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IMO, the food wasn't that bad and I am pretty picky. There could have been more options at the buffet, but I was always full leaving the buffet. As for the restaurants, there's a good selection of restaurants and I was content with the food we got and we always ordered alot to try a variety. Not sure how big your wedding is but you will most likely get upgraded to royal service so you can make reservations for the restaurant for your group and then have someone else book a reservation for the other part of your group at the same time. Unfortunately, about 8 of us got the runs during and after the trip (out of 26 ). just make sure to bring pepto for the weak stomachs. as for the regular resort, since nov is not peak season, the rates won't be too bad. when i was looking last year at rates, i saw rates go down to low $100s for nov which is a really good deal, so I think that price a good deal for the regular resort, i only complained since we went during peak season and i dont think the regular resort rooms were worth peak season prices. you never know, they might get upgraded to the remodeled suites in the regular resort. a few of my guests did Bottom line, its not the food or the location but the company that will make this a memorable wedding week alot of my guests mentioned their concerns after the trip but they still had a great time aside from the hotel issues

Here is her contact info. I initially worked with Jaime on the details of the booking and I had LOTS of questions that she answered promptly. Jaime Levine / Team Leader Liberty Travel Group Division- Branch 051 75 Route 4 East, River Edge, NJ 07661 201-342-3850 201-488-9295 (Fax) 800-992-0509 (Cell) LevineJ@libertytravel.com And then worked with Samantha on the actual booking of the rooms. My guests also went to Samantha for any questions. They were both very helpful. Samantha Tiger / Coordinator Liberty Travel Branch 051 75 Route 4 East River Edge, NJ 07661 800-992-0509 201-488-9295 (Fax) TigerS@libertytravel.com I was a little weary that they were based in NJ and I was in CA but it worked out fine, no issues.

1. we had a travel agent that booked all our rooms and also arranged the airport transfer. we used liberty travel. they also had incentives if you book a certain amount of rooms like free welcome cocktail party and free nights. They also create a website for your guests to book directly on. 2. we used the in-house dj that PPC provided. they were good. they asked us for music info a couple of months before we arrived and they played majority of music I requested. They even gave us a mini fireworks show during our first dance. 3. we chose the guacamole (good), brie (not that good), tuna w/ coleslaw (ok), shrimp avocado toast (good).

We used libertytravel.com. They create a personal website for your wedding for your guests to book through and the travel agents are very helpful. They also give kickbacks i.e. free welcome cocktail, room nights depending on how many rooms are booked.

I wrote a review on my recent wedding at PPC. For some reason I was not allowed to post in this forum, but it is located here: http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/products/paradisus-punta-cana-resort-all-inclusive/reviews/6896

