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BlueBay Villas Doradas seems to have mixed reviews, with guests enjoying the lively atmosphere and the variety of food and entertainment options. The staff's friendliness stands out, although some guests experienced slow service. However, concerns about additional charges for basic amenities such as WiFi and safes have led to perceptions of poor value.
Room maintenance and cleanliness received criticism alongside positive remarks about the well-kept grounds. While the vibrant environment is a highlight, calls for updates in room decor and amenities are consistent.
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It took me awhile to make this review because I had to gather my thoughts about my experience. It was overall good; mainly because of the people and experience. The resort itself leaves something to the imagination. As I said previously, the people I met and the staff were great. All of the wait staff, food service workers, front desk staff, and bartenders were very warm and hospitable. The actual resort tho? You could not allow the key cards to touch anything electronic (phones, tablets, outlets, etc). This includes having your phone and card in your beach bag at the same time, no matter how big the bag. If you did, your card wouldn’t work and you would have to go back to the front desk for them to reprogram it. This happened multiple times throughout my stay. You would think could grab one of the many staff walking around but the card also worked the A/C and you needed your actual card for that. There is food there at almost any time of day. There are multiple restaurants on the premises; they aren’t great but there are options. The beach bar and buffet open at 11 and are open all night. They serve fried chicken, fries, and burgers all night. You may have to cook your own burger or ask them to refresh things but it was there. I got a bun that was hard as a rock and asked for a fresh one, to which I was told that if I microwaved it (there was a microwave by the buffet) it would soften up. There was entertainment every night and a party on the beach that followed. The room is bare bones which encourages you to mingle at one of the 3 pools (2 in the main area and 1 in the quiet area) all had cabanas and the biggest of the main pool had a swim up bar. As for the location, there is a mall a short walk up the street and other resorts in the area. We even had one of the front desk staff book a taxi to take us around the city for $50. It was nice. All in all, if you don’t really care about the amenities try it. It’s still an all inclusive resort in paradise so it can’t be that bad. Just know that you may find better elsewhere. *Finally, if you are trying to figure out why some of the reviews look oddly positive, some of the staff, i.e., the entertainment staff, will sit with you and tell you what to write in the review, screenshot it, and send it to themselves.
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Date of stay: December 2024
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Response from Alfredo Mogollón , Director General at BlueBay Villas Doradas
Responded 3 weeks ago
Dear customer, We thank you so much for having selected BlueBay Villas Doradas to spend your holidays. On behalf of the entire staff of our hotel we want to thank you for sharing your comments and highlight each point of improvement and good things experienced, we are working hard to increase our service quality in order to offer a service that exceeds the expectations of our customers. We consider your comments as a good opportunity of improvement. Our expectation is to have our entire customer back to the resort every year for that reason working on the customer’s reviews and solve is very important for us. Thank you once again for your review. Best regards. Alfredo Mogollón Oacmpo
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Second visit to Blue Bay Villas Doradas and it was another great value for money vacation. To all the reviewers stating the place needs a refurbishment: yes it does. But when they refurbish you won't be getting back there for the price you are paying now, so step over a few broken tiles by the pool, get over the outdated room furniture and embrace what this Resort has to offer: great service and a great value! You are coming here because its in your price range of what you want to pay, and you have to pay a lot more in a refurbished resort. The beach and pool areas continue to be great. The breeze coming in off the ocean at the beach is perfect for getting sun without overheating. The food was even better than it was last year when I went. The Chinese Restaurant remains excellent and the service staff are top notch. But the buffet has improved greatly: there was always enough for me to leave full, and I am a picky eater. Mexican night at the buffet was splendid and I've never had a better Mexican dinner anywhere else in the Caribbean. The wonderful woman who manages seating at the dining room in the evenings does an incredible job under sometimes trying conditions. The absolute best part of this resort is the staff. They have a large group of hard working people. While I can't name them all a few of the very best were: Pablo at the Black and White Bar is possibly the best bartender in the Caribbean with his drink knowledge and speed of service. Scarlyn would provide relief for him and also worked the dining room and is one of the hardest workers anywhere. Antonio Alvarez in the buffet for breakfast and lunch was always providing everyone with top notch service and made sure everyone's coffee cup was full all the time with a constant smile on his face. Possibly the best server anywhere. At the beach bar Lorelei Ulloa was fast and happy to provide all the customers fast service with a bright smile. I've been to a lot of different resorts in Punta Cana, many more expensive. No other Dominican Resort has a staff like this. Look past some tired exteriors of the buildings and see what really makes your vacation relaxing and special. Note: the beds are hard and not very comfortable, and the exercise room needs some attention. Its not cleaned properly and none of the machines work properly. Those aren't expensive issues to fix. Housekeeping was excellent some days, not so good others. The younger, and I assume newer lady who did my room the first few days was not as thorough as the older more experienced lady who was excellent the rest of the week. The wifi can be frustrating and inconsistent. I can't imagine going to a different resort in Puerto Plata.
