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Sheraton Santo Domingo
Sheraton Santo Domingo
Hotel Guest Rating: 8.3/10
365 George Washington Avenue
Santo Domingo 102-05
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Welcome to the Sheraton Santo Domingo
With a casino, outdoor pool, sauna and fitness center on-site, guests won't be bored at the non-smoking Sheraton Santo Domingo, located on the coast.
Hotel Features
The high-rise hotel is a non-smoking property boasting 245 rooms that include flat-panel TVs, laptop safes, minibars and bathrooms that feature marble countertops and hairdryers. The on-site restaurant and bar also offers room service. Play the odds at the hotel's casino, and head to the pool or workout room before hitting the sauna. Check with the front desk for babysitting and laundry services. Other benefits include a business center, concierge and free parking.
Hotel Location
The hotel is in the heart of the Santo Domingo tourist area on the George Washington coast. Guests can walk to several restaurants within a few blocks, and the historic Zone Colonial is a mile away. In 10 minutes, guests can walk to the Santo Domingo Aquarium, and the majestic Catedral Primada de America is a mile away. Other attractions include the historic Alcazar de Colon, less than two miles away, and the National Botanical Garden, five miles from the hotel. La Isabela International Airport is 13 miles north, and the bus and metro stops are one mile away.
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Priceline guests note the "nice location" of the Sheraton Santo Domingo, where amenities include a pool and sauna and rooms are comfortably equipped.
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- Fitness centre
- Business centre
- Pets allowed
- Valet parking
- Room service
Sheraton Santo Domingo Amenities
- 24-hour front desk
- Air conditioning
- Airport shuttle (surcharge)
- ATM/cash machine on site
- Bar
- Barber/beauty shop
- Breakfast in the room
- Bridal suite
- Business centre
- Car hire
- Casino
- Concierge service
- Currency exchange
- Daily maid service
- Dry cleaning
- Express check-in/check-out
- Facilities for disabled guests
- Fax/photocopying
- Fitness centre
- Free WiFi
- Gift shop
- Ironing service
- Laundry
- Lift
- Luggage storage
- Massage
- Meeting/banquet facilities
- Mini-market on site
- Newspapers
- Non-smoking rooms
- Non-smoking throughout
- Outdoor pool (all year)
- Pets allowed
- Private check-in/check-out
- Restaurant (buffet)
- Restaurant (à la carte)
- Room service
- Safety deposit box
- Sauna
- Shared lounge/TV area
- Shoeshine
- Shops (on site)
- Snack bar
- Soundproof rooms
- Special diet menus (on request)
- Sun terrace
- Swimming pool
- Tour desk
- Valet parking
- VIP room facilities
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Upon check-in photo identification and credit card is required. All special requests are subject to availability upon check-in. Special requests cannot be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
Hotel Guest Reviews of the Sheraton Santo DomingoOur hotel ratings and reviews are from real hotel guests. Priceline.com ensures that its reviews are guests-only by proactively sending hotel surveys to customers after they've completed their hotel stays. In the post-stay surveys, priceline.com hotel customers are asked a number of questions about their stay and the hotel. On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best, the survey asks guests to rate their overall experience and specifically rate the hotel's cleanliness, staff and location. Priceline.com does not allow site visitors to post unsolicited hotel reviews.
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Lourdes from Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
May 15, 2016
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May 15, 2016
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Jhamlet from West Palm Beach, FL
May 11, 2016
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May 11, 2016
Family Traveling with Young Children
People very friendly close to everything
Anna from Madera, CA
April 28, 2016
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April 28, 2016
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This seaside hotel is a beauty! It was just a one night stay, but we enjoyed it thoroughly. Staff, including hotel employee (Saturday afternoon)and hotel employee(Sunday morning at check-out)were most helpful. Room service was excellent! Dollar Car Rental
Verified Hotel Guest from Alexandria, VA
May 21, 2015
Solo Traveler
May 21, 2015
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Very clean and neat.
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May 17, 2015
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The use of the elevators that takes you your room is only activated using your key room which is awesome. Security is taken seriously here.
Once the room was cleaned they kept nocking on the door to make sure I had everything. Sometimes it annoyed me.
