We stayed at this resort from July 4th to July 11, 2008. Overall we had an excellent vacation with a few shocking issues and barely tolerable annoyances. This was our honest experience and observations in a pros and cons list. Pros... - beach is amazing. soft sand, no rocks or seaweed and water was aqua clear. we woke up each... more

Arrival/Rooms My husband and two children ( 9 and 10) stayed at the Occidental for 7 days towards the end of June. We arrived at the hotel and were checked in and in our room within 30 minutes. The hotel grounds are huge and we were given escort to our room by hotel staff in a golf cart, luggage and... more

This is resort is huge and because of its size it has its limitations. The rooms are nice, but tropical damp. Our A/C was very effect and because of the drastic temperature change condensation can be a problem on the floor. We had a problem with our room lacking a bed and although 2 phone calls said it was going... more

First the good things, Security all over the place, no bugs, great beach. Now the Bad. Salesmen everywhere, your are hounded. Nothing is cheap to do here, the cheapest round of golf is close to two bills. The food was not very good at all, the speacuality resturants were a joke. Your a VIP along with the other 1500 guests.... more

First let me start by saying I did a month of reading reviews, and they had me scared to death . But I had already booked. My flight was good check in was good. Of course being polite and a good tip will get you excellent service. Please keep in mind people that this is a 3rd world country, the... more

Let me please start by saying don't listen to people that allways complain! My god the things i've read i can't believe my eyes.. This hotel was amazing. The food was ok..Your not home, so don't expect to eat amazing food, but you can always manage to find something worth eating. Like the pizza was amazing and there chiken tacos..mmm..mm.mmm... more

Well, to start off, I have to say that I'm going to be completely honest about everything. This review may be long, and my standards are not extremely high, but overall I was not very impressed with this resort. Before I chose this hotel, I read the reviews, and for the most part they were negative. But, I decided I... more

We stayed at the Occidental Grand in Punta Cana during the last week of Feb. 2008. We are three couples from Nova Scotia, Canada. We are all in our early to mid thirties. We booked through our travel agent here at home and we went via Air Transat Vacations. We booked " Premium Club", which was well worth the extra... more

We travelled from the UK to the hotel and found the inital flight with Thomas Cook very good taking approx 8.5 hours. On arrival at the hotel check in was very quick and we were greated with drinks as we were checking in. Took the in room safe at a rate of $25 per week. Bell boy then arrived and... more