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Date of stay: January 2025
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Trip type: Travelled solo
Room Tip:Overlook the fact it needs to be refurbished and let the staff make your vacation wonderful!
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Response from Alfredo Mogollón , Director General at BlueBay Villas Doradas
Responded 4 weeks ago
Dear JeffreyRK, We thank you so much for having selected BlueBay Villas Doradas to spend your holidays. Many thanks for your kind comments and for recommendation of undefined. We are very happy to hear that our services made such a positive impression and that you had an unforgettable experience. We consider your comments as a good opportunity of improvement, our expectation is to have our entire customer back to the resort every year for that reason working on the customer’s reviews and solve is very important for us. So we share all the reviews with our executives staff in order to correct and prevents situations. Best regards. Alfredo Mogollón Ocampo
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We had a nice Experience at Bluebay. It feels like home from Home. Its our second time here, after we discouvered This place. We loved the warm welcome. The guys at the reception, are always nice and helpful with whatever we needed.
The Kitchen Team is extremely nice, and really family like, takes care of You in seconds.
The kitchen and Tables are always nicely set and clean. The food is different daily and very tasty. The meats are nicely flavored, tender and juicy.
On our first stay, the kitchen team carried the whole buffet out to the beach...and the enter hotel Experienced a very romantic dinner at the beach, with the dominican dance to follow.
The room services are nice, and you always come back to a nice clean room, with fresh towels and made up bed.
We really love the entertainment team. They really make it a fun experience, throughout the whole day. There is always something going on, accompanied with the fitting music....games, competitions, dancing, with really fun shows in the in the evening. They make everyone come together, nice guys and girls, very welcoming, and friendly.
We love the beach. There is no stones or fine gravel in the water...its smooth and soft...you dont have to wear water shoes at this beach. The water is clear...a real Caribbean vibe. Enough sun chairs and sun beds available...a bar and snack bar...which offers..burgers, fries, hot dog...fresh fruit....KFC style chicken pieces. Very enjoyable....
We were offerd a massage in the spa, which was enjoyable.
Very nice little home like resort. Which we will come back too. Little home in Puerto Plata ❤️😊
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Date of stay: August 2024
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Trip type: Travelled with friends
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Response from Alfredo Mogollón , Director General at BlueBay Villas Doradas
Responded 4 Sept 2024
Dear 98lib, thank you very much for choosing BlueBay Villas Doradas as your new home away from home! It is a real pleasure to read your comments and know that your vacation experience exceeded your expectations. We are glad to know that you liked our entertainment program which was organized specially for you to enjoy it. Thank you for highlighting our staff, we will share your comments with all them so they can continue offering a personalized and exceptional customer services. We look forward to welcoming you again! Regards, Alfredo Mogollón
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I feel obligated to write this review and hopefully save someone the disappointment we experienced , This property should be a two star at best, the pathways are painted stones and are slippery and not level ( not safe for the elderly or disabled ) thick layers of paint holding the furniture and chairs together. We found it hard to find comfortable place to sit. Our first room looked like a chain smoker had stayed in it for years lampshades stained in yellow and brown the door to the balcony had a 4 inch gap. * we booked superior room. We asked to be moved, our second room no balcony but looked cleaner than the first one. The buffet is small and offers the same food everyday, the hot offerings were cold and often had slimy texture. The buffet is one of the few places you can get a glass of wine. Service is lacking , I was often made to feel like I was bothering some of them, not all but majority . We are tippers and made no difference here . One morning no one would even offer us coffee or water at breakfast . You have to purchase sparkling wine at $28.00 US. Regular white wine was hard to find and ran out often, other things normally included at all inclusive resorts you must pay for here including WiFi and room safe. So everyone was carrying their passports and valuables with them. We tried to book another hotel and leave but everything was booked, the other guest feel the same and you make friends bonding over all the disappointments. ( one guest booked for 9 day stay chose to fly home) The few pros of this resort The Chinese a la carte was probable the best I have had . The beach is clean. The snack bar service was amazing and one of few staff that actually made an effort to be welcoming. At check out we were charged for a 4 th bottle of wine , we had paid at each purchase. DO NOT GO we travel 4 times a year and this top 3 worst ever. Water pressure bad and not stable temp.
