reviewerid20ACF523E3820C805D2075141A215E37reviewernameKaren MreviewtextThis is my second time to the Iberostar resort and again was amazing We had a few families with a bunch of teens and it was perfect The service staff was absolutely incredible I have to call out a few staff members in particular who really made our stay better than we could have imagined Hugo the bartender at the pool bar hands down the nicest guy and greatest bartender ALWAYS a big smile on his face and he really has fun with the guests that he serves Cant say enough about him nLiz from the entertainment staff we introduced ourselves once on the first day and every day thereafter she came over to our group by the pool knew our names and enticed us to join her in games dancing etc nI went to the fitness center every day but one and took yoga Eva and Zumba Diego Luis Alexandra All instructors were wonderful Zumba was especially fun nI absolutely love this resort and hope to return again for another memorable vacationreviewrating50sentimentclasspositivesentimentresult08856404590909089sentimentbreakdownThis is my second time to the Iberostar resort and again was amazingpositive096098244We had a few families with a bunch of teens and it was perfectpositive09661374The service staff was absolutely incrediblepositive082868993I have to call out a few staff members in particular who really made our stay better than we could have imagined Hugo the bartender at the pool bar hands down the nicest guy and greatest bartenderpositive097452295ALWAYS a big smile on his face and he really has fun with the guests that he servespositive098628575Cant say enough about himpositive097781575Liz from the entertainment staff we introduced ourselves once on the first day and every day thereafter she came over to our group by the pool knew our names and enticed us to join her in games dancing etcpositive090020317I went to the fitness center every day but one and took yoga Eva and Zumba Diego Luis Alexandraunknown07262605All instructors were wonderfulpositive094562966Zumba was especially funpositive09111859I absolutely love this resort and hope to return again for another memorable vacationunknown05643316reviewerfakepoints145

reviewerid989A0DA68B18EC26A590A5AF87074263reviewernameViajerosofMWreviewtextI did a lot of research before picking this place I would consider this more appropriate for families than couples Lots of things to do for families and kids I wouldn’t come back again as a couple but maybe as a family I would I felt very welcomed by everyone that greeted us Everyone was very professional and helpful Just like other resorts in the area that we have stayed at the staff is wonderful Food is okay drinks are okay as expected nnUnfortunately a few things that we didn’t like 1Although there’s signs that say you cannot reserve areas of the pool people still left their towels on the chairs and reserved their areas I saw people leave for dinner and then return to their chairs Meanwhile everyday we had to search for chairs walking back and fourth Lesson learned wake up early and ignore the signs 2 The promotional breakfast This left a very bitter taste in our mouths We were given a note for 400 worth of points I believe that’s what the card statedfor our room We went to the front desk and we were signed up for a “VIP” breakfast and Iberostar cash We signed up thinking this is a nice breakfast we can have as a couple No mention of a promotional membership sales pitch They didn’t even take the right information down but that’s another story However they want to pitch it this is like a timeshare Nice staff and now I’m realizing when they are trying to sell you something of course they have to be but almost 23 hours of numbers is too much We warned them many times that we were not buying anything and we didn’t want to be pressured into anything We mentioned it when we signed up when we were at the lobby when we met the rep when we were eating multiple times it was mentioned We were willing to listen because for some reason no one got the clue They want you to sign up on the spot hence why they ask you to bring IDs and credit cards to breakfast and when you don’t the attitudes change The guy helping us went from interested in our life story to hurry up and go I saw the faces when we were walking out of the other sales people I went the whole day feeling horrible for wasting time theirs and ours We wasted a whole morning Later on I looked at all the reviews online on the membership here’s lesson number two for me if it’s too good to be true it probably is I have a suggestion next time tell the customer the rundown of what will happen waiting in a lobby take you to a breakfast where the representative sits with you as well then hours of numbers being pushed in your face 3Reservations at restaurants My advice if you go here plan ahead if you want to eat at any of the “restaurants” I’ll save you the time and say that the buffet is so much better than the restaurants You have to do it ahead because everything gets booked really fast Not worth it in my opinion But they will turn you away nnOverall 3 out of 5 It’s a nice place to stay Be careful with the promotions and stay on top of your activitiesreviewrating30sentimentclassunknownsentimentresult07555044895555555sentimentbreakdownI did a lot of research before picking this placepositive09403333I would