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I would be surprised if anyone said yes, and if they did they would charge you a crazy price. Tourist buses are chartered by the tour operators, they aren't going to be at all happy if the drivers allow spare people to get on. In addition, I think you'll find that the majority of people...

Given how many super important well connected people died, does anyone really believe that the owner of this club will walk free? If he hasn't returned to DR yet I think he'd be very well advised never to come back. The judiciary is pretty much owned and controlled by those families, someone...

Asotrapusa is a reasonably big company, I've called them many times (on the Santo Domingo number) and they always answer and provide the info quickly. That journey would definitely take 4 hours and I suspect there are only two services per day from Puerto Plata to Las Terrenas.

I keep hearing stories of people refusing to release bodies to bereaved families unless money changes hands. Belongings being stolen from corpses lying in the ruins. And now this. Horrendous.

Also would the vibration of the speakers attached to the ceiling be a factor? Over a long period of time the vibration from bass booms may affect the structure? Or am I being stupid

Agree entirely Please understand this is a forum and the idea is to have differences of opinion. Please avoid the temptation to use phrases such as "all that nonsense you were spewing", really there's no need to insult each other.

If a British person went to Jamaica and said, on social media, that there are so many Jamaicans on benefit in the UK that we should be allowed to live there without any restriction at all, I think they would probably expect to be deported and probably be arrested on arrival back in the UK for...

Gosh. Speechless at this one.

In fairness, you have overstayed on a tourist visa for 10 years. I don't think you have the right to be pissed off, you're lucky that they haven't thrown you out of the country as most other countries would have done. If you had residency this wouldn't be a thing. I heard a rumor a week...

There were a couple of years when Iberia pulled the daily service from Madrid to Santo Domingo. However, I think you're right, they have earmarked that route for more flights, going up to almost twice daily next winter.

You should always get to the airport at least 3 hours before an international flight in any case. On a recent trip through Santo Domingo the Migracion systems were not working properly. We waited in line at least 90 minutes to clear Migracion, a lot of people in the line missed their...

Has anyone noticed how badly airlines have been performing recently? American / Delta / Iberia have all had steep drops in share price (even before the latest melt-down due to tariffs). I think we're going to see considerably less people flying quite soon.

Wouldn't it be super if the (only) woman in Residencia por Inversion actually stuck to an appointment time, rather than making you wait at least 2 hours because she is on a break / on the toilet / having some food / speaking to her boss

I have that category of residency and although they keep saying it is going to be easier and streamlined, the reality is that Migracion is a disaster. We have been waiting 35 days for a certificate that they should have issued in 15 days. It's just got worse and worse as far as I am concerned.

If you fly Iberia regularly you are far better to buy the flights using Avios. Buy the Avios and then use these to buy the flights.

Surely nobody thinks those prices are high? Round trip for about 550 dollars, for about 17 hours of flying?

Understood, but these AI's are multi-million pound businesses owned by international chains, and the Ministry of Tourism does do random inspections very often. I have worked in hospitality for many years in DR and I just don't see these unhygienic practices, certainly not in big places...

What could I not be more wrong about? If you're going to post a comment like that, at least please explain what you mean.

Pick up the tongs with a napkin, that will help hugely if you are worried. Viruses live easily on hard plastic. If you spray the napkin with some sanitiser that helps too. The last time I got really sick from food poisoning was when I went to the north coast, we stopped at a roadside...

I saw a woman who had clearly just had a very stinky poo emerge from the cubicle, not wash her hands, put on lipstick and then as she walked out she put her hands on her man's face and kissed him. I so wanted to say something to him.