Raul from Henderson, NV
May 3, 2015
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May 3, 2015
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Nice rooms, pool & gym.
Pricey on the meals.
Robin from Dallas, TX
April 28, 2015
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great staff and I just loved this hotel.
Michael from San Antonio, TX
April 16, 2015
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The staff was awesome. Polite, professional and courteous ...
Overall a great experience when nothing bad to say ...
Larry from Woodstock, GA
January 11, 2015
January 11, 2015
I have stayed in the Hilton and Crown plaza in the are and this is the best managed and best space. I moved over from the crown Royal because the were incredibly rude. I had some people in my room from The US
I was at the pool and someone smoked a cigarette. I crapped myself but I couldn't smell it outside so far, so good. Then two guys knocked at the door. Crap, Are you smoking? So I agreed to the fine.
Shiashia from Brooklyn, NY
November 29, 2014
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November 29, 2014
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Ordered room service breakfast and didn't get what I ordered. Pictures of the room isn't the same of room I got.
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From the creators of Machine Girl and Tokyo Gore Police, An alien-spawned, mysterious mist blankets the northern half of Japan, transforming those who inhale it into ravenous, flesh-eating zombies hellbent on devouring the surviving human populatin. Plunged into chaos, Japan is torn into 2 areas. The southern half of the country, where the population remains untouched by the deadly gas, lives behind a heavily-fortified wall, while the northern half is a lawless, zombie-infected wasteland.
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This typical/low-budget Tokyo Shocker begins with an odd man chumming a pack of some manner of zombie-demons with severed human body parts. As they feed on the anthro-carrion our chummer "fishes" for deadite heads using a sharp hook at the end of a rope. Then he removes something that could only be described as an evil wishbone growing out of their foreheads. We later learn that these "horns" are sued as street drugs, unstable explosives and are the source of undeadity in these zombies. When things get out of hand a random chick (our hero, Kika) with chainsaw-swords and some mean stripper pole skills comes to the rescue...what ensues is just plain silly...a truck flies through the air and Jenga's a 50' tower of zombie-demons, one of which a spine with a head at the end of it growing out of his head.
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Get an overview of this hotel3.5-star London hotel in Ealing with free parking
Located in Ealing, this hotel is 0.7 mi (1.2 km) from Ealing Broadway Shopping Center and within 3 mi (5 km) of Griffin Park Stadium and Royal Botanic Gardens. Kew Palace is 3 mi (4.8 km) away.
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A restaurant, a bar/lounge, and a coffee shop/café are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, concierge services, dry cleaning, and laundry facilities are onsite.
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All 29 rooms offer free WiFi, Egyptian cotton sheets, and flat-screen TVs. Guests will also find coffee makers, free bottled water, and hair dryers.Would you like to give us feedback? Share it! Opens in a new window
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The hotel offers a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. This London hotel also offers a terrace, tour/ticket assistance, and multilingual staff. Limited complimentary onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Hotel 55 is a smoke-free property.
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College Park- Hey all, I've decided to go with a slightly more formal looking approach to my blog. This way I can keep track of when I'm posting easily and make sure I live up to my commitment to post once a week. If you don't like it, well ... tough.
One thing that has been bugging me over the last couple years is the seeming ascendancy of multiplayer online gaming.
As all of you who read my last blog know, one of the things that annoyed me about the new Ratchet Deadlocked game was that it seemed to be a multiplayer game that had a single player story tacked on to its battle maps.
So this begs the question why is the gaming industry moving towards catering to online gamers? Is single player gaming dead?
It doesn't seem to make sense to me at least the rise in online multiplayer gaming. According to the US Census Bureau 2000 report, Internet access is proliferating but not widespread. Okay follow me on this.
- Internet access naturally follows computer ownership <why subscribe to AOL if you don't have a computer, duh>.
- 51 percent of American homeowners have a computer
- 42 percent of homeowners have Internet access at home
The problem with that number is that it doesn't reflect the large number of people who rely on dialup. As anyone with dialup knows it?????s virtually impossible to play an online game like Ratchet Deadlocked or Star Wars: Battlefront over the phone line. It just can't compete with high-speed Internet access.
