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reserving caribe tours
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By the way, I know how it is for a newbie. As your departure time gets closer, the questions just seem to multiply. That's OK. Go ahead and ask. This board is absolutely going to be your best source of information for anything having to do with the DR.
I've been to the DR twice in the last six months. Both times I took the Caribe Tours bus between the south and north coasts. Both times I just showed up at the station and bought a ticket for the next bus. Both times there was no problem (and I speak almost no Spanish).bozorboso said:
By the way, I know how it is for a newbie. As your departure time gets closer, the questions just seem to multiply. That's OK. Go ahead and ask. This board is absolutely going to be your best source of information for anything having to do with the DR.
Reservations
Most of the time you can just show up, pay and hop on a bus. BUT sometimes they are already sold out. SO, it is recommended that you reserve ahead of time during key times. I would think that would include Friday night, Sunday, all holidays periods and the day before holidays.
I had a friend visit me during a holiday weekend and he had a heck of a time getting on a bus to go home! He had to wait for 3 buses which were already sold out! Thank goodness they put on an extra bus.
Most of the time you can just show up, pay and hop on a bus. BUT sometimes they are already sold out. SO, it is recommended that you reserve ahead of time during key times. I would think that would include Friday night, Sunday, all holidays periods and the day before holidays.
I had a friend visit me during a holiday weekend and he had a heck of a time getting on a bus to go home! He had to wait for 3 buses which were already sold out! Thank goodness they put on an extra bus.
Re: Reserve purchase
If you send me an email and tell me all of the details, I can "reserve" a seat for you with no problem.
Or, if you speak Spanish, you can call them at 809 241 1414 and reserve your own seat if it makes you feel any better.
Otherwise, you just show up, and if they are full you wait an hour, thats all. There are two or three eateries nearby (KFC, Pollo Victorino, Pasta House and a Baskins and Robbins just up the street.).
Let me know.
HB
If you send me an email and tell me all of the details, I can "reserve" a seat for you with no problem.
Or, if you speak Spanish, you can call them at 809 241 1414 and reserve your own seat if it makes you feel any better.
Otherwise, you just show up, and if they are full you wait an hour, thats all. There are two or three eateries nearby (KFC, Pollo Victorino, Pasta House and a Baskins and Robbins just up the street.).
Let me know.
HB
There should be no problem getting to Sosua from Santiago without a reservation. The bus starts in Santo Domingo, usually makes a quick stop in La Vega, then goes to Santiago. If you were boarding the bus in La Vega you might have a problem. If the bus left SD full and nobody got off in La Vega, then there would be no seat. But a lot of the passengers on the bus get off at Santiago, so that when it goes on to Puerto Plata and Sosua, there are a lot of empty seats.
If it were me, I wouldn't worry about having a reservation for the trip from Santiago to Sosua. There will be people, like you, buying a ticket in Santiago for Puerto Plata or Sosua, but not as many as got off in Santiago.
If it were me, I wouldn't worry about having a reservation for the trip from Santiago to Sosua. There will be people, like you, buying a ticket in Santiago for Puerto Plata or Sosua, but not as many as got off in Santiago.
bozorboso said:
You?ll have a great time! Keep an open mind, prepare yourself for new insights and to meet a generous latino culture!
And as for pre reservations, just forget about those things, live "today" as the rest of us do here, and take tomorrow when it comes!
Greetings from a sunny, hot, hot, hot, hot and humid Puerto Plata!