast.
The crazy hot coyote disco/sports bar/night club:
loud thumping music starts early in the evening and goes on to 23:00hrs. the bar was mostly empty the week that i was there, so they must be losing money on that venue. if you have a room near the club, be prepared to be lifted out of bed by the trumping beat. this is a basic problem if you're staying at the OH section. avoid room 25 (just beside and above the bar and facing the street), because if you get that room...you're a goner...as in gone crazy without rest...i guess that's were the name "crazy" coyote comes from.
The pool side Rave music.
i was first placed in room 25 and spent the first night there and immediately asked for a change the next day. staff was attentive and moved me to the "quiet side" facing the pool...but not so quiet. I was at first relieved to be away from the traffic and the crazy bar when moved to room 47. the morning was like an oasis of tranquility because the building and trees act like a sound barrier and the traffic becomes an acceptable dull roar, but that afternoon it all changed due to the boom boom music of the pool stage.
starting around 13:00 the racket didn't stop until 22:00...boom boom boom boom...all day long and all week long. not that there was anyone listening to the noise. the clientele was mostly older people and no one was dancing...except the two juniors who were making all the noise. it was so noisy that i would not eat at the pool side restaurants and i abandoned the hotel during the day to seek refuge at one of the sister hotels. requests to stop or lower the volume fell on deaf ears...maybe deaf because of the boom boom music.
who ever hear of a disco tech/rave in the middle of an oasis? well you have now and if you want to experience that, book a week here...you're guaranteed to regret it.
The rattling A/C unit:
think you can lessen the boom boom music noise by closing the patio doors? no solution there. the room will heat up quickly because of the noon day sun facing the pool side of the building. the a/c unit's bearings are worn out. the racket coming from that unit will wake the dead. and if you don't turn it on you're going to cook. that's where the "hot" part of crazy hot coyote comes from.
this was not just a issue with rooms 47 and 25 but there were workers changing/fixing the a/c units at other rooms as well. if you try to enjoy some fresh air by opening the balcony door...boom boom boom is in your room.
another issue with the a/c unit is that the water exhaust makes the balcony wet the whole time. on room 47 the water was left to flow across the balcony to the drain on the other end of the balcony, while on room 25 they tried to do something about it and there is a plastic pipe across the middle of the balcony directing the water to the drain at the opposite end. be careful not to trip.
Not all bad:
If you can handle all of that. then by all means you'll have a good holiday because the rooms themselves are modern and tastefully done. the bedding was terrific. maid service was excellent, with a nightly turn down service and little chocolates left by the staff. the decor around the hotel is zen like and inviting. the pool area is beautiful and the night lighting is very romantic. the breakfast buffet was more than acceptable and service is great. (accept getting a good tea, which is a mexico problem, so bring your own tea bags)
there's lots of security guards all over the hotel, so there no worries there. the staff is very helpful (as are all mexicans). the central location is marvelous, close to buses, shopping centers, food markets, hospitals...exploring cancun was a real adventure. i loved it.
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restaurants are everywhere, with all types of food, and lots close to the hotel. eating with the mexicians is almost free because of the low cost. i like mexican food, so eating at a cantina was normal. there are no skinny mexicans and i take from that the food is all good, so there's no reason for you to be hungry. if you wish to have a change in diet then there is every kind of american fast food type you can imagine.
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public buses were 11 pesos and run late into the night. taxis will first give you gringo pricing, which mean you need to negotiate. walmart from the hotel was 30 peso, but the driver started out at 50...maybe 30 was too much. of course it's healthier to walk, but look out for the sidewalk and their broken pavement. this is caused mostly by tree roots up heaving the cement rather than age caused disrepair.
the beach bus:
the beach shuttle takes about 30 minutes and there are two choices to go to, both sister omni hotels. i found the oasis cancun the better of the two hotels. i've stayed there three times before so i knew my way around. leaving the downtown oasis at 10:30 and 12:00 and returning at 16:00, 17:30 and 18:00.
the bottom line is:
COME ON OASIS...you can do better than that! oasis has the right employee team, a good building, a central location but management has cancelled all the positives by creating the noise problems. instead of dealing with the road noise, management has added to the problem. close the crazy hot coyote, no one is coming there anyway. get rid of the pool DJ and the boom boom music and put on a nature music CD, you'll save money on the DJs.
I spoke to numerous managers during my stay, all to no avail. i like the oasis hotel chain, but at the OH they have a hotel that gives them a bad name. if nothing is done this hotel is headed for bankruptcy and you'll all be out of a job. too bad for the hard working employees because it's not their fault.
i would not return unless the noise issues are addressed and i can not recommend this hotel.
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Bahia Principe Escape Sian Ka'an: Luxury Bahai' Principe Sian Ka'an
Fantastic trip.Lots to do and the staff is friendly.The trolley is ok maybe a 5-10 min.wait so if you booked dinner reservations leave earlier as the trolley is unpredictable.The beach is ok in the adult area but small and if you walk further to the other Hotels lots of shells.The buffet had plenty of variety but the dinner buffet almost offers the same menu as lunch.Dinner reservations are available but the times for dinner were limited and we had to rush for early dinner times.Entertainment ex[... read more]cellent and very professional.Rooms clean and air conditioner quiet.Being on the golf course is beautiful set in the jungle.Flight great going home only 3 hours to Toronto but hotel picks you up way too early to get to airport .The one issue was breakfast opens at 7 a.m.so we did not get any breakfast on departure as we were picked up at 6:50 a.m. for a 11:40 noon flight Overall great trip and would recommend it.
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Moon Palace Cancun: Best vacation experience!!
Amazing staff!! So much to do on the resort. 5 star dinning at the I think 9 restaurants:). No reservations to eat!! Never had to wait in line for anything. Never had to fight for a seat at the pool. The grounds are absolutely pristine!! This is our 3 visit to Moon Palace and it will not be our last. Highly recommend this resort!!
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Crown Paradise Club Cancun: Disappointed!
The resort was very noisy and busy! Al a cart restaurants were not great at all. Buffet was average! Long line ups for drinks at the bar by the beach, only one bartender there. Elevators were extemely slow. Wifi service was spotty at best. Beach was nice, but again very busy and loud! If you are looking for a quiet vacation this is not the resort to go to. Would not recommend!
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Bahia Principe Explore Coba: Excellent family resort!!
Beautiful grounds, excellent food and beach!! We had a great time and would definitely return. The kids water park was wonderful. The resort is great for families, lots of activities. Lots of selection at the buffets and loved all the fruit.
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Hilton Vallarta Riviera Resort: Rooms are Amazing
The hotel was wonderful. My biggest concern was the maid service. Maid service was terrible. They would take all the robes and not replace them. They would not resupply my room with coffee, I had to call down to reception every morning.
Hotel grounds were very nice, pools were amazing. Waiter and waitresses around the pool did not speak very good English so it was hard to get a drink.
Room service was amazing and fast.
Lunch menu was very repetitive, food at buffet was good but alw[... read more]ays cold
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Resort is not walking distance to anywhere. If you wanted to leave the resort you had to take a cab.