We stayed from 31st July - 14th August with my children aged 13 and 10. Flight We flew with First Choice in standard seating and upgraded the IFE for £5 each - well worth it. You can watch films at your convenience. Service on both journeys was good. Transfer Very good - one drop-off at Barcelo and on departure, we... more

I am writing the review after having such a wonderful relaxing time at this lovely resort in the wonderful Dominican Republic!! This was our first time to the country and we were very impressed by standards of the airport and the accomadation! I had read many reviews prior to travel and realise that it is best to take the useful... more

HIS_ totally agree with some of the more recent reports, this is a lovely place an excellent resort and has nice smiley staff who for all but the minor exception ie the internet cafe guy were friendly helpful and always keen to chat. the place was clean tidy a bit basic in the rooms but definitley above average. food was... more

Hi Just to let you know this is a great place, and do not understand the bad reveiws. Negatives would be 1/ rooms needs some TLC, 2nd week staff were slower serving However the + side is great Pool Beach Staff Hotel rep was great (First Choice) Eating places 24/7 bar - can create some early morning noise when people... more

We had a great time. And do not understand why some have given it a poor review. Only negative things was room we had needed updating/bit of maintenance, and some of the staff could be slow serving in 2nd week (however its the caribbean). However these are small points Big good points were Complex was great Mike Coffee Ship was... more

stayed 4 2 weeks and had the holiday of a lifetime dont know how anybody could write some of the bad comments that i read before we went staff all spoke a little english maybe if some people took the time to learn a little spanish and not appear to be ignorant they would not have had any problems and... more

We went there (my wife and my 2 children) mid April this year for 2 weeks and we had a great time. The staff was really nice and the hotel is correctly maintained. The tour operator told us that in case of any problem in your room, you have to request a room change the first day. After that it... more

I was about to write a review about our wonderfull time at the Ocean Sand when I read the previous review from 20something from Dublin and well...........ditto lol I agree with everything they said, so thats saved me a bit of time. Even tho' we only had 4 days sunshine the rest of the time it was cloudy we came... more

Stayed in the Ocean Sand/Blue resort in early June 08. Over all a great experience. Food was good, having several restaurants to choose from was good as you can get a little sick of the buffet, although some of the food was quite similar between restaurants (Caribbean Grill at the beech was our favourite). Rooms were clean and modern, mini-bar... more