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Date of stay: November 2024
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Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Response from Alfredo Mogollón , Director General at BlueBay Villas Doradas
Responded 5 Nov 2024
- Dear Customer We thank you so much for having selected BlueBay Villas Doradas to spend your holidays. On behalf of the entire staff of our hotel we want to apologize for all the inconveniences you have experienced during your stay. We consider your comments as a good opportunity of improvement, our expectation is to have our entire customer back to the resort every year for that reason working on the customer’s reviews and solve is very important for us. So we share all the reviews with our executives staff in order to correct and prevents situations. Best regards. Alfredo Mogollón Ocampo
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My significant other and I visited Bluebay Villas Doradas for our first time ever and for our first ever trip together and overall was a good experience. The staff was very helpful and quite friendly for the most part. At first, guest services lady came off a little “rude” at first but when we went to visit another day she was friendlier. The staff at the resort was always ensuring that when we had come across them if everything was okay and if we needed any help with anything which was nice gesture of them. We had went to the buffet on the resort for majority of our meals like breakfast and lunch and the occasional dinner and was alright for the most part. The only thing is for breakfast buffet they could have had little more options to choose from and there was few days where they didn’t have maple syrup for selection but then they did near the end of our visit. We had tried the a la carte restaurants and by far the Chinese restaurant was the best - 10/10 if not better than back home here in Canada. The gentleman and Manager were all super friendly and great absolutely no complaints there. We had the spring rolls and sweet & sour pork and these were above par - highly recommend. We were able to visit this restaurant 3 out of the 7 days we were there. Another thing we didn’t really like is the fact that we were only allowed to book the a la carte restaurants for a total of 3 times we weren’t allowed to book more than that only if there were cancellations so that was something we didn’t really like but thankfully we were able to score a cancellation and enjoy the Chinese restaurant yet again which was nice. We also tried the Italian restaurant - we got the chicken parmesan and the carbonara pasta and both were delicious again highly recommend. We were told that we got to build our own starter salads that they had and even the salads were delicious but again, Chinese restaurant wins. We were told by couple of visitors that had been here at this resort more than once to stay away from Seafood a la carte restaurant which we did so can’t say much about that. The overall resort was very well kept and was a little outdated but that did not stop us from having an enjoyable time. The Black & White bar at the main lobby was by far the best tasting and best service aside from all other bars we tried. The other negative we had experienced was not having new shower towels replaced when they came to clean your room we had to wait 20 plus minutes to get new clean towels. I feel like they should wait until all towels and linens are clean and ready then clean rooms completely and that way you don’t have to wait for new/clean towels. Other than that, our visit to Bluebay Villas Doradas was very good and relaxing.
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Date of stay: January 2025
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Room Tip:The pool gets crowded fairly early so need to ensure you get up reasonably early to get a spot at...
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Response from Alfredo Mogollón , Director General at BlueBay Villas Doradas
Responded 3 weeks ago
Many thanks for your valuable feedback. We appreciate you taking the time to share your opinion with us. We have taken note and we will inform the team about this to improve our service in the future. Thank you for providing us with this information and we hope to welcome you again soon. Kind regards, Administración | Ejecutivo
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This resort was probably quite nice 40 years ago when it was built. Looks as though they haven't done anything since then. We were there in December for 2 weeks over Xmas. Upon arrival the safe wasn't working, the bellhop said that he would send someone right away. The next day when we were leaving the room a technician was on his way to look at the issue, he said they would have to change the safe and that when I returned to the room it would be fixed. A few hours later I went back to the room only to find that the safe was still not working. I went to the front desk and was informed that there would be a cost if I wanted to use the safe. I said to the fellow add it to my room and I will pay on departure. Absoulty not, I was told and that if I wanted to use the safe it would have to be paid prior to activation LOL. In the past 40 years of traveling I have never heard of this. The 30" flatscreen TV was so old that you could see 3 rows of 9 white lights behind the movie that was playing. The wifi only works in certain areas. Our first room the air conditioner was leaking with black goop coming through the bathroom ceiling leaking on the vanity, floor as well as the entrance into the room. The second room that they moved us to the air conditioner was also leaking when entering the room. One day the maid removed the towel that we had on the floor and I slipped and hurt my knee and elbow. I went to customer service and they wanted me to sign a waiver that I wouldn't have any further recorse with the hotel. Not once did they ask me if I was feeling OK. Our adult children came down a few days later, each day my son wanted to go sailing, everyday was an excuse, too windy, not enough wind or no one even there at the water sports area. The second nite that we were there, a couple was getting married, they closed the only speciality restaurant that was open to accodate the wedding, the only choice was the buffet. The food was the same everday, I would rate the food a 2.5 out of 5. Every other day the room keys would't work, always having to go to the front desk to have them reactivated. The nightly entertainment is you the guest. My wife was so dissapoined in the resort that we left 4 days earlier than expected, it cost another 1000.00 for plane tickets however I was happy to pay the money to leave and never return. Very dissapointed, don't waist your money BTW the only positive thing were the freindly staff.
