The villa was a good home base from which to enjoy some beautiful sunshine and welcome warm temperatures at the tail end of winter. Mike, our VRBO host, was a very responsive guide to life there, too. The resort offers some lovely features - apparently amazing golf, a sandy beach, 2 large pools, and plenty of additional activities. It is a gated community so you are walled off from day to day life in the DR which is both good and bad. We took a trip to La Romana but there was not a lot to be seen. Altos de Chavon, on the property, is beautiful but filled with tour bus visitors.
The true down side for our large group, though - and something we were clearly unprepared for - was the additional expenses that came with almost anything we wanted to do. Golf for 3 was quoted at just under $800. Breakfast buffet at the Lago Restaurant, $40 per head. Dinners at property restaurants ran to at least $80 per person. Skeet shooting, horse back riding, even access to the gym all carried pretty heft price tags. Ouch. Unfortunately, it put a lid on our ability and willingness to sign up for too much.
The only down side to the villa was the internet service which was often missing or extremely slow. Otherwise, it was very comfortable and equipped.
A good time away but buyer do beware. The villa seems so reasonably, price-wise (and it is!). Just make sure you account for everything else.