La Romana

"Wow. Even more than we expected. We were a group of 15 (4 families with children). The house was amazing. Immaculate, spacious, private yet comfortable. Absolutely fantastic pool. The staff was there when you needed them, and not when you didn't, and extremely responsive, humble, and happy to help. Food was incredible. You must have Miquelina's Tres Leche for dessert - trust me!. Some advice. We typically eat out a lot on vacation because we like to go out, so we did not purchase food in advance. We would do it differently. We ate out the first two nights, and then the 3rd night we had Miquelina make dinner. We stopped eating out. Her cooking was as outstanding, if not better than any restaurant we went to (and we did go to some expensive ones). Eventually, we ate in 4 of the 7 nights, and it should have been 5 or 6 nights. The staff was always happy to stay as late as we needed, and we just paid for their cab ride home. We felt like we might be imposing, but absolutely not, we were told it was common to stay later. We made sure the tip reflected our appreciation. Golf Carts - make sure you have enough to accommodate. We had too few at first, and making multiple trips to move the entire family was a mistake. We immediately requested more, so that we could move everyone at the same time. The beach, outstanding. Clean, private, beautiful water (although a staff member attempted to charge us for chairs - which we later had to correct). Learning - you will get charged 28% total for using a credit card. Be advised. This either means you carry around a lot of cash, or you pay a lot in taxes (does not include tip). Jeannette was incredibly responsive to any requests we made, and extremely professional. She lined up excursions for us, and nailed it. She is very trustworthy, reliable, and easy to work with. She took the 'worry' out of things. The rest was an awesome adventure."