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Excellent Service- Better than the Cozumel Palace

Aura Cozumel Wyndham Grand Bay

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5 of 5 stars
marc_moffitt 2 contributions
Denton, TX
Mar 6, 2008 | Trip type: Couples
6/6 found this review helpful

We have stayed at several hotels in Riviera Maya, and Cozumel, and by far, this is hte best hotel we have stayed at in Cozumel. The hotel was extremely clean, very well maintained, well staffed.

We stayed there 3/1/08-3/5/08, and were impressed with the level of service quality. There are several "pretty" hotels, but what sets the experience apart is the level of service.

We have been sold on the idea that the Palace resorts were "hands down" the top of the line, best hotels, and unbeatable service and facilities.

Not only was the Aura $100 less per night ($400 for our trip), but the level of service was better than we previously received at the Cozumel Palace.

The other advantage to staying at the Aura was the pier that is directly in front of the hotel on the beach. There are multiple dive operators that will pick you up at the pier, and then your boat ride to the scuba dive spots is cut in half. As a benefit, one of the best dve spots, the San Fransisco wall is located witin visual range of the hotel (you can literally see where the wall drops off into the abyss from the beach!)

In addition, te hotel offers free Hobie Cat (sailboats) use and instruction each day. The Hobie Cats looked like a lot of fun, unfortunately the weather turned rough on us on the last day.

The General Manger Raul, was standing nearby when he overheard the staff at one of the restaurants inform us that we missed our time to make reservations. The Manager, went to his office, made a phone call, and within less than 2 minutes we had reservations at the overbooked restaurant. It happened to be our last night a the hotel, and also our anniversary. Had we not been able to make reservations, we would have been set to enjoy nachos and hamburgers at the grill for our anniversary dinner. It would have been very dissapointing to say the least.

Thanks for making our anniversary a great experience!!! We definately recommend the Aura Wyndham Cozumel. It is a $15 taxi ride from the ferry area, and they also have on site car rental available for hotel guests.

  • Liked — Hotel Staff very helpful, well trianed, eager to serve
  • Disliked — Only 2 restraunts in the Aura. Many (5+) other restraunts in Reef Club section on opposite side of resort.
  • My ratings for this hotel
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
  • Date of stay March 2008
  • Visit was for Romantic getaway
  • Traveled with Spouse / significant other
  • Age group 25-34
  • Member since August 23, 2006
  • Would you recommend this hotel to a friend? Yes
  • I recommend this hotel for An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, People with disabilities, Older travelers, Tourists
  • I do not recommend this hotel for Young singles, Pet owners, Families with young children, Families with teenagers
  • I selected this hotel as a top choice for Beach / Sun
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Needs some fine tuning!

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3 of 5 stars
Passport0527 1 contribution
Midwest
Mar 4, 2008 | Trip type: Couples
2/4 found this review helpful

We were bumped up into the Aura from the Sabor resort, everyone but one couple, we did finally get them bumped up the following day. The rooms were beautiful, we had the king size bed with a terrace. We found we did not have robes, iron, or hair dryers in the room, requested these from the reception staff and waited and waited and waited, finally we asked one of the bell-hops and it was handled right away. Both pool areas are very nice service excellent till lunch time then we noticed a 2hr period that it was "get your own drink". For an all inclusive we all agreed that the food at the Vista Del Mar was very good but listening to several children out of control dampened the experience. The Mosaique was good, but we tended to eat at the Isola most of the time. The buffet needed huge improvement, cold partially cooked food, replenishing was slow.
There was a nasty sewer smell that never let up in the walk way areas between the Main lobby and the Sabor Resort. We have stayed at several all inclusive resorts in Mexico this was not the best.

  • Liked — Fantastic view, and room
  • Disliked — service needs some improvement and get rid of that sewer smell!
  • My ratings for this hotel
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
  • Date of stay February 2008
  • Visit was for Quality time with family
  • Traveled with Spouse / significant other
  • Age group 35-49
  • Member since March 04, 2008
  • Would you recommend this hotel to a friend? Yes
  • I recommend this hotel for An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, Older travelers, Tourists
  • I do not recommend this hotel for Young singles, Pet owners, Families with young children, Families with teenagers
  • I selected this hotel as a top choice for Beach / Sun, Great food / Wine, Shopping
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Aura Cozumel Wyndham Grand Bay

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5 of 5 stars
Janna1080 4 contributions
Delaware
Mar 2, 2008 | Trip type: Couples
5/7 found this review helpful

