Talk about doing it on the cheap!
Anyway, hotels.
Colonial, cheap, safe and quiet. Centrally located down town
Aloha Sol, slightly more, on main drag.
Alberto's Suites on Vicente Estrella en los Pepines. a bit noiser but cheap and safe. Couple of our "Pepple" have stay there and liked it.
Hotel Platino..glitzy and much more expensive (2x or 2x more!) located at the rear of a mall area, near the PUCMM and on the Estrella Sadhala ave but not near anything.--except PUCMM and the Price Smart.
Camp David Ranch--inexpensive, but a RD$150 taxi rid up there. greatest scenery in the DR. Great for lovers. Cooler, too.
HB