consider this more appropriate for families than couplespositive094575685Lots of things to do for families and kidspositive096174896I wouldn’t come back again as a couple but maybe as a family I wouldpositive083718383I felt very welcomed by everyone that greeted uspositive09325529Everyone was very professional and helpfulpositive090606743Just like other resorts in the area that we have stayed at the staff is wonderfulpositive095303726Food is okay drinks are okay as expectedpositive09477575Unfortunately a few things that we didn’t like 1positive08074253Although there’s signs that say you cannot reserve areas of the pool people still left their towels on the chairs and reserved their areasunknown076172864I saw people leave for dinner and then return to their chairsunknown075110984Meanwhile everyday we had to search for chairs walking back and fourthunknown06599266Lesson learned wake up early and ignore the signsunknown06541832positive080257684The promotional breakfastpositive07994273This left a very bitter taste in our mouthsunknown05221393We were given a note for 400 worth of pointsunknown05682279I believe that’s what the card statedfor our roomunknown05091755We went to the front desk and we were signed up for a “VIP” breakfast and Iberostar cashpositive09394916We signed up thinking this is a nice breakfast we can have as a couplepositive097323No mention of a promotional membership sales pitchnegative012895586They didn’t even take the right information down but that’s another storynegative012348665However they want to pitch it this is like a timesharepositive080722034Nice staff and now I’m realizing when they are trying to sell you something of course they have to bepositive0830092 but almost 23 hours of numbers is too muchunknown05560544We warned them many times that we were not buying anything and we didn’t want to be pressured into anythingpositive083843714We mentioned it when we signed up when we were at the lobby when we met the rep when we were eating multiple times it was mentionedunknown0730948We were willing to listen because for some reason no one got the clueunknown070362157They want you to sign up on the spot hence why they ask you to bring IDs and credit cards to breakfast and when you don’t the attitudes changeunknown074942154The guy helping us went from interested in our life story to hurry up and gounknown06503325I saw the faces when we were walking out of the other sales peopleunknown07040487I went the whole day feeling horrible for wasting time theirs and ourspositive09091419We wasted a whole morningunknown06489268Later on I looked at all the reviews online on the membership here’s lesson number two for me if it’s too good to be true it probably isunknown077941895I have a suggestion next time tell the customer the rundown of what will happen waiting in a lobby take you to a breakfast where the representative sits with you as well then hours of numbers being pushed in your faceunknown078205953positive079944634Reservations at restaurantspositive0954187My advice if you go here plan ahead if you want to eat at any of the “restaurantspositive09151587” I’ll save you the time and say that the buffet is so much better than the restaurantspositive096396637You have to do it ahead because everything gets booked really fastpositive087962115Not worth it in my opinionnegative004096597But they will turn you awayunknown07629903Overall 3 out of 5unknown07131621It’s a nice place to staypositive0954825Be careful with the promotions and stay on top of your activitiespositive08981334reviewerfakepoints40

reviewerid2B1143488F3319EB27E08875E435234BreviewernameTwinFinProreviewtextIberostar lindonMy wife and I celebrated our honeymoon here at the Lindo resort in August and for the record we nor any of our friends have ever been here before but I have to say that we had a BLAST I’ll get to the particulars in a bit but first I want to get out what we searched for and a little about us We are twentysomethings that loves the beach good food and relaxing times and that is exactly what we got and we couldn’t be more thrilled with the resort and staff here Since coming straight from the wedding all we really wanted was some Ru0026R and we didn’t exactly wish to go off property for this trip but next time we will Alright so onto some particularsnnPretrip packingnSunscreen it’s very expensive on property 26 on propertynAloe you will become lobsters 25 on property nA waterproof watch don’t be the person carrying around your cellphone in a lanyard you look ridiculous and you’re on vacationnA book it’s nice outsidenA raincoat it’s basically a rainforest out therennCurrency broughtnCredit card international or travel type preferred since there’s usually no feesnCash 100USD in singles and another 200 usd in whatever just in caseneven with buying sunscreen and tipping throughout the week we maybe spent 50 totalnnTippingnNo one on property cares what currency you tip in so bring whatever is easiest for younTry to tip good on day one then you can lax off a little but they remember who you are if you tip first day especially the bartenders who work super hard btwnAlso don’t forget to tip your maids they restock your minibar and will even overstock it if you leave like 5 on the bed every day nnCar servicenWe chose Mayaland Cancun I thought we paid for shared transfer but we were on our own with the driver