Hi Ladies! Just got back from our wedding at PPC. Here is a long review. We arrived at PPC on Saturday afternoon. We were greeted immediately by a staff member after we got off the bus and asked us about our checkin information. I was with 4 other guests and we were on her list, so she took us to the main lobby and told us someone would be with us shortly. We stood around for about 5 minutes waiting for that someone, but no one ever came. There was no sense of order at check-in, i.e. no lines. Guests were just kind of scattered everywhere. There were 3 workers behind the checkin desk so we decided to just stand at the desk until someone helped us. After another 5 minutes, someone started helping us but at the same time they were helping someone else so it was a bit odd. Check-in We arrived at PPC on a Saturday, which I was later told was one of their busiest days at the main lobby. Check-in was a bit disorganized. After wasting 30 minutes there, we were eventually told that we were upgraded to Royal Service since we were having a wedding there and that there is a different check-in location for that. We were brought to the royal service lounge which started out nice, but wasted another hour there until we were brought to our room. They are on island time big time in DR, so don’t expect quick service here, it’s just part of their culture, very laid back. We finally arrived to our upgraded room which was in the Reserve section. The reserve is a newer section of the resort but quite far from the beach. It was about 15 minute walk to the beach. But trams do come by maybe every 10-15 minutes to pick up guests to bring to the beach area where majority of the fun stuff was located. The room was nice one bedroom suite. Compared to the rooms in the non-reserve section, these were quite nice and spacious. But if I had a choice, I would have opted for a room closer to the beach. We wasted a lot of time just waiting for the tram to go back and forth from the beach. Tip: if you are bride/groom, in the front where you are dropped off there is a little sign to the left for royal service guests. Check there first if your name is there before heading to main lobby to save you time at check-in since it seems like most bride/groom will get this upgrade. Welcome Cocktail/Rehearsal Dinner We got a free welcome cocktail with our travel agent since we booked so many rooms, so that was a nice little extra to have with our group. Unfortunately, the times available were quite early i.e. 4 or 5 and we were normally at the beach until 6, so that cut into our beach time. Rehearsal dinner was at gabi beach. We had a set menu. I booked this ahead of time before arriving at PPC. If you have a party of more than 20, you will be charged an additional $15 per person for guests past 20 and that’s including kids and babies! This was unfortunate. I had 2 kids (4, 7 yr) and a baby who I was charged for and they didn’t even get the food that I initially pre-ordered for them. Restaurants La Palapa, which is only for Royal Service guests, was very good. Surf and Turf was delicious. Vento and Mole was also good. Unfortunately, you have to make reservations for the restaurants for dinner so it is hard to have group dinners together. Luckily we met the customer service manager and he helped us out with that and we were able to eat dinner together most of the nights. Not sure if it was the food, but about 6 of my guests including myself got diarrheaL, so be careful, sorry TMI. bring pepto bismol just in case! Night life Our group was late 20s into 30s so we like to drink and dance. Gabi beach at night was always fun and the bartenders are very entertaining. They also have a club in the lobby that we went to once, it was too loud and far. There is also a casino, but beware, they tend to change the rules on you especially if you are winning. Yhi Spa Got my hair done at Yhi spa since it came with my wedding package. The lady helping me out did not speak any English. I showed her a picture of what I wanted, but I did not get what I wanted L So I ended up having her just doing a basic do. They use soooo much hair spray!! I gave the free makeup to my mom, but that didn’t turn out well either. Luckily, I have family members that do makeup so they were able to fix that for her Photographer I used HDC. When I booked my wedding, I was originally told by Lauren from the Miami office about the outside vendor fee of $1000 for photographer and the workaround would be to book one night room for them, which I did. An hour before the ceremony started, the onsite wedding coordinator told my fiancé that there was issue with photographer and that they would not be able to come in to the property unless we pay the $1000 fee or book 3 nights! There was some kind of miscommunication going on here big time. The photographer called me from the front desk about issues getting in and since they had a room reservation they were finally let in. I was not stressed about this since I knew I had it in writing from the lauren what I was told, so we just discussed the photog issue after the wedding. HDC did a great job. Milian and Carlos was a pleasure to work with. Tip: make sure you keep all emails from wedding coordinator and make sure to have it in clear writing if they promise you anything in particular. Ceremony We had our ceremony on the beach in front of building 19 at 4:30 pm. There were still a lot of people on the beach, but to be honest, I hardly noticed them. I originally wanted to have ceremony on the gazebo, but they charge you $500 just to use it. We did a symbolic ceremony and the lady that officiated did a great job and spoke EnglishJ. We brought our own music in ipod and they played the correct music and on queue! Cocktail Reception Immediately followed the ceremony on the beach as well. We had the chill out chic package so it came with 3 cold appetizers. We also rented out the sound system for $100 which I’m not sure why they would have to charge since it’s the same system used for the ceremony. Dinner Reception We decided to have the dinner reception at the main pool. Unfortunately, our day was the hottest and most humid of the whole week and there is not much of a breeze in the pool area. We chose the grill option, which was quite good. But I think they were missing one of our menu items. We’ve been eating buffet all week so it didn’t bother me much. You should maybe ask to have the section closed off since we did notice some random people walking through our party. We used the dj that booked through the hotel and they did a good job. They even gave us a free mini fireworks on our first dance. I did have a detailed outline of when I wanted certain things to occur i.e. toast, cake cutting, but the dj didn’t really follow the itinerary, but it was fine, it all worked out in the end. Our wedding coordinator onsite was Beatris and she was a pleasure to work with. If you have any issues during your stay contact Nathaniel (customer service manager) and he will be on top of it. We had issues during checkin and helped us out a lot. He also helped us get dinner reservations for our group and hung out with us on occasion. Very fun guy. Let me know if you have any questions.