- According to a report in 2002 by the FCC only 17.1 million people have access to high speed Internet either in their home or work.
- To be fair though that number is rapidly rising, between 2000 and 2001 it rose by more than 50 percent.
That means multiplayer games are being made expressly for an extremely small cross section of America.
I'm not against multiplayer gaming. I know there are tons of people on the UP that love Smash brothers but there's a big difference between supporting party games -i.e. ones that encourage people to come together - and ones that encourage people to meet up in a faceless anonymous hub. Online games may be cool because of their anonymity. After all, in an online game you can talk tons of horrible, disgraceful crap you possibly wouldn't say around friends. But you don't make friends through anonymity or talking trash (....most of the time).
I like party games. Some of my favorite memories when I was a kid was dissing my sister, cousin, insert_loser after kicking ass in Super mario kart (honestly that game rocked so much that I considering buying Gamecube just for it ...and metroid)
I love co-op story games. The only good thing about the new Ratchet Deadlocked is that you can play through the story mode with a fried. My roommates and I have played through 007 Everything or Nothing's co-op all the time.
I just don't see why designers are acting like today is the age of online games...maybe tomorrow but not for a while. But hey, Star Wars: Battlefront is a top seller so maybe I'm wrong.
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Purpose: For all hikers who want to walk non-stop with moderate pace, for 5 miles through west end-Vanderbilt area.
Route: Acklen Ave-Love Circle- Orleans Dr-32nd Ave-Blakemore Ave- Natchez trace-Kensington plce-24th ave-Vanderbilt pl-25 Ave-Garland Ave-Vanderbilt campus-peabody college-21st Ave-Belcourt Ave-Fannie Maes Park-Eakin Elementary (same route as Urban Hike II organized by Frank/James Q
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Imagine living on the West Coast of the USA. An earthquake strikes. Supplies are needed, and the products are far away on the East Coast of the USA. The people on the West Coast not only need those supplies, but they also need personnel to install, maintain, or teach or facilitate their use. Those personnel live elsewhere, but must be brought to the West Coast as well.
It would be easier of course if the personnel and supplies were closer, and this is why duplication of inventory and training of personnel is done to facilitate operations. Still, that requires a lot of foresight and money and the will to apply energy towards both purposes.
We all know that most people will do the least that they have to, for they're busy with their regular activities and use minimal energy for preparedness for something that happens irregularly.
This means that disruptions in a disaster are normal, but shocking for the person experiencing them. They thought is couldn't happen to them because their routine lives are relatively simple because of mutual co-dependency.
That co-dependency creates the potential for an equal disaster should something break the chain of mutual assistance.
The further away the supplies and personnel are, the more expensive the transportation costs will be in fuel, time, wear and tear on vehicles, cumulative personnel's downtime (breaks, sleep, refueling), traffic jams, detours, etc.
The weather will create stoppages of work-flow. Sometimes, the stoppage could entirely halt multiple vehicles and back them up if the sole channel for transportation is disrupted. See issues of barge traffic along the Mississippi River due to drought. It causes a cascade failure. It means river dredging operations by the Corp of Engineers and unloading and reloading of barges.
If supplies are needed in multiple locations simultaneously, then the deliveries that are closest to their end point destinations will arrive first and be installed. Isn't that logical? A delivery of supplies might be diverted towards local effort way before they ever made their way across country.
If a dollar collapse happened, and a driver was attempting to make deliveries and had no way to cope with rising fuel prices, then how would the driver get to their destinations?
Wouldn't you rather have a month of supplies (minimal) and learn skills so you can cope yourself rather than wait for something to arrive and suffer in the interim? If people didn't have food and water for a month, how many would perish? All of them would that didn't have skills to acquire food and water.
In a month after a collapse, a lot of food might be around in distribution centers unless they've been commandeered. Survivors of any collapse could probably locate some supplies amidst all of the wreckage left behind of such chaos.
Based upon the agricultural season, mass amounts of crops and livestock could die or be rendered unusable. Don't count upon them as being food sources.
