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Barcelo Bavaro Punta Cana, Has anyone been?
We just got an amazing deal on a week at this resort. Has anyone been?
Anything special to look for or look out for? How is the food? Thanks Momma |
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Barcelo Bavaro Punta Cana, Has anyone been?
Everyboysmomma wrote:
We just got an amazing deal on a week at this resort. Has anyone been? Anything special to look for or look out for? How is the food? Thanks Momma Be careful.... We made reservations at the Bavaro specifically because of some of it's activities/features. 3 days before departure our TA informed us that the Bavaro was overbooked and we had been moved to the Melia Carib, whci they considered an equivalent resort. It was not at all equivalent resort for our purposes, but we had no choice and never got any reasonable compensation for being bumped.... This may be a TA issue as much as the resort, but watch out. |
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Barcelo Bavaro Punta Cana, Has anyone been?
My wife and I have been to Punta Cana twice, 3-4 years ago. Stayed at
the Barcelo Garden and the the Beach. Since there are 3-4 Barcelo ones right together you can visit and eat and others besides the one you are staying at. Punta Cana is mainly beach resorts and airport nearby. The beaches are beautiful. We had heard that Montezuma's revenge was endemic on the island. Had no problem the first time. I got it after 4 days and had to be treated. They have a medical suite at the resort. Had to pay with a credit card but got reimbursed due to travel health insurance. Normal US health ins usually won't pay for treatment outside US. We never travel w/o getting the insurance. In general we had a good time in spite of the MR. Have no idea how I got it. Drank bottled water, etc. The food was good. The first time there they had a restaurant where you could eat lobster every nite. The last time it was converted to a steak house that was also excellent. The service was superb the locals are genuinely friendly and hard working. They had drink service to poolside. Since the resort is all inclusive you're not paying all the time. The resorts at PC are operated by large european resort companies like Barcelo, Riu. There are many europeans there. In fact when we were there americans were in the minority. Lots of canadians there also. At the Barcelo Garden Resort there is a golf course, so weplayed almost every day (except a couple when I got sick). The golf was included. You must play early in the AM or in the evening as it gets hot at mid day. Anyway, you'll probably like it. There are similar resorts at Playa Del Carmen which is the Mayan Riveria. These are newer and the Playacar is a neat upscale place to walk around. On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 11:48:42 -0400, Mike wrote: Everyboysmomma wrote: We just got an amazing deal on a week at this resort. Has anyone been? Anything special to look for or look out for? How is the food? Thanks Momma Be careful.... We made reservations at the Bavaro specifically because of some of it's activities/features. 3 days before departure our TA informed us that the Bavaro was overbooked and we had been moved to the Melia Carib, whci they considered an equivalent resort. It was not at all equivalent resort for our purposes, but we had no choice and never got any reasonable compensation for being bumped.... This may be a TA issue as much as the resort, but watch out. |
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