Hi Ladies! Just got back from our wedding at PPC. Here is a long review. We arrived at PPC on Saturday afternoon. We were greeted immediately by a staff member after we got off the bus and asked us about our checkin information. I was with 4 other guests and we were on her list, so she took us to the main lobby and told us someone would be with us shortly. We stood around for about 5 minutes waiting for that someone, but no one ever came. There was no sense of order at check-in, i.e. no lines. Guests were just kind of scattered everywhere. There were 3 workers behind the checkin desk so we decided to just stand at the desk until someone helped us. After another 5 minutes, someone started helping us but at the same time they were helping someone else so it was a bit odd. Check-in We arrived at PPC on a Saturday, which I was later told was one of their busiest days at the main lobby. Check-in was a bit disorganized. After wasting 30 minutes there, we were eventually told that we were upgraded to Royal Service since we were having a wedding there and that there is a different check-in location for that. We were brought to the royal service lounge which started out nice, but wasted another hour there until we were brought to our room. They are on island time big time in DR, so don’t expect quick service here, it’s just part of their culture, very laid back. We finally arrived to our upgraded room which was in the Reserve section. The reserve is a newer section of the resort but quite far from the beach. It was about 15 minute walk to the beach. But trams do come by maybe every 10-15 minutes to pick up guests to bring to the beach area where majority of the fun stuff was located. The room was nice one bedroom suite. Compared to the rooms in the non-reserve section, these were quite nice and spacious. But if I had a choice, I would have opted for a room closer to the beach. We wasted a lot of time just waiting for the tram to go back and forth from the beach. Tip: if you are bride/groom, in the front where you are dropped off there is a little sign to the left for royal service guests. Check there first if your name is there before heading to main lobby to save you time at check-in since it seems like most bride/groom will get this upgrade. Welcome Cocktail/Rehearsal Dinner We got a free welcome cocktail with our travel agent since we booked so many rooms, so that was a nice little extra to have with our group. Unfortunately, the times available were quite early i.e. 4 or 5 and we were normally at the beach until 6, so that cut into our beach time. Rehearsal dinner was at gabi beach. We had a set menu. I booked this ahead of time before arriving at PPC. If you have a party of more than 20, you will be charged an additional $15 per person for guests past 20 and that’s including kids and babies! This was unfortunate. I had 2 kids (4, 7 yr) and a baby who I was charged for and they didn’t even get the food that I initially pre-ordered for them. Restaurants La Palapa, which is only for Royal Service guests, was very good. Surf and Turf was delicious. Vento and Mole was also good. Unfortunately, you have to make reservations for the restaurants for dinner so it is hard to have group dinners together. Luckily we met the customer service manager and he helped us out with that and we were able to eat dinner together most of the nights. Not sure if it was the food, but about 6 of my guests including myself got diarrheaL, so be careful, sorry TMI. bring pepto bismol just in case! Night life Our group was late 20s into 30s so we like to drink and dance. Gabi beach at night was always fun and the bartenders are very entertaining. They also have a club in the lobby that we went to once, it was too loud and far. There is also a casino, but beware, they tend to change the rules on you especially if you are winning. Yhi Spa Got my hair done at Yhi spa since it came with my wedding package. The lady helping me out did not speak any English. I showed her a picture of what I wanted, but I did not get what I wanted L So I ended up having her just doing a basic do. They use soooo much hair spray!! I gave the free makeup to my mom, but that didn’t turn out well either. Luckily, I have family members that do makeup so they were able to fix that for her Photographer I used HDC. When I booked my wedding, I was originally told by Lauren from the Miami office about the outside vendor fee of $1000 for photographer and the workaround would be to book one night room for them, which I did. An hour before the ceremony started, the onsite wedding coordinator told my fiancé that there was issue with photographer and that they would not be able to come in to the property unless we pay the $1000 fee or book 3 nights! There was some kind of miscommunication going on here big time. The photographer called me from the front desk about issues getting in and since they had a room reservation they were finally let in. I was not stressed about this since I knew I had it in writing from the lauren what I was told, so we just discussed the photog issue after the wedding. HDC did a great job. Milian and Carlos was a pleasure to work with. Tip: make sure you keep all emails from wedding coordinator and make sure to have it in clear writing if they promise you anything in particular. Ceremony We had our ceremony on the beach in front of building 19 at 4:30 pm. There were still a lot of people on the beach, but to be honest, I hardly noticed them. I originally wanted to have ceremony on the gazebo, but they charge you $500 just to use it. We did a symbolic ceremony and the lady that officiated did a great job and spoke EnglishJ. We brought our own music in ipod and they played the correct music and on queue! Cocktail Reception Immediately followed the ceremony on the beach as well. We had the chill out chic package so it came with 3 cold appetizers. We also rented out the sound system for $100 which I’m not sure why they would have to charge since it’s the same system used for the ceremony. Dinner Reception We decided to have the dinner reception at the main pool. Unfortunately, our day was the hottest and most humid of the whole week and there is not much of a breeze in the pool area. We chose the grill option, which was quite good. But I think they were missing one of our menu items. We’ve been eating buffet all week so it didn’t bother me much. You should maybe ask to have the section closed off since we did notice some random people walking through our party. We used the dj that booked through the hotel and they did a good job. They even gave us a free mini fireworks on our first dance. I did have a detailed outline of when I wanted certain things to occur i.e. toast, cake cutting, but the dj didn’t really follow the itinerary, but it was fine, it all worked out in the end. Our wedding coordinator onsite was Beatris and she was a pleasure to work with. If you have any issues during your stay contact Nathaniel (customer service manager) and he will be on top of it. We had issues during checkin and helped us out a lot. He also helped us get dinner reservations for our group and hung out with us on occasion. Very fun guy. Let me know if you have any questions.