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Since their inception in 2003, Welsh quartet Bullet for My Valentine have been taking cues from '80s metal bands and the punk-infused metal of the new millennium to make melodic, metallic, dark rock songs. Originating from Bridgend, South Wales -- a breeding ground for like-minded groups like Funeral for a Friend and LostProphets -- the group consists of childhood friends Matthew Tuck (vocals/guitar), Michael Padget (guitar/vocals), Jason James (bass/vocals), and Michael Thomas (drums). Everyone in the group, with the sole exception of James, previously performed together for a few years in Jeff Killed John. One day before entering the recording studio, though, Jeff Killed John's original bassist abruptly walked out, effectively breaking up the band with his exit.
Regrouping under the new name Bullet for My Valentine (with James on board), the guys reworked their sound and were signed at their second gig by London's Visible Noise. They released a self-titled EP in the U.K. in November 2004, and their debut album, The Poison, appeared the next fall. One year later they partnered with an American label, Trustkill, to begin releasing their material in the U.S. As a result, Hand of Blood -- essentially a deluxe version of the band's first EP -- was issued to American audiences in August. That same year, Bullet for My Valentine won Kerrang!''s Best British Newcomer Award and headlined the magazine's XXV tour. The U.S. release of The Poison followed in early 2006, as did a nationwide tour in support of Rob Zombie, and the album eventually sold more than 500,000 copies in America alone. Meanwhile, Bullet for My Valentine headed back to the U.K. in June for a third appearance at the annual Download Festival.
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There is good shopping in Playa del Carmen, Cozumel, Tulum ruins and Tulum Pueblo.
Chitzen Itza is definitely the Mayan ruin site to visit if you are only going to visit one site during your stay.
All-inclusive means that you have already pre-paid all expenses including gratuities. However, if a maid, bartender, waiter, etc. goes out of their way to do something special for you, than yes, a tip should be given.
If people insist upon routinely tipping, than why not offer to pay again for your meals, room, drinks, transfers, etc.? That wouldn't make any sense either because you've already pre-paid those expenses.
In the majority of restaurants tips are shared between the entire staff. If you feel that you have received exceptional service from somebody then you can palm him or her a tip.
The waiter cannot provide the great service without the help of a great team behind the scenes….. Shared tipping is common practice at many restaurants everywhere.
How much you tip is up to you. You can set a standard like this if you wish:
One dollar per person in your group (i.e. 3 people eating at the buffet = $3 tip, 2 people drinking at a bar = $2 tip).
One dollar per day per person for the maid. Five – twenty dollars on last day if service is exceptional.
One – five dollars for the taxi driver.
Five dollars for a tour operator/guide.
Pesos or US dollars are the currency used.
The general consensus among travelers is that vacationers generally buy travels insurance while backpackers do not.
When you should have travel insurance:
During hurricane season.
Traveling with children or elderly.
If you have a close sick relative.
Reasons to have travel insurance:
If the price lowers you can get a refund [on some plans*].
Trip assurance.
Unexpected disasters.
Reimbursements for medical costs.
Peace of mind.
Some credit cards offer travel insurance for a nominal fee that can cover you up to a year and some cards cover any person's trip if it is purchased on the card.
*Some insurance plans will reimburse you the difference in price if you find the same vacation for less.
Playa del Carmen is located on the Caribbean coast of Mexico in the Yucatan Peninsula. The "Yucatan" consists of three states. Playa del Carmen is in the state of Quintana Roo.
Playa del Carmen is about an hour south of Cancun by car or bus. The ferry to Cozumel is located in Playa del Carmen. Playacar is just south of Playa del Carmen.
Negra Modelo
Modelo Especial
Tecate Light
Dos Equis Special Lager
Dos Equis Draft
Dos Equis Amber
**Now there are a variety of all types of international beers as well
The tourist zone in Playa del Carmen jostles with tourists of all ages right up until the shops and then restaurants close. After that things start to thin out quickly, after 1:00ish things simmer down considerably and only a few late night after hour clubs and cafes remain open. Even then police are present as well as local workers on late shifts and hotel security. With that being said, Playa del Carmen is typically very safe. We have not heard of any problems with tourists having issues with this.
Yes and the taxi driver will wait for you at each destination while you visit. Arrange cost upfront before you leave.
