This villa, the staff (Jose and Jamie) and Volalto Group were so wonderful I can not stop thinking about it!! It's almost painful for me to write this review because I want to go back so badly.
The house: Beautiful, with so much lovely detail and décor. Each bedroom had its own style and interesting things to look at. I took so many pictures of the décor for my future beach house. It is also spacious, up to date, tons of sitting areas. Absolutely lovely. The pool is amazing. Also great that it opens onto the golf course for the golfers. Beautiful tropical gardens that made it feel truly immersed in nature. Zero complaints honestly.
The staff: We paid extra to have the maid cook and this exceeded our expectations by leaps and bounds. The house comes with a "maid" and "butler" but I would never call them that, only by their names Jamie and Jose because they are such wonderful people. They made three beautiful multi-course meals a day for us, desserts, pina coladas, accompanied us to the supermarket and even the fish market. They cleaned up after us with a smile, they made YUMMY YUMMY Dominican food that I am craving badly now, they were truly truly wonderful. We are not used to having so much help and so we felt awkward about it at times but they were the kindest people ever that only made us feel so welcome.
The beach and resort: Playa Blanca is beautiful and very close via golf cart. The kids loved the golf cart and it made it easy to explore. Golf course is stunning.
Volalto Group: I have to give a special shout out to Volalto Group because of Andy Listra. He went WAY above and beyond what a concierge would be expected to do. We sent him on a massive grocery trip and he got everything we wanted, including distilled water. Then on the way to the airport, I somehow lost my phone in the shuttle and then Andy tracked down the shuttle at the bus depot, then brought it to the airport for me! It was literally one of THE NICEST things anyone has ever done for me.
all in all an amazing family vacation. All I want is to go back and I hope that writing this review doesn't make it harder for me to book this place next year =)
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