Hi Ladies! Just got back from our wedding at PPC. Here is a long review. We arrived at PPC on Saturday afternoon. We were greeted immediately by a staff member after we got off the bus and asked us about our checkin information. I was with 4 other guests and we were on her list, so she took us to the main lobby and told us someone would be with us shortly. We stood around for about 5 minutes waiting for that someone, but no one ever came. There was no sense of order at check-in, i.e. no lines. Guests were just kind of scattered everywhere. There were 3 workers behind the checkin desk so we decided to just stand at the desk until someone helped us. After another 5 minutes, someone started helping us but at the same time they were helping someone else so it was a bit odd. Check-in We arrived at PPC on a Saturday, which I was later told was one of their busiest days at the main lobby. Check-in was a bit disorganized. After wasting 30 minutes there, we were eventually told that we were upgraded to Royal Service since we were having a wedding there and that there is a different check-in location for that. We were brought to the royal service lounge which started out nice, but wasted another hour there until we were brought to our room. They are on island time big time in DR, so don’t expect quick service here, it’s just part of their culture, very laid back. We finally arrived to our upgraded room which was in the Reserve section. The reserve is a newer section of the resort but quite far from the beach. It was about 15 minute walk to the beach. But trams do come by maybe every 10-15 minutes to pick up guests to bring to the beach area where majority of the fun stuff was located. The room was nice one bedroom suite. Compared to the rooms in the non-reserve section, these were quite nice and spacious. But if I had a choice, I would have opted for a room closer to the beach. We wasted a lot of time just waiting for the tram to go back and forth from the beach. Tip: if you are bride/groom, in the front where you are dropped off there is a little sign to the left for royal service guests. Check there first if your name is there before heading to main lobby to save you time at check-in since it seems like most bride/groom will get this upgrade. Welcome Cocktail/Rehearsal Dinner We got a free welcome cocktail with our travel agent since we booked so many rooms, so that was a nice little extra to have with our group. Unfortunately, the times available were quite early i.e. 4 or 5 and we were normally at the beach until 6, so that cut into our beach time. Rehearsal dinner was at gabi beach. We had a set menu. I booked this ahead of time before arriving at PPC. If you have a party of more than 20, you will be charged an additional $15 per person for guests past 20 and that’s including kids and babies! This was unfortunate. I had 2 kids (4, 7 yr) and a baby who I was charged for and they didn’t even get the food that I initially pre-ordered for them. Restaurants La Palapa, which is only for Royal Service guests, was very good. Surf and Turf was delicious. Vento and Mole was also good. Unfortunately, you have to make reservations for the restaurants for dinner so it is hard to have group dinners together. Luckily we met the customer service manager and he helped us out with that and we were able to eat dinner together most of the nights. Not sure if it was the food, but about 6 of my guests including myself got diarrheaL, so be careful, sorry TMI. Night life Our group was late 20s into 30s so we like to drink and dance. Gabi beach at night was always fun and the bartenders are very entertaining. They also have a club in the lobby that we went to once, it was too loud and far. There is also a casino, but beware, they tend to change the rules on you especially if you are winning. Yhi Spa Got my hair done at Yhi spa since it came with my wedding package. The lady helping me out did not speak any English. I showed her a picture of what I wanted, but I did not get what I wanted L So I ended up having her just doing a basic do. They use soooo much hair spray!! I gave the free makeup to my mom, but that didn’t turn out well either. Luckily, I have family members that do makeup so they were able to fix that for her Photographer I used HDC. When I booked my wedding, I was originally told by Lauren from the Miami office about the outside vendor fee of $1000 for photographer and the workaround would be to book one night room for them, which I did. An hour before the ceremony started, the onsite wedding coordinator told my fiancé that there was issue with photographer and that they would not be able to come in to the property unless we pay the $1000 fee or book 3 nights! There was some kind of miscommunication going on here big time. The photographer called me from the front desk about issues getting in and since they had a room reservation they were finally let in. I was not stressed about this since I knew I had it in writing from the lauren what I was told, so we just discussed the photog issue after the wedding. HDC did a great job. Milian and Carlos was a pleasure to work with. Tip: make sure you keep all emails from wedding coordinator and make sure to have it in clear writing if they promise you anything in particular. Ceremony We had our ceremony on the beach in front of building 19 at 4:30 pm. There were still a lot of people on the beach, but to be honest, I hardly noticed them. I originally wanted to have ceremony on the gazebo, but they charge you $500 just to use it. We did a symbolic ceremony and the lady that officiated did a great job and spoke EnglishJ. We brought our own music in ipod and they played the correct music and on queue! Cocktail Reception Immediately followed the ceremony on the beach as well. We had the chill out chic package so it came with 3 cold appetizers. We also rented out the sound system for $100 which I’m not sure why they would have to charge since it’s the same system used for the ceremony. Dinner Reception We decided to have the dinner reception at the main pool. Unfortunately, our day was the hottest and most humid of the whole week and there is not much of a breeze in the pool area. We chose the grill option, which was quite good. But I think they were missing one of our menu items. We’ve been eating buffet all week so it didn’t bother me much. You should maybe ask to have the section closed off since we did notice some random people walking through our party. We used the dj that booked through the hotel and they did a good job. They even gave us a free mini fireworks on our first dance. I did have a detailed outline of when I wanted certain things to occur i.e. toast, cake cutting, but the dj didn’t really follow the itinerary, but it was fine, it all worked out in the end. Our wedding coordinator onsite was Beatris and she was a pleasure to work with. If you have any issues at all during your stay, get in contact with Nathaniel (customer service manager) and he will be on top of it. If it wasnt for him, our vacation experience could have been disastrous. he helped us out with any room issues and also reservations since we had a big group. he is also very nice and fun to hang out with. Let me know if you have any questions.