and it was extremely safe and all of the employees were top notch Water bottles and rose flower included hahanHelpful tip at the airport when arriving go out the baggage exit and across the little street you’ll see tons of little booths and desks walk straight till the end and that’s where we found their mayaland desk setupnnArrivalCheckinDay OnenWe had booked a pool view standard room at the Lindo but upon checkin we told the girl it was our honeymoon and can’t wait to get to the beach cause that’s what we wanted most and maybe it was a certain time of year but she was SO NICE and gave us an upgraded junior suite in Building 51 which is almost right on the beach It worked out amazing for us the whole timenAfter checkin find your room drop your bags and CHECK THE SAFE our safe didn’t work at first so we had to find our buildings concierge Thankfully they sent a guy up to our room a minute or two later and all was good from there nIf your safe is working or not go ahead to the concierge and lock in your specialty dinners for your staynThen go out an explore the property the animals and the beautiful landscaping to pick out your spots for the next daynnFoodnFirst off we are not picky eaters so we had an amazing time eating here There’s food every 50 steps just about so if you’re like us and not picky you’ll end up a little porky after this tripnBreakfast we ate at the same one every day and every day it was delicious La Pogoda I believe it was called and had ACnLunch we ate from the taco shop in the shopping center at the beach snack bar or at the same breakfast spot All of it amazing especially the taco spot go there cause you need some all of which are deliciousnDinner I’m a steak and potatoes kinda fan and I wasn’t too thrilled with their taste of beef cuts but I never felt it was bad just not America Beyond that each and every place had some extremely great food with delicious apps and awesome staffnOur favorite was the Mexican spot at the Lindo get the shrimp dish you will not be disappointednBeach snack bar saved my life most days since we usually drank way too much by noon hahanHelpful tip Lindo and Maya have AC’s in all of their breakfastlunchdinner spots The beach and Del Mar only had AC’s in their dinner spots This is crucial when it’s baking outsidennBeachnI recommend waking up around 7 and going to the beach to drop off towels on the chairs desired Each of the huts have signs saying you can reserve only for 1 hour but the beach patrol usually helps late risers find a different spot and usually will never take or move your stuff nWe usually left during lunch most days for over an hour to take a walk and always came back to find our towels so you’re finenRandom days during the week they cook out on the beach a giant meal for everyone I suggest grabbing two plates it’s seriously goodnThe sand here is amazingnThere are some rocks in the ocean which were sometimes annoying but they aren’t everywhere be careful but the beach is really nice and wasn’t super crowded while therennPoolsnBig cool looking bet they were nice but smell like chemicals and kids everywherenNot really the honeymoon vibe and maybe at the maya or the grand it would have been better but we don’t really care about pools Swim up bar was coolnnActivities and nightlifenIf you’re bored here then you’re doing it wrong There’s more than enough to do Apparently there is a rifle and archery area never found it but they got everything nThe shows at night were okay Great for kids and random as mess for adults but it was fun Bands play music in certain areas at night and there’s also a discoclub Yea we went once and laughed Not our thing to do anyways and maybe we went early but it’s open from 11pm4am and the decor was killer My wife thought it was hysterical but just go to see it oncennWeathernWe lucked out and didn’t have a drop of rain on property all week There were however some sick thunderstorms that went all around us almost every day but at the beach and on resort property we had some clouds or perfect sun all day nWhat I did notice from the showers and storms around us though was that they never last long Looked like 10min showers passing through and they were gonennLeavingnWas so sad going back to real life LOL but as young adults from NYC trying to make ends meet we chose to take our honeymoon here at the Lindo and my gosh it was a ton of fun and thankfully didn’t break the bank nnWill we go back again Probably nAny regrets Not staying longerreviewrating50sentimentclasspositivesentimentresult08647232263333334sentimentbreakdownIberostar lindo My wife and I celebrated our honeymoon here at the Lindo resort in August and for the record we nor any of our friends have ever been here before but I have to say that we had a BLASTpositive08560414I’ll get to the particulars in a bit but first I want to get out what we searched for and a little about uspositive090582824We are twentysomethings that loves the beach good food and relaxing times and that is exactly what we got and we couldn’t be more thrilled with the resort and staff herepositive09833347Since coming straight from the wedding all we really wanted was some Ru0026R and we didn’t exactly wish to go off property for this trip but next time we willpositive08795472Alright so onto some particularsunknown06933201Pretrip packing Sunscreen it’s very expensive on property 