Anyone stayed at Dreams resorts in the Dom Rep or similar?

Ladleboy · 27 Feb 20, 09:37 PM

Evening,

Looking ahead to next year when the DW will celebrate a milestone birthday. She wants a two week relaxing holiday on a lovely beach. Having had a very quick look and the Dreams resorts (Bavaro and Punta Cana) look lovely for our budget (£2k each).

Anyone stayed in these? We’re looking at the preferred upgrade also so any thoughts on this would be great too.

Also, feel free to recommend any other Countries/resorts etc that fit into the budget.

Many thanks.

Shaun

mskitty · 27 Feb 20, 10:04 PM

My sister and her hubby go to Dom Republic a lot. She has said that resort wise Bavaro beach is the best for activities and been able to go out and about.

However their favourite resort so far is Sensatori Punta Cana. Although she says the beach at punta cana isn't great for swimming/ snorkeling if that's your thing.

She also said that anyone wanting to experience the real Caribbean should look at Hilton La Romana which used to be a dreams hotel where they have stayed.

Ladleboy · 27 Feb 20, 10:06 PM

Excellent. That’s really helpful. Many thanks for taking the time to reply.

SimonB · 27 Feb 20, 10:20 PM

Did Dreams Punta Cana a couple of years ago. On the face of it, it is very nice but scratch the surface and it has its flaws. We didn’t like the culture there tbh. It’s okay for sea, sand and sunshine but we prefer other Caribbean islands.

Ladleboy · 27 Feb 20, 10:40 PM

Simon. Feel free to offer suggestions. Am open to any recommendations

Guest · 27 Feb 20, 11:18 PM

We did Dreams Punta Cana for our honeymoon 8 years ago.
The resort itself was nice, it was on a windy section of beach and the customer service there wasn’t great. Very hit and miss x

KSB8989 · 28 Feb 20, 12:28 AM

Originally Posted by mskitty

My sister and her hubby go to Dom Republic a lot. She has said that resort wise Bavaro beach is the best for activities and been able to go out and about.

However their favourite resort so far is Sensatori Punta Cana. Although she says the beach at punta cana isn't great for swimming/ snorkeling if that's your thing.

She also said that anyone wanting to experience the real Caribbean should look at Hilton La Romana which used to be a dreams hotel where they have stayed.

We went to the Sensatori in Punta Cana for our Honeymoon. It’s a lovely resort and the restaurants are brilliant. We had a swim up room, highly recommended!

SimonB · 28 Feb 20, 07:26 AM

Originally Posted by Ladleboy

Simon. Feel free to offer suggestions. Am open to any recommendations

Can’t really put my finger on it. Don’t get me wrong the place is clean and food reasonably good. The service was a bit inconsistent. I think the things that stood out for me is that they allowed local craft sellers and hawkers in a couple of nights a week and they were quite aggressive and you had to walk through them to get anywhere.

We much preferred Antigua and Barbados but they are a bit more expensive. Suppose we prefer cricket, reggae and steel bands to American football, baseball and Lady Gaga.

I wouldn’t dismiss it because some people love it. It does seem a bit like the Americans version of how we view Spain.

mskitty · 28 Feb 20, 07:56 AM

Originally Posted by KSB8989

We went to the Sensatori in Punta Cana for our Honeymoon. It’s a lovely resort and the restaurants are brilliant. We had a swim up room, highly recommended!

Yes they had one of those rooms too. They said the service, food and everything else was the best they have ever had.

OP take a look at Ocean Blue and Sand too in Bavaro.

27 Feb 20, 11:18 PM	#6
	27 Feb 20, 11:18 PM Guest Guest
Guest Guest	We did Dreams Punta Cana for our honeymoon 8 years ago. The resort itself was nice, it was on a windy section of beach and the customer service there wasn’t great. Very hit and miss x