No it is not necessary but it does help solidify an itinerary and usually saves money. There are lots of tour companies in Playa and every hotel will have one or more tour companies operating out of their lobby or for smaller hotels they can "recommend" a company for you and make arrangements.
Most do now… see:Playa del Carmen Vacations
Yes, they are everywhere now. When we say "everywhere" we mean that there are ATMs conveniently located throughout the tourist zones, all major grocery/department stores and banks.
Playa del Carmen is okay for beginners and children but the snorkeling is not good around any of Playa's beaches. For great snorkeling you need to go up the highway a little or cross to Cozumel.
For more info see: Mayan Riviera Snorkeling Info
It is typically best to use Mexican pesos. Nearly all facilities will accept dollars but typically do not give a favorable exchange rate. If you do not bring pesos their are ATM's, banks, and money exchange places everywhere. ATM's typically provide the best rate.
Colectivos are full size transportation vans. They drive up and down the highway between Playa and Tulum and Playa and Cancun. The vans have air-conditioning [always on full] and are usually in good shape.
For more info see: What is a Colectivo
The main ferry doc that goes to Cozumel is located on the south end of town at Juarez and the ocean.
No. According to some published guides there is allegedly a clothing optional beach at Punta Bete. This is not quite accurate and the police can arrest a woman for going topless on the beach if they wish. It is not common but it can occur. Even all-inclusive resort beaches are patrolled by federal military and police.
Yes see Cigars and Tequila
You can get contact lens fluid and stuff at the drugstore and there are many eyeglass stores in both the tourist zone and outside the zone.
Yes, many are scattered throughout Playa and many of the pharmacists speak some English.
Taking a taxi in Playa is safe and heavily regulated by the government. Taxis that leave Playa have to drive through a checkpoint that is monitored by police. This is to ensure the safety of passengers.
Yes, many laundromats exist throughout Playa del Carmen.
Yes you can get bottled water at most stores, restaurants, cafes and bars.
Yes, many jewelry stores exist on 5th ave and scattered throughout the town.
For more info see: Jewelry
Yes there are many dive-shops and sporting goods stores throughout. Visitors can also find this type of gear at Sam's Club, Walmart and other similar stores.
Yes, all forms of clothing and shoes are sold, from cheap junk to expensive fashion. Playa del Carmen is growing and now has ultra high-end fashion throughout. Visitors will find some of the finest and most fashionable swim-wear in the world.
The tourist zone is 5th avenue [which runs parallel to the beach] to the beach, with Playacar to the south end.
Playa is a small city that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to Highway 307 (the highway to Cancun to the North). It is approximately one km wide [running parallel to the coast] and approximately 4km long [running north and south].
There is the Iglesia Presbyteriana on 20th Ave and 1st Street. The service begins at 11:30 am and lasts until about 1pm. They are in the process of building a new sanctuary. The service is in Spanish but the pastor does speak a little Spenglish. All are welcome!
Nuestra Senora del Carmen is on the corner of 15th Ave and Street 12. They tend to change the mass times but they are usually at 9am, 11am, and 8pm on Sundays.
Yes. Fishing poles are allowed as carry on as long as there are no flys or hooks attached. Ski poles and golf clubs are not allowed to be carried on an airplane and must be checked as baggage.
In Playa del Carmen you can find dozens of Internet Cafes. There are quite a few right on 5th Avenue and many along the side streets.
Prices can change dramatically from one computer place to another. There are also Internet Laundromats, Internet Delis, Internet Pool-Halls and many small hotels and even hostels have a single computer with Internet access now.
Shark sightings are rare and shark attacks even rarer. You see much of the coral along the coast at Playa del Carmen has died off which does not attract reef fish, which the sharks feed on. Also fishing is permitted along the coast here so big fish that sharks prey on are not in abundance here either.
Due to the lack of prey and the large number of boats that cruise the waters sharks stay away from Playa del Carmen.
Most if not all 4-5 star hotels/resorts have an Internet room which is a room of computers with Internet access. Internet is usually NOT included in the hotel package and you must pay separate. Internet rooms at hotels are the most expensive access points.
In Cancun City you can find dozens of Internet Cafes. Where ever your hotel or hostel is there will be at least one Internet Cafe within a short walk. All you have to do is ask somebody at the front desk of the hotel or hostel.