26 on property Aloe you will become lobsters 25 on property A waterproof watch don’t be the person carrying around your cellphone in a lanyard you look ridiculous and you’re on vacation A book it’s nice outside A raincoat it’s basically a rainforest out there Currency brought Credit card international or travel type preferred since there’s usually no fees Cash 100USD in singles and another 200 usd in whatever just in casepositive08205459even with buying sunscreen and tipping throughout the week we maybe spent 50 totalpositive094298685Tipping No one on property cares what currency you tip in so bring whatever is easiest for youpositive099232775Try to tip good on day one then you can lax off a little but they remember who you are if you tip first daypositive08928247especially the bartenders who work super hard btwpositive090728456Also don’t forget to tip your maids they restock your minibar and will even overstock it if you leave like 5 on the bed every dayunknown07760119Car service We chose Mayaland Cancun I thought we paid for shared transfer but we were on our own with the driver and it was extremely safe and all of the employees were top notchpositive09250136Water bottles and rose flower included hahapositive09267689Helpful tip at the airport when arriving go out the baggage exit and across the little street you’ll see tons of little booths and desks walk straight till the end and that’s where we found their mayaland desk setup ArrivalCheckinDay One We had booked a pool view standard room at the Lindo but upon checkin we told the girl it was our honeymoon and can’t wait to get to the beach cause that’s what we wanted mostpositive087499994and maybe it was a certain time of year but she was SO NICE and gave us an upgraded junior suite in Building 51 which is almost right on the beachpositive097444373It worked out amazing for us the whole timepositive092792517After checkin find your room drop your bags and CHECK THE SAFE our safe didn’t work at first so we had to find our buildings conciergenegative023491247Thankfully they sent a guy up to our room a minute or two later and all was good from therepositive089029163If your safe is working or not go ahead to the concierge and lock in your specialty dinners for your staypositive092170334Then go out an explore the property the animals and the beautiful landscaping to pick out your spots for the next daypositive098765135Food First off we are not picky eaters so we had an amazing time eating herepositive09489718There’s food every 50 steps just about so if you’re like us and not picky you’ll end up a little porky after this trippositive09303624Breakfast we ate at the same one every day and every day it was deliciouspositive09844118La Pogoda I believe it was called and had ACunknown07764383Lunch we ate from the taco shop in the shopping center at the beach snack bar or at the same breakfast spotunknown07773455All of it amazing especially the taco spot go there cause you need some all of which are deliciouspositive095925695Dinner I’m a steak and potatoes kinda fan and I wasn’t too thrilled with their taste of beef cuts but I never felt it was bad just not Americaunknown074344295Beyond that each and every place had some extremely great food with delicious apps and awesome staffpositive09942719Our favorite was the Mexican spot at the Lindo get the shrimp dish you will not be disappointedpositive097137296Beach snack bar saved my life most days since we usually drank way too much by noon haha Helpful tip Lindo and Maya have AC’s in all of their breakfastlunchdinner spotspositive09902582The beach and Del Mar only had AC’s in their dinner spotspositive08268609This is crucial when it’s baking outsidepositive09555224Beach I recommend waking up around 7 and going to the beach to drop off towels on the chairs desiredpositive0968106Each of the huts have signs saying you can reserve only for 1 hour but the beach patrol usually helps late risers find a different spot and usually will never take or move your stuffpositive09728159We usually left during lunch most days for over an hour to take a walk and always came back to find our towelspositive09729753so you’re finepositive08567192Random days during the week they cook out on the beach a giant meal for everyonepositive08050532I suggest grabbing two plates it’s seriously goodunknown070208377The sand here is amazingpositive098227054There are some rocks in the ocean which were sometimes annoying but they aren’t everywhere be careful but the beach is really nice and wasn’t super crowded while therepositive0978301Pools Big cool looking bet they were nice but smell like chemicals and kids everywhereunknown06029139Not really the honeymoon vibe and maybe at the maya or the grand it would have been better but we don’t really care about poolspositive085193026Swim up bar was coolpositive08721722Activities and nightlife If you’re bored here then you’re doing it wrongpositive08817081There’s more than enough to dopositive083870506Apparently there is a rifle and archery area never found it but they got everythingpositive08324953The shows at night were okayunknown05177659Great for kids and random as mess for adults but it was funpositive087755364Bands play music in certain areas at night and there’s also a discoclubpositive0926582Yea we went once and laughedpositive080614287Not our thing to do anyways and maybe we went