best time, husband stayed iberostar bavaro march 10-17 2007 celebrate 10 yr. anniversary wonderful time, break experience easier follow.arrival booked apple vacations way, runs smoothly start finish, hold 10 tourist card, says place hand, not true, window stamps passport 30 steps hand tourist card gentleman, confusion husband card worked okay, ride hotel 30 minutes.check-in/rooms check breeze, faxed e-mailed room request prior trip slipped gilberto 20 received wonderful room just row beach, definitely request renovated room worth, n't king size bed close beach pushed doubles fine, no problems room sure tip maid bring small gifts, works hard deserves it.beach say outstanding, spent everyday beach not bothering pool, chairs available early cabana, say no reserving chairs/huts does no bothers stuff leave unattended, beach immaculant cleaning, great beach bar, tell leonardo frank says hola, insulated mug drinks longer no problem filling bars, no worries rinsing tap water, optional topless beach topless no care, relaxing, definitely beach market haggle, pay 25 initial asking price, no 3/cigar, great deals great cigars, beach chairs, not lay flat, started bother backs lay stomach, not sure chairs like ones pool flat wish change.food lacouples gourmet restaurant outstanding, lobster salad dark white choc dessert, grouper husband shrimp excellent, great service, ate steakhouse cajun, steakhouse way overrated, service slow meat undercooked, asked medium raw, cajun good buffet appetizers dessert, regular buffet good plenty choose, wednesday lobster king prawn night n't miss, ate lunch beach bar pool buffet lunch, great dogs fries beach bar lots good stuff pool buffet, buffet swim suits no shirts guys barefoot, ice cream hut great, excursions apple rep carlos great, helped set excursions answer questions week, did marinarium bavaro runners, marinarium snorkled sharks rays partied afterward, lots fun drink dancing bavaro runners best, real dominican, visted sugar cane fields real working dominican home school beautiful cave great lunch bavaro ranch rode horses just great time, alex tour guide excellent explaining aspects dominican lifestyle told history places went, knew ahead time treats kids definitely worth, smiles faces priceless, took bubble gum candy coloring books crayons stickers baseball hats, sure plenty going kids, tour guide tell kids, took treats dogs, skinny loved milk bones, excurions great group people ohio, want big shout hey, new friends blast, glad able help eileen celebrate birthday staff wondeful, lobby staff bartenders maid servers ground crew just happy smiling willing, tipped helped served, work really hard n't make money appreciate it.departure carlos departure time night leave, heard rumors airport security going piece luggage taking money none, breeze checking luggage long wait airport, no ac dress appropriately, return flight fine atlanta ga nightmare began, wo n't say delta really needs stuff together.overall wondeful time, dominican people smiling happy help, resort class stay hesitation, thanks posted ta, helped make decision pick hotel really glad did,