Prices can change dramatically from one computer place to another. There are also Internet Laundromats, Internet Delis, Internet Pool-Halls and many small hotels and even hostels have a single computer with Internet access now.
According to our resources the best place to buy guaranteed good quality cigars in Merida is Sanborn's. There are two in Merida… one at the Fiesta Americana hotel and one in the Gran Plaza shopping center.
There are numerous excellent places to snorkel however the single beach we recommend is the beach along Hotel El Dorado on the Maya Riviera. Due to its proximity to numerous resorts and Cabanas this is a quick place to get to and the beach is almost all coral. It takes 2 days to fully explore this beach.
If it is your first experience then the place to visit is either:
Chichen Itza is recommended as it has a large pyramid temple and the biggest ballcourt in Mesoamerica. Every resort will have a tour operator or be able to recommend one that can get you to Chichen Itza. There is a great bookstore there and a number of restaurants. Of all the Maya ruin sites Chichen Itza is the one that is the most touristry and popular.
Usually when people get sick in Mexico it is not from the water but from something they ate – quite often a salad. The most likely items are cilantro (the curly herb like parsley) or lettuce. The Yucatan and Riviera Maya are exceptional at providing clean food and water compared to many other locations in Mexico. Even if you ask for "free" water most restaurants serve bottled water out of the large 5 gallon containers. If you are concerned just request a bottled water "botella de agua".
The only legal gambling in Mexico is sports betting, which has been growing. There are no legal casinos in Mexico. Some resorts do have Casino Nights, but you don't play for money, you play for prizes. Some resorts have slot machines, but the prize is not cash. Your winnings are in the form of vouchers that are good only for stuff at "that" resort. Check the resort for details.
Tips and taxes are included in your all-inclusive vacation package. The staff will never hesitate,
or gesture for a tip. However, tipping is still a personal thing. If you are accustomed to tipping, and you receive exceptional service and want to tip, then by all means do so. If you are staying at an all-inclusive for any length of time it is a good idea to tip the egg-lady at the buffet on your first day. She will remember you. In many resorts the egg-lady is in charge of the breakfast.
Beach towels are available at every all-inclusive resort/hotel. Most will give you a towel card, which they take from you in exchange for the towel. When you return the towel, they return your towel card. If you don't return the towel, you will not have your towel card when you check out, and you will be charged for the towel(s), usually $20 or more per towel. At check out you can either hand in your towel or towel-card.
If you are staying at a vacation rental most reputable properties include them as well but if this is a concern check with your facility before departure.
If the minor is traveling alone, he/she must also have a notarized letter signed by both parents or legal guardians, giving the minor permission to travel out of the country. If the minor is traveling with one parent, he/she must have a notarized letter signed by the parent or guardian not traveling, giving the minor permission to travel with the one parent or guardian. A custody document should be provided in the event a minor is in the custody of one parent. A death certificate should be provided if one parent is deceased.
The rules have changed over the past decade so check with each ruin for up-to-date information. If you are booking a tour they will also be able to answer this question.
There are snakes, tarantellas and scorpions. It is the black scorpion that is deadly and they are not found in the Yucatan. The tarantulas are not lethal unless you are allergic to its bite.
Tarantulas move slowly unless provoked, then they can move lightening fast.
In the water you have to be careful not to step on a sea urchin or stingray tail. Also watch out for jellyfish which move about slowly.
There really is no star rating system. If you check enough travel catalogues, newspapers and brochures you will find numerous variations in ratings on the same properties. In some catalogues a resort is 3 stars while in another it is 5 stars. There are 5 star resorts side by side that have completely different beach property and different menus to the extent that there is a large difference that is NOT reflected in the rating system. Even pricing is inconsistent with the star rating system. Some 4 star resorts are more expensive than some 5 star resorts. Then there are the new 5 and 1/2 star resorts. What is a half star?
There is in fact no official standard body that sets the standards and rates every resort. The rating system is a marketing ploy. It is simply a quick reference that helps you to identify properties that fall within a certain category.