earlypositive0829368but it’s open from 11pm4am and the decor was killerpositive085539454My wife thought it was hysterical but just go to see it oncepositive08605075Weather We lucked out and didn’t have a drop of rain on property all weekunknown053926533There were however some sick thunderstorms that went all around us almost every day but at the beach and on resort property we had some clouds or perfect sun all daypositive096052957What I did notice from the showers and storms around us though was that they never last longpositive08939512Looked like 10min showers passing through and they were goneunknown076110965Leaving Was so sad going back to real life LOL but as young adults from NYC trying to make ends meet we chose to take our honeymoon here at the Lindo and my gosh it was a ton of fun and thankfully didn’t break the bankpositive095832074Will we go back againpositive084219295Probably Any regretspositive096418047reviewerfakepoints40

reviewerid0EA6664310B1D9C69DD115679E7318AEreviewernameJenny RreviewtextWe stayed at this resort July 1420th It was nothing short of an amazing family vacation We had a family junior suit 1st floor which is really the 2nd floor one room had two double beds and the other a king size bed Both room joined together and had large bathrooms and balconys We overlooked the wave pool nBeach yes the beach has seaweed and everyday they are out there cleaning it up for hours The beach bar was great and even more so the beach cafe which had basic burgers hotdogs and fries ect It was perfect for day at the beachnThe pools Amazing and clean Yes if you are trying to save seats get there around 9am to start saving people start saving as early as 7am nThe food we made reservations our first night there for all the restaurantsThe Mexican restaurant was pretty good the kabob was hands down our favorite The steakhouse was AMAZING We missed our other reservations due to excursions or just being lazy by the pool The buffet by the main lobby had great choices and we were surprised that our kids 7 and 11 always had something to chose from especially since our 11yr old is very picky nThe Entertainment Team do they ever sleep They make the resort Tuesday we had a foam party which we thought would not be too kid friendy boy were we wrong it was amazing and the kids loved it We played pool volleyball with an oversized beach ball learned to Salsa even my son learned which is shocking nWhen we checked in we had to have our passports swiped and because of this it shows the staff if anyones birthday is happening One day when we came back to our room after dinner we saw rose pedals in the hall which we thought was cute to open our door and on our sons bed was a towel shaped cake with rose pedals all over it for his birthday It was the best surprise nThe Staff the staff goes above and beyond to make you feel welcomed and to feel like familynnWe look forward to hopefully coming back again and bringing more family members with usreviewrating50sentimentclasspositivesentimentresult08672448391304348sentimentbreakdownWe stayed at this resort July 1420thpositive089451987It was nothing short of an amazing family vacationpositive089156437We had a family junior suit 1st floor which is really the 2nd floor one room had two double beds and the other a king size bedpositive090165114Both room joined together and had large bathrooms and balconyspositive096299875We overlooked the wave poolpositive0821114Beach yes the beach has seaweed and everyday they are out there cleaning it up for hourspositive089633256The beach bar was great and even more so the beach cafe which had basic burgers hotdogs and fries ectpositive08452317It was perfect for day at the beach The pools Amazing and cleanpositive099295926Yes if you are trying to save seats get there around 9am to start saving people start saving as early as 7amunknown06485267The food we made reservations our first night there for all the restaurantspositive0977258The Mexican restaurant was pretty good the kabob was hands down our favoritepositive09225515The steakhouse was AMAZINGpositive093189156We missed our other reservations due to excursions or just being lazy by the poolpositive094942063The buffet by the main lobby had great choices and we were surprised that our kids 7 and 11 always had something to chose from especially since our 11yr old is very pickypositive09284524The Entertainment Team do they ever sleeppositive08812237They make the resortpositive08946495Tuesday we had a foam party which we thought would not be too kid friendy boy were we wrong it was amazing and the kids loved itpositive095874155We played pool volleyball with an oversized beach ball learned to Salsa even my son learned which is shockingunknown06617407When we checked in we had to have our passports swiped and because of this it shows the staff if anyones birthday is happeningunknown03111016One day when we came back to our room after dinner we saw rose pedals in the hall which we thought was cute to open our door and on our sons bed was a towel shaped cake with rose pedals all over it for his birthdaypositive091109675It was the best surprisepositive096521896The Staff the staff goes above and beyond to make you feel welcomed and to feel like familypositive088297725We look forward to hopefully coming back again and bringing more family members with uspositive091540885reviewerfakepoints40