We used Liberty Travel. They handled the room reservations but did help with booking flights for others that didn't book it separately. They did offer incentives depending on how many rooms we booked. We only decided to use travel agent since we were going on peak season and rates were ridiculously high. if you are going on off season, it might be cheaper booking on your own i.e. bookit.com

depending on your package, you will have to pay additional going beyond the 24 alloted. Note, the 24 includes the bride and groom. I had the chill out chic and my date fell on the entice me dates so it would only be $60 per person.

My wedding was on a wednesday so we arrived on a saturday, which was pleanty of time to get situated, enjoy the resort, have welcome cocktail and rehearsal dinner.

I just came back from my wedding at PPC and we used HDC. When I originally booked my wedding early last year, I was told there was $1000 outside photographer fee or workaround was to book one night room for them, which I did. on my wedding day, one hour before ceremony was about to start, I was told that it should be 3 nights booked or $1000 fee. Luckily I had the email threads from the wedding coordinator in Miami that clearly stated one night room and they went ahead and honored it. When you book a room, since this is an all inclusive, you have to pay per person.

hi, i noticed you mentioned you were at PPC in january. do you recall the hotel rates at that time? right now its going at 225/pppn but i'm not sure if it will go down some more. thanks in advance.

would you be able to email me this map, i cant seem to open the file. my email is: jocelandtuan@gmail.com thanks!!

Hi ladies!! this forum is awesome! i have learned alot!! i just gave my deposit today for PPC for wedding date 1/23/13. it is unfortunate to hear about the outside vendor fee though i dont like being forced to use this photo vendor, i like to have options. but if we can get away by getting the vendor one night room, then i think it will still be worth it especially since the rates for the on-site vendor are a bit pricey. for brides that have already gotten married at PPC, did anyone use arrecife? if so, how did your pictures turn out? do they also do video? they sent me a quote and it also mentioned the item in blue below. did anyone purchase additional photos from them and if so what was this discount. thanks in advance!! Regarding to the packages, we have 3 different packages: Small: 34 pictures in a CD (ceremony and beach) $400 USD. Medium: 50 pictures in a CD (room, beach and ceremony) $600 USD. Big: 70 pictures in a CD (room, ceremony, beach, 2 hours reception) $840USD. Trash the Dress: 20 pictures added to the package you want (small , medium or big) $200USD Days before the wedding we will have a meeting and we can talk about all your expectations and info confirmation for that special day. One of our photographers will be attending to your wedding, he will take around 300, all in color and then he will choose the best ones to edit them and show you the next day(s) of the wedding. The photographer can leave between 100 to 200 photos edited, (depending on the time he spends with you) he will show you the selected and edited photos and will present to you various options, all edited photos, originals, DVD slideshow for a good discounted price.