rhondalynn said:
Oh my!! So what will happen when you get there? Will they take you to the other resort? And does THE PUNTA CANA PRINCESS have alot to offer, I mean is it really nice there? Is everything working?
now I'm sooo worried.
Thanks for the info.
Hi,
My wife and I just got back from Punta Cana on Nov 4 and we really loved it! We were origanally booked into the Tropical Princess, which is right next to the Caribe Club Princess but both are still closed for repairs (they seem to be doing more renovations than repairs). We were transfered (upgraded) to the Punta Cana Princess. The rooms at the Punta Cana Princess are nicer and everything there is working just fine. The place was beautiful! You couldn't tell that a hurricane had hit a month before. We contacted our travel agent after we heard about the hurricane and a short while later she got back to us telling us that we had been transfered to the Punta Cana Princess. We didn't have to change any of our bookings, the resort had automatically taken care of it. All three Princess resorts are in the same compound. In fact it's all connected and only a 1 - 2 minute walk between each resort. There are restaurants that you share among the 3 resorts so you end up seeing all the resorts anyways.
Once you land and get your luggage, there are airline agents as you head outside and they will direct you to the right bus for your resort (Caribe Club, Tropical or Punta Cana Princess is all the same bus). As I mentioned earlier, check with your travel agent to make sure that the paper work (tickets, vouchers, etc) that you have (or you are going to get) is going to work. Ours did and they didn't have to issue anything new.
Here's a couple of tips that might make your vacation even more relaxing than it's already going to be:
1. Take lots of small US bills, 1s and 5s. Maybe $70 - $100 worth. We had a hard time getting change from the front desk (or anywhere for that matter).
2. DON'T, I repeat, don't go to the Plaza Bavara Shopping Center. It's made up of about 25 tourist souvenir shops and they all carry exactly the same thing. And the salesmen are very agressive. Do your tourist shopping from the stores on the beach. They carry exactly the same things as well. The salesmen are still agressive but you are outside and can get away/ignore them easier. We were able to barter with them to get a price that was approx. 1/3 of thier starting price. There are a bunch of shops on the beach about a 5 minute walk north of the resort.
3. Relax. Everything is going to be fine and you're going to have a wonderful time.
Hope this information helps.
Chris
