So here's what I can add, - I was told to stay far away from Easter weekend as that is THE main holiday in the DR and it'll be a ghost town at whatever hotel you choose. We booked the weekend after Easter 2012 - There are always hidden fees and then fees for the hidden fees, lol. Our budget nearly doubled! - We're coming from Toronto (and Vancouver) with Sunwing and paying roughly $1500+ pp for 7 days. Bad news for us is that we had no clue Sunwing didn't fly from YVR until after some had already booked (so not happy really with our TA); 10 days was nearly as much as 14 and 4 days was nearly as much as 7. -Like everyone we are having trouble having the WC call back. She told me on the phone the other day they prefer/inists on email only conversations BUT she won't return my emails. -That said in one conversation I booked nearly everything I wanted, we just don't know things like what the flowers will look like, etc. HTH Alana NOW : 04-16-12