My kids went up to the Club Dorado in Playa Dorada last week, and me an 'Ma went up on Sunday.
Kids had a ball.
The first thing I have seen under the new Hotetur management was a drive for cost cutting. All the rugs have been removed from the rooms. About thirty jobs went, too.
No soap, just a freaking bottle that is supposed to give you a squirt when you want to wash your hands.
No fridges in the rooms!
Outside control of the A/C. They give you this song and dance that there is an automatic control of the A/C when you enter-leave the room. Bull. Europeans are not A/C addicted like we are, and they wouldn't know if the A/C was on or not, especially if the fan was blowing air into the room.
My kids were really pissed at this situation and complained a great deal, finally being moved to another suite to sleep....
Ma smelled a rat right away and after five minutes, called the Front Desk. "I didn't leave my house to have to work!. Either we get A/C or we are out of here!" "Please advise."
Well, within five minutes the compresser cut in, and we were like a meat locker for the next two days.
The toilet paper sheets are reduced about 1/4. There are only three towels, two bath, one hand in the room.
That said, the people were great, the place quite full, the food was AI but varied. Breakfast was the best, but I must say that the draft Presidente was ice cold! All you could take....
We only had four meals in the two days: dinner Sunday, breakfast and dinner on Monday, and breakfast this morning.
I was able to get in a round of golf with Bush Baby. My old friends at the POP Golf Club put us in a VIP class and we enjoyed it completely.
I did find the hotel to be very clean, and of course, the service people more than just nice. They were excellent and actually made up for what might have been lacking in creature comforts.
It is difficult to judge. We have been going to this place since it opened. It was wonderful to be able to take a flock of people there and cook, clean and set up house for a couple of weeks, all in the security of Playa Dorada. We had kids on the floor-the wall to wall was THICK!, but it was great.
With the shift to AI, we are limited to how many we can have. Takes some of the fun out of it. Except for the golf course, it is making Punta Ruc?a much more attractive for next break we take..
HB
Kids had a ball.
The first thing I have seen under the new Hotetur management was a drive for cost cutting. All the rugs have been removed from the rooms. About thirty jobs went, too.
No soap, just a freaking bottle that is supposed to give you a squirt when you want to wash your hands.
No fridges in the rooms!
Outside control of the A/C. They give you this song and dance that there is an automatic control of the A/C when you enter-leave the room. Bull. Europeans are not A/C addicted like we are, and they wouldn't know if the A/C was on or not, especially if the fan was blowing air into the room.
My kids were really pissed at this situation and complained a great deal, finally being moved to another suite to sleep....
Ma smelled a rat right away and after five minutes, called the Front Desk. "I didn't leave my house to have to work!. Either we get A/C or we are out of here!" "Please advise."
Well, within five minutes the compresser cut in, and we were like a meat locker for the next two days.
The toilet paper sheets are reduced about 1/4. There are only three towels, two bath, one hand in the room.
That said, the people were great, the place quite full, the food was AI but varied. Breakfast was the best, but I must say that the draft Presidente was ice cold! All you could take....
We only had four meals in the two days: dinner Sunday, breakfast and dinner on Monday, and breakfast this morning.
I was able to get in a round of golf with Bush Baby. My old friends at the POP Golf Club put us in a VIP class and we enjoyed it completely.
I did find the hotel to be very clean, and of course, the service people more than just nice. They were excellent and actually made up for what might have been lacking in creature comforts.
It is difficult to judge. We have been going to this place since it opened. It was wonderful to be able to take a flock of people there and cook, clean and set up house for a couple of weeks, all in the security of Playa Dorada. We had kids on the floor-the wall to wall was THICK!, but it was great.
With the shift to AI, we are limited to how many we can have. Takes some of the fun out of it. Except for the golf course, it is making Punta Ruc?a much more attractive for next break we take..
HB
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