This all depends on the situation. In Cancun you can expect the flights to be on schedule unless there is a problem concerning the weather. If you miss your flight and it is your fault you may have to purchase a new ticket however if it the fault of a tour operator or airline then your chances of receiving a replacement ticket free of charge is greater.
Yes. In Playa, Chetumal, Merida, Cancun and any large town will have pharmacies, which will carry contact lens solutions and accessories. Some flea-market vendors carry cheap bulk items.
It is a stewed chicken dish in a spicy tomato sauce.
Yes. Diving is one of these most popular activities in this region and just about all dive shops offer certification classes.
Yes, however sightings are rare and shark attacks are rarer. The most common type are Whale Sharks but these are what bring many visitors to swim along with.
Barracudas are extremely curious fish. A large barracuda will not be afraid to approach you. Remain calm and do not antagonize the fish. He will not bite you unless provoked.
Think about a beach that is NOT nice white sand. If you are an avid snorkeler then this is the kind of beach you want. If you have children then this kind of beach is not recommended because of the coral.
Most of the Riviera Maya is maintained to promote daily beach visitors. These are the best options for lounging and swimming but may not be the best option for snorkeling and diving.
If your kids enjoy adventure and swimming then somewhere on the Mayan Riviera is best. You are close to Xel Ha, Xplor, Xcaret, Tulum, and Coba. There is also much more in this area for families to explore. Playa del Carmen can be a great choice as it is located close to many attractions and most of the town is easy to get around by foot. There are many hotel choices as well as vacation rentals that will provide ample room for families.
Hot and hotter…depending on the season you go. If you highly desire cold weather, traveling to the Yucatan is not for you. The winter season is much more pleasant than the summer when it comes to temperatures and for this reason the winter attracts many more travelers.
It depends on where you stay. If you stay on the Mayan Riviera you can take the collectivo [bus] from Tulum to Playa for $1.50, which means you can visit a number of attractions. You simply walk out to the highway and wait for the collectivo. Doing this alone will save you transportation prices if that is a concern.
We suggest starting with our search form throughout the website and on many tours we will post discounts that may be available. Most of the time our prices are competitive but shop around to find the best prices for sure. We do our best to provide great prices on everything we offer but sometimes we are beaten out by companies like Groupon.
Bottled water is readily available and sold almost everywhere throughout Mexico.
Most places accept U.S. Dollars so you can bring and use them. Most of the time you will get better prices if you pay in Peso's though. You have the option to bring dollars and exchange them at a number of locations for Peso's but you should shop around until you find a favorable exchange rate. We have found the best exchange rates by ATM withdrawal's most of the time.
It is a hotel zone with beautiful beaches. The city has built up to service the hotel zone. Twenty-five years ago there was a fishing village there. It is touristy and well suited for the vacationer.
In fact, the Yucatan is officially a state. The landmass that juts out into the ocean is known as The Yucatan Peninsula. This peninsula is divided into the states of: Quintanna Roo, Yucatan, Campeche. At the bottom or southern most end you hit Belize and Guatemala. On the western edge of the southern border is the state of Chiapas.
If you are unsure of your status with a government issued permanent resident card we recommend visiting the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services website for accurate answers.


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About the Author
Doris Muscatine writes on food, wine, and cultural history. Her articles have appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers in the United States and abroad. Her books include A Cook's Tour of San Francisco, A Cook's Tour of Rome, and Old San Francisco: The Biography of a City, for which she received an Award of Merit from the city and county of San Francisco. She owns a vineyard in the Napa Valley and has beena home winemaker for a number of years. Maynard A. Amerine, Professor of Ecology Emeritus at the University of California, Davis, and currently a consultant to the Wine Institute, San Francisco, is a worldwide authority on winemaking, a connoisseur and collector of fine wines, and a prolific writer on wine and winemaking. He is the co-author of Dessert, Appetizer and Related Flavored Wines; Wine: An Introduction; and many other books. Bob Thompson is an editor and writer whose boks on wine include The Pocket Encyclopedia of California Wine, California Wine Country, and The California Wine Book (with Hugh Johnson). He worked in the public relations office of the Wine Institute from 1966 to 1968 and wrote a weekly column for the San Francisco Examiner from 1970 to 1978.