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We had our first visit to Turks and Caicos in late January and decided to stay at Beaches. We booked the Governors luxury one bedroom because we wanted to be close to the beach and have the concierge service. The room was very large with two separate. Edrooms and was perfect for our family of 3. We did get a partial ocean view (room 710) but wished we were direct ocean front. I liked our location but from what areas we seemed to visit the most, our next vacation week is booked in the Italian village.

The reort is beautiful and lush - very clean. The staff is wonderful and very accommodating in every way. They always spoke when we walked by and always made my son feel special at the restaurants. I loved the many dining choices and like most people- we loved Arizonans for lunch!

The watermark was a lot of fun and our son loved bobby dees and so did I! The Xbox garage was a good. Real from the sun for.him. We just set up in chairs by bobbydees and sat in the sun while he played. We felt very safe on this resort and were comfortable not having him in our eyeline every second, although this took a couple of days to happen

We spent most of our time at the watermark and the Iranians pool. We used the soon come back program and booked for next year during march break you should check not it if you are considering coming back as your deposit is fully refundable if you change your mind and you are guaranteed the best price. We also got a spa credit and some money off by using our sandals select points

The carribean village is older and looks like its receiving some upgrades while we are there. They are alod putting xboxes in every room. We are moving to that italian village for next year be ause we spent most of our time on that end. The carribean area does seem quiieter although we never had trouble with crowds even though they were fully booked

Don't worry and just book. You will have a great time. We are now sandals and. Eat he's believers!

I will try to keep this review as short as possible to encourage you to read it completely...
My husband had a wonderful experience with the Sandals resorts in Jamaica and therefore we decided to pick one of their resorts to get married. We heard about the beautiful beaches in Turcs & Caicos and thought it would be a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Although I was reassured that the wedding planner would assist with the bookings and coordinating our event... it was, plain and simple, terrible. In short, I did it all - calling, checking, organizing. We also spent a couple of hours with the wedding manager once we arrived onsite and sure enough, she managed to create a fight ON my wedding day. "Thanks buddy!"

We also purchased a "photography package" from them. It was a waste of money as most of the pictures were shots of us looking away, frowning (sun), or too dark to see (shadow).
I must admit that the quality of their photobook is quite impressive though.

Finally, the wedding certificate... they couldn't even give us a proper pen to sign so yes, we have pictures of us signing it with a "Bic" pen LOL... best of all... we were married in June 2011 and as of February 2012 we still have not seen our marriage certificate yet! I have spent the last 8 months following up with them!

I will not go into details on the state of the resorts... but old and mildew smells are all I can think of.

My family (me, hubby 2 kids - ages 5 & 3) spent 6 nights here from Feb 4-10th. Where do I begin? Every detail was top notch from the moment we checked in. After a long day of travel, we were welcomed to the Caribbean Village with rum punch & punch for the kids. Check-in was easy. I was a little worried that the Caribbean Village would be completely outdated, but the room was absolutely fine for us, bedding was nice, furniture in great condition and bathroom was clean and updated.

We've traveled to many places in Europe as well as other Caribbean Islands and enjoy and appreciate good food and service. The food & service at Beaches is fantastic. There are so many different types of food to be had - Italian, Japanese Hibachi, Sushi, French as well as burgers and fries. We had great experiences at every restaurant. There isn't really a "recycled" all-inclusive food feeling. Every restaurant was different and true to it's particular cuisine.

Reflections has a large buffet breakfast, but Schooner's & Barefoot by the Sea have terrific table service. At Schooners, the first thing they do is offer you a mimosa :). Barefoot by the Sea service is slightly slow, but we weren't in any rush.

We heard that during our week, the resort was at 60% capacity. This meant no lines or waiting for anything at any point during the trip.

Kids Camp:
Actually, the only people in a rush were my kids, who couldn't wait to get to Sesame Camp every day. They didn't want to miss a thing. The counselors are terrific, friendly and trustworthy. If you have any reservations about having your children spend the day at camp, they will gladly give you a cell phone in case there are any issues at all (which there were none for us). My kids met all the Sesame Street characters, Elmo-cized with Elmo, danced with Zoe, made instrument with Bert & Ernie, did crafts, tye-dyed T-shirts (you must provide a white T-shirt for each child. We had to buy one for $15 at the photo shop).

Because both kids loved kids camp so much, my husband and I were able to really relax. We took out Hobie Cats, Paddle Boats, went snorkeling, took long walks and read on the beach. Then we picked the kids up in the afternoon, we all played on the beach and had dinner together. Except for one night, the kids had dinner at camp and hubby and I tried Le Petit Chateau (an adults-only French restaurant).

The weather was spectacular!

The only small complaints my husband had are that some of the beach chairs were uncomfortable for him - it's hard to explain, but they are made of muslin or something, and sometimes you couldn't get them to "set" correctly...not sure if that makes sense.

And, internet service was little spotty and difficult for him to log on, he had to maintain contact with his office at home.

Other than that, we can't wait to return next year!! This is most definitely our new Caribbean family vacation spot!

We're are a littlte late on our review from October, but here goes, Beachs resort was great, we had a 2nd floor room in the Caribbean Village section ( room category Grand Lux Honeymoon) very nice, spacious, clean, but not a "GRAND LUX" for the most part....it's a room. Staff at the resort from front desk to house keeping to bartenders to Mr. Sumbody, they were all helpful, nice, concerned about your stay. The food at the Beachs, where we ate at, was all above average, top shelf spirits and tipical US beers. Mostly all families ( kids) were at the Italian village or the water park area (set between Italian and French Village). being that the Caribean Village is suppose to be the oldest part of the resort, there is nothing wrong with it, not tired at all, well kept up from what we had seen. Little note, we rented a car, traveled all over the Island !!! Not much to see with shopping , some beautiful homes up in the Leeward Estates area. Turtle Cove has some restruants and bars... It is exspensive on this Island, for instands a case of Bud at IGA food store was $55.00 USD. Grase Bay Shopping outdoor mall , was motstly closed every time we went by, and look to be mostly high end sales stuff. The Casino thats down to road ( not walking distance really) was about a 30' by 60' casino floor space, not really worth it in my opinion. We got an awesome deal for Beaches through Amex Travel, $2800USD for two with air fare for 6 days 5 nights !!! so the value was great !!!