I'm visiting DR with some friends and, for the first three nights, we're planning on staying in the Barcelo talanquera resort near Juan Dolio. The pictures I've seen look beautiful. However, everywhere I look, there are terrible reviews of the resort.
I know some are just because people are not used to the country. They rate the hotel badly because of mosquitos, employees on dominican time, and say that the beach was too dirty when they went in rainy season. However, I'm still kinda wary because there were a lot of bad reviews. Should I trust them? Has anybody here been to the hotel? I can't afford much better, but my wife might freak out if the room is too dirty and it really is a bad hotel.
I know some are just because people are not used to the country. They rate the hotel badly because of mosquitos, employees on dominican time, and say that the beach was too dirty when they went in rainy season. However, I'm still kinda wary because there were a lot of bad reviews. Should I trust them? Has anybody here been to the hotel? I can't afford much better, but my wife might freak out if the room is too dirty and it really is a bad hotel.