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Date of stay: December 2024
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Trip type: Travelled with family
Room Tip:Go elsewhere!!!!
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Response from Alfredo Mogollón , Director General at BlueBay Villas Doradas
Responded 4 weeks ago
Dear Customer We thank you so much for having selected BlueBay Villas Doradas to spend your holidays. On behalf of the entire staff of our hotel we want to apologize for all the inconveniences you have experienced during your stay. We consider your comments as a good opportunity of improvement, our expectation is to have our entire customer back to the resort every year for that reason working on the customer’s reviews and solve is very important for us. So we share all the reviews with our executives staff in order to correct and prevents situations. Best regards. Alfredo Mogollón Ocampo
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My wife and I booked this hotel as a romantic getaway since the reviews were very good, or at least we thought. We arrived at the hotel, Junior helped us to our room he was great all throughout our stay. After the first night we noticed the sheets were dusty and moldy, only one towel was provided for my wife and I, there were no mats near the bathroom so after showering our feet would always wet the floor. As promised the mini bar in the room were supposed to be refilled with two bottles of water a day by housekeeping however this was not being done and we had to keep calling front desk for our water to be refilled, towels also were not being changed. There were exposed wiring in one of the outlet plugs and the outlets are limited, good luck if you need to charge 3 devices at once. Food was ok nothing to brag about, we could have predicted what would be on the buffets menu everyday. There's this chef at dinner working at the habichi grill, line was long and we were unsure as to what he was cooking up so we tried to asking him with the help of another Spanish speaking guest, although our Spanish is not fluent we understood when he told the assisting guest "don't worry about them" and shoved us aside. Pool is dirty with broken tiles all over and their entertainment needs to be worked on. Same songs everyday Suavemente, Danza kuduro, brownskin entertainment host is insultive, there's to much to write about to go into the insulting part. Grey band wearers!!!, look out for the Circle one associates they are very crafty and pressuring trying to lure you into joining Circle One Vacation Club. This one guy wasted 3 hrs of my time talking about the benefits of joining circle one, and if we do accept when can we make the money transfer and all sorts of stuff I'm not trying to hear, got me frustrated to the point where I just wanted to tell him "leave me alone I just want to enjoy my vacation in peace". I have no idea what anyone sees in this place, it's lacking everything and for the price it should be better than this. First amenity on their website says free wifi but we were charged for it at the front desk. The waiters at breakfast were amazing, always happy and friendly, bartenders also! Friendly staff is what keeps this hotel going nothing more...with the correct management it has potential!
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Date of stay: January 2023
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Room Tip:Beware of Circle One associates, Entertainment is horrible, food is ok. Staff is nice, most of them.
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Response from Alfredo Mogollón , General Manager at BlueBay Villas Doradas
Responded 7 Feb 2023
Thank you very much for sharing whit us about your experience at BlueBay Villas Doradas each one of our reviews is highly importante to us. Allow me to let you know that your observations are construtive and motivate us to work in theses áreas, as our priority, will always be your sastifaction and confort. Please accept our most sincere apologies for not exceeding your expectations. I would appreciate if you could take a few Moments of your time to share a more detailed feedback in orden for us to improve our leve of service and customer sastifaction in the future Guestservice.villasdorada@blubayresorts.com. Regards Alfredo Mogollón
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I'm at the resort now. This resort's "nickel and dime" you by paying for the internet and drinks. Paying for the internet is not new, but only one device can sign on to the internet unless you pay for an additional internet pass. If you sign on your computer, you can not use your phone. The CHEAPEST liquor is served; if you want a drink package, it is $60 per day per person. Okay, this does not include all of the "top shelf" liquor; you receive a list of liquor you can order. $420 a week for a drink package per person is more than the flight here (I booked more than 12 weeks in advance). Service is not the best, taking people an average of 30 minutes to solve a problem. I had an air condition issue; I was moved to 3 different rooms because the circuit blew and no one could fix it, wasting 3 hours of my day; none of the house phones worked in the three rooms. Room cleaning does not occur until late afternoon, avenging 4 pm or later. The only thing that happens constantly is workers asking you to upgrade to the Circle One club, free wifi, premium drinks, no waiting to check in, and some extras. The resort is not full, with more people visiting for day passes from cruise ships than people staying, so I'm not clear why problems can not be solved. The sad thing is that this is a beautiful property. Finally, the resort caters to locals, with many arriving on Thursday and staying for the weekend. 99% of the programs are in Spanish; few people speak English; thank God for high school Spanish. Make sure you bring your bug repellent.
