San Juan de la Maguana Vacations from $636

Too far from rooms to Buffett or beach

“It was an okay place, but the food was bland and needed more variety. The liquor was basic and tasted watered down. Entertainment could be improved, the bed was hard, and the beach was quite a far walk. Overall, I wouldn’t recommend it.”

My overall experience was good here. I’ve stayed at many all inclusive resorts in many countries so I don’t want to unfairly compare this one because I don’t know enough about the area. My experience in Punta Cana which is also in the Dominican Republic was quite different. What I would say here is the alcohol selections need to be improved. Not enough variety and almost no name recognition for US visitors.

The place was ok. The food was good, the room was so so, hard bed & lumpy pillows. The property was kept up but people just leave their trash everywhere. The everyday staff, bartender Jose at the dessert bar was amazing, housekeepers, waitstaff, were all superb. Always smiling and friendly. There is a lot of selling going on. There are timeshares for sale. We were asked several times to take a tour and we declined. There are people waiting in front of the CASABLANCA buffet waiting to sell you things. It’s constant. There is always someone asking to show you something. Within an hour of getting to our rooms, we had 2, we were approached by 2 spa appointment seekers and we booked 3 massages, in front of our rooms and paid cash. That night one in our party fell and hurt their toe. I went to the spa the next morning to cancel and was told that I couldn't get a refund. That the money left the property and that I could either book the massages at a later day of the week, get a credit for 320$ of product or get a certificate to use whenever I returned. I wanted a refund and was told for 3 consecutive days that I couldn’t get one. There is nothing anywhere that states cash cannot be refunded. We booked this on Saturday, canceled on Sunday and was told on Wednesday after days of insisting only a refund was acceptable, to return Friday for the refund. It was like the money was being kept hostage and in the end I only got it back in my hands at 11am while checking out on Saturday. 👎