My daughter wasdiagnosed with cancer in May of 2006. After only three months in July of 2007 she relapsed. They started another round of chemo and radiation and this December 2008 before she was even finished we were told that her cancer had spread throughout her central nervous system and there was nothing more they could do for her. My... more

Six of us just spent 8 days at the Playa. We ranged in age from 13 to 47. All of us had an awesome time. We found the staff and people of the Playa and the Dominican Republic in general to be very friendly and outgoing. They want you to be happy. PLEASE DO NOT BELIEVE THE NEGATIVE REVIEWS. That... more

After reading other reviews before and after our stay, I will try and be as objective as possible, however; the magnitude of how bad this bad vacation experience was still lingers. So...where to start?... Resort: First of all, this is a lower end resort, and we knew that going in. We were still shocked and disappointed by the poor quality... more

I stayed at Allegro for 8 days and it was a great experience.the food was good and the night shows was my favorite part. ;D i love "la maraca" song so much that i downloaded it to my iPod and dance to it! lol xD the fun club are the ones who makes you want to stay forever in that... more

i went to this hotel for vacation this summer but it was terrible because check in was slow, rooms were terrible because i found roaches in the room and also IN THE POOL AREA if you were seen drinking the secruity will right away tell to get out the pool. also the secruity people think that they were in a... more

My boyfriend and I are VERY low maintenance. I read the reviews and thought we would be fine and for the most part we were. The grounds are lovely and the resort is RIGHT on the beach! The rooms were very plain but clean. We stayed in the older part of the hotel in the "middle grade" room called the... more

I stayed in this hotel in May 2007 as my first ever all-inclucive vacation, with my boyfriend. It is a beautiful hotel with lots of trees and greenery. There were lots of other young couples there. All of the rooms are fairly close to the beach, bar service was great, as the week progressed, there was more alcohol in the... more

My wife and I booked a trip through Skyauction to Occidental Gran. After booking it we did more research and started to get discouraged by all the negative reviews and some of the pictures that'd been posted (like close ups of rust spots, or cracked floors, etc). So that served to lower our expectations, but we determined to make the... more

I have just arrived back from a week in at the Occidental Playa Dorada and I was extremely dissapointed in the hotel accomodation, the food, the service and the majority of the staff. On arrival, I was told that we were given rooms in the newest and nicest part of the hotel!!! When we got to the room, it smelt... more