trip lifetime wife palace honeymoon july 14-19. say reading reviews scared considered changing plans, thank goodness didnt, asia europe caribbean, doubt enjoyable trip taken, booked fun jet perfect, picked airport mini van taken directly hotel, checked immediately.room room spacious clean comfortably cold.food biggest fear food, crazy, food great, breakfast consists want, consistently ate lunch beach grill building stayed, walk refrigerated glass case make pick burgers beef pork kabobs steak pork chops chicken fish calamari cook right, best quality beef, course not grass fed likely grade select, reminder youre not country grain feed livestock, salads rice beans baked potatoes fries, flies bugs, certainly no backyard bbq, week ate, beef cooked med rare ordered, stomach problems, nor did couples spent lot time, dinner ate buffet spanish place pool mexican place twice steak house medallions good states, thing learned resort employs food quality assurance firm england oversee food safety, mind coconut natural laxative, sit beach pool day drinking dozen pina coladas problems punta cana house.beach incredibly beautiful kept topless, palm trees beach pleasant offer shade desired.staff spanish speaking, years high school spanish did trick, spoke english spanish, bend backwards, think treat, morning left 4 dresser maid, returned, not unless little maid sign cash.activities went monster truck tour, wonderful worth 80 person, takes mountains true culture everyday life people, end lodge river eat wonderful lunch swim river, note want shop wait trip, markets near beach bad deals, shouldnt pay 2 bag coffee 4-6 bottle rum, chartered offshore boat 550 half day, strike disappointing, went horseback ride ranch not far away ride ranch beach stop eat/drink fresh coconut, let run horses care to.the trip flawless got home unpacked, baggage handler punta cana san juan dallas austin stole camcorder checked bag, known better dont check dont want stolen, lesson learned, away resort tell palace far place stay, agree, review comes advertisement, just hate wonderful resort portrayed insect-infested dump, 5 star hawaii nope, price trip lifetime, questions dont hesitate e-mail, tex_cattleman yahoo.com,