My boyfriend and I booked a trip to Wyndham Resort and Spa-Sabor side but when we arrived we were told we had been upgraded to the new "Aura'. I'm assuming because Aura is almost brand new the upgrade was a way to introduce folks to the hotel and generate business. Well it worked because we have my boyfriend's parents ready to book a trip to Aura. We couldn't be more grateful for our upgrade; Aura is absolutely wonderful! As a guest, you have access to all the amenities that Wyndham provides on the family side and the Sabor side but we were so content with Aura, we rarely ventured over there. The other side of Wyndham is nice don't get me wrong, but it was very busy the week were there and going back to Aura was a nice relief from the noise and bussle. The staff is first rate, they are so accomodating and courteous, I didn't come across a single bad attitude or lazy service once. Aura has 2 activities girls that were very helpful and friendly and always got guests involved, they did a nice job. The front desk folks were very helpful with us when the airline lost our luggage, we asked them to get on the phone about it to someone at the Cozumel airport and they were more than helpful and got our luggage there a day later.
The food is excellent at both the restaurant and the grill and the drinks are good and very plentiful. I'm not a big liquor drinker myself but I did happen to notice they had top shelf liquors available, tanqueray, snazzy scotches, absolut, captain morgan, etc. The wine that was served was bottled in Mexico and I really enjoyed it! I'm not a huge wine snob but I know whats good and whats not, I was happy drinking a glass with my dinner every night. We also ate at Mosaique one evening, located on the Sabor side. That restaurant was also very nice and so was the bar/lounge adjacent to it, I can't remember the name of that though.
The room was absolutely spotless and it was very nicely decorated. The bathroom has a seperate soaking tub and a stand up shower, and there was enough room for two people to get themselves ready in front of the mirror at the same time.
The beach is spacious and the lounge chairs are nicely spread apart so you can take a peaceful nap and not have to listen to other conversations. There are two pools to choose from with plenty of chairs and there are 3 hot tubs, 2 are located on the roof of the building along with a bar. That's a great place to watch the sunset, I definitely reccommend seeing the sunset from that view.
Anyone looking to get married in Cozumel, I would highly suggest you look into Aura, the dock and the beach and the restaurant is perfect for an intimate beach wedding.
The only complaint I have of the hotel is that we felt a little lost when we first arrived, we had studied Sabor on the internet before we arrived so when we were sent to Aura instead we had no idea where anything was and how to get around. We could have used a map or a quick tour of the grounds, I suppose if we had asked they would have obliged but I try not to be a pain in the butt so I would have loved an overview map. That's not a big deal, it just took us a little while to get oriented.
Other than that, the hotel was very nice and we will definitely return.

  • Liked — The peaceful atmosphere, beach, and pools
  • Disliked — I can't think of anything
  • My ratings for this hotel
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
    • 5 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
  • Date of stay February 2008
  • Visit was for Romantic getaway
  • Traveled with Spouse / significant other
  • Age group 25-34
  • Member since February 12, 2008
  • Would you recommend this hotel to a friend? Yes
  • I recommend this hotel for An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, People with disabilities, Older travelers, Families with teenagers, Tourists
  • I do not recommend this hotel for Young singles, Pet owners, Families with young children
  • I selected this hotel as a top choice for Beach / Sun, Outdoor / Adventure, Great food / Wine, Spa
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Loved Aura!

Aura Cozumel Wyndham Grand Bay

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5 of 5 stars
kh0328 14 contributions
owasso, ok
Feb 28, 2008 | Trip type: Couples
4/5 found this review helpful

  • Liked — Food, service, view from room, room, pool, beach
  • Disliked — I liked everything
  • My ratings for this hotel
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
    • 3 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
  • Date of stay February 2008
  • Visit was for Romantic getaway
  • Traveled with Spouse / significant other
  • Age group 25-34
  • Member since February 28, 2008
  • Would you recommend this hotel to a friend? Yes
  • I recommend this hotel for An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, Older travelers, Tourists
  • I do not recommend this hotel for Young singles, Pet owners
  • I selected this hotel as a top choice for Beach / Sun, Great food / Wine, Spa
This review is the subjective opinion of a TripAdvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC.
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Breathe taking experience!

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5 of 5 stars
TheWooldridges 10 contributions
Lawton, Oklahoma
Feb 26, 2008 | Trip type: Couples
  • Liked — Everything. The staff was incredible. The views.
  • Disliked — Not a thing. All was good.
  • My ratings for this hotel
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
    • 5 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
  • Date of stay February 2008
  • Visit was for Romantic getaway
  • Traveled with Spouse / significant other
  • Age group 35-49
  • Member since February 26, 2008
  • Would you recommend this hotel to a friend? Yes
  • I recommend this hotel for An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, Older travelers, Families with teenagers, Tourists
  • I do not recommend this hotel for Young singles
  • I selected this hotel as a top choice for Beach / Sun, Outdoor / Adventure, Great food / Wine, Shopping, Spa
This review is the subjective opinion of a TripAdvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC.
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Average price*: $482 (year-round)
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Address: Carretera Costera Sur Km.12.9 Zona Hotel, Cozumel 77600, Mexico