The Dominican Republic’s Club Med Punta Cana is first in the list of top 10 all-inclusive resorts of the website Family Vacation Critic, as reported in the Chicago Tribune. The Dominican hotel leads the Club Med Sandpiper in Florida, Mexico’s Grand Velas Resort, Michigan’s Grand Hotel at Mackinac Island, New York’s Mohonk Mountain House, Pennsylvania’s Woodloch Pines, Turk & Caicos’s Beaches, Vermont’s Tyler Place, Wyoming’s Paradise Guest Ranch, the other resorts on the list.
The website says that fixed-price resorts make for great family vacations. The reason given is that nobody has to be the bad guy saying no to just one more round of kayaking, sailing, tennis or mini-golf.
The website describes Club Med Punta Cana as “a pioneer in all-inclusive vacations, employs its decades of experience to create an exceptional family club. Spread out on 70 acres with 2,000 feet of white sand beach, the property, despite 553 rooms, almost never feels crowded. At the comprehensive program for ages four to five, six to seven, and eight to ten, kids learn to fly on a trapeze, play tennis, create science experiments, shoot hoops, and snorkel as well as romp through the waterpark’s sprays and pools. At Passworld, teens hang out, go rollerblading and take scratch DJ lessons. Updated rooms feature new fabrics, furnishings and flat-screen televisions plus the resort offers two-bedroom, 720-square foot family suites that come with room service. Care for ages four months to 23 months and tots two to three costs extra.”
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