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Date of stay: July 2023
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Room Tip:The bed are FIRM. The pool is always empty.
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Response from Alfredo Mogollón , Director General at BlueBay Villas Doradas
Responded 8 July 2023
Dear Alvin C, Thank you for choosing BlueBay Villas Doradas to spend your holidays and for taking the time to share your experience! Please accept our apology for the inconveniences you have experienced, your feedback is very valuable to us as we strive to improve each day. Thank you again for your observations, we assure you the opinions of our guest are taken into high esteem. We hope to have the opportunity to welcoming you back and be able to change your perception. Regards, Alfredo Mogollón
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Zero Stars!! We had a horrible experience. There are lots of snakes and lizards on the property. They charged $3.00 USD per day, per device for WiFI. The buffet was horrible. My date got sick from the Asian restaurant. The Italian Restaurant was close because it was being fumigated. There were large gaps at the top and bottom of the door to our room which could allow snakes, rodents and lizards to get in. The deadbolt on the door did not work. There is non-potable water in the bathroom so we had to go to the bar for bottled water to brush our teeth. They would not allow our uber or taxi onto the road leading up to the property to pick us up so we had to walk off of the property, a twenty to twenty five minute walk to meet the car. The toilet seat would not say up by itself. The breakfast buffet contained bacon but only if you ask the omelet chef. All other items were on the buffet for the taking but you had to ask the chef for bacon.
Any positives? The staff was kind and pleasant. There was an outdoor BBQ by the pool one night, with good food and a pleasant atmosphere. We had an issue with the shower and it was addressed in a timely fashion.
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Date of stay: October 2024
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Room Tip:Lots of snakes on the property.
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Response from Alfredo Mogollón , Director General at BlueBay Villas Doradas
Responded 28 Oct 2024
Dear customer, We thank you so much for having selected BlueBay Villas Doradas to spend your holidays. On behalf of the entire staff of our hotel we want to thank you for sharing your comments and highlight each point of improvement and good things experienced, we are working hard to increase our service quality in order to offer a service that exceeds the expectations of our customers. At the same time we want to apologize for the inconveniences you have experienced during your stay. We consider your comments as a good opportunity of improvement. Our expectation is to have our entire customer back to the resort every year for that reason working on the customer’s reviews and solve is very important for us. Thank you once again for your review. Best regards. Alfredo Mogollón Ocampo
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Only 15 minutes from the airport is great!. But expect a long wait to check in as the staff have more important things to do than check people in. Having someone take you to your room can take an hour even if you paid extra for a Superior room and the room was ready. Resort pictures online are probably 15 years old. The gym is very small and has only a few pieces of equipment and weights. 3 people fill the room! My room was small and everything was old and falling apart. Door didn't lock to the balcony. towels were old, coffee maker was old and dirty, phone didn't work, tv barely worked. My room flooded during when it rained because the patio overflowed. The big negative is no hot water on Saturday's and Sunday because they have a deal for local Dominicans who apparently love the hot water so the resort turns it off while they are at the resort. The service at the restaurants and the buffet was excellent. The food was not great but not as good as other resorts i have stayed at in Puerto Plata. Entertainment was great and the pools were also good but needed repairs. I wish that i spoke better Spanish as there is definitely preferential treatment to other Dominicans and Spanish speaking guests. The beach is okay but you need to walk a km in either direction to find a beach with clear water. My last comment is there were too many vendors and Timeshare sales people that approached you every 5 minutes if you stay at the beach. My last comment is I didn't get sick and there were no drunken people creating problems. Lots of really nice people at the resort
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Date of stay: April 2024
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Room Tip:Cash is king at this resort. I always left $3 USA per day in the room. Drinks come quicker if you...
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Response from Alfredo Mogollón , Director General at BlueBay Villas Doradas
Responded 7 May 2024
Dear customer, We thank you so much for having selected BlueBay Villas Doradas to spend your holidays. On behalf of the entire staff of our hotel we want to thank you for sharing your comments and highlight each point of improvement and good things experienced, we are working hard to increase our service quality in order to offer a service that exceeds the expectations of our customers. At the same time we want to apologize for the inconveniences you have experienced during your stay. We consider your comments as a good opportunity of improvement. Our expectation is to have our entire customer back to the resort every year for that reason working on the customer’s reviews and solve is very important for us. Thank you once again for your review. Best regards. Alfredo Mogollón
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