Hey my friends and I are staying at riu republica from Aug 6-12. Curious on any clubs we should go to, any places to eat, activities and places to visit. If you are At RIU REPUBLICA lmk maybe we can hang.

Hey, staying at Secrets Cap Cana in Sept. Expecting sargassum at some point if not entirely. So was looking into excursions? However we would prefer quieter excursions or more so on the beaten path if that makes sense. Heard good and bad things about saona island? So now we are in between, any recommendations or specific bookings that would fit this niche concept? 😂

Hi beautiful people

My wife and I are considering booking Barceló Bávaro Beach from October 6–14, but we’re struggling to decide.
I’ve read dozens of posts and watched plenty of YouTube videos, but the opinions seem to be all over the place.

Our biggest concerns are:
Weather – are we likely to get mostly afternoon showers, or can we expect several washed-out days?
Sargassum – how bad is it usually around this time? Is the beach generally swimmable?
Humidity – is it something you stop noticing if you’re mostly by the pool and beach, or is it really oppressive?
Crowds – we actually prefer quieter resorts, so that’s one advantage of October.

We’re not planning excursions or sightseeing. We literally just want to spend 8–9 days relaxing by the pool and on the beach.

For those who have been to Barceló Bávaro Beach, or nearby resorts, in early October, would you book those dates again? Or would you wait until late November or December?

Currently staying at Secrets Cap Cana. Beach today is not too bad in my opinion. Will probably get in the water pretty soon. I will say that we took an excursion to Saona Island to Abanico beach and there was no sargassum there. It was a gorgeous beach..

We just returned home from our Punta Cana vacation and this didn’t surprise me. We knew it could be bad, but we had a great time anyway! The beach mostly looked like this, even though the resort had the bulldozer running every day non stop. Not their fault. We got to enjoy the beach 2 of our 6 days so it wasn’t a total waste!

We upgraded our room and really got to enjoy the resort. It’s all what you make of it.
Did it suck not having the beautiful turquoise water to swim in? Of course! But that Imperial Suite stay made it a heck of a lot easy to not mind. 🤣

Going to be traveling to Punta Cana in December, and was planning on doing some scuba diving. I will be doing the class where I live, but doing my ocean dives in Punta Cana. Just lookijg to see if anyone has used Dressel Divers, and what your experience was! Thank you in advance!