re: Looking for a nice all-inclusive.....

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its a fairly common thing with resorts in the caribbean. I have a good bit of experience with these trips. I you need any advice or have any questions, I will be happy to help. Ive been going a few times per year now for about 15 years. Been all over. Let me know and I can answer by email.

Someone recommended the Excellence in DR. Very nice place. Highly recommend as well. Is on the west end of Punta Cana where the place I recommended is on the east end. The west end of the beach gets a little higher surf. The east end is a little more calm and clear.

A lot of these resorts have similar food and similar booze. Most times, the service is the big difference. You will never go wrong with Sandals but your going to pay a good bit more for it. There are places out there that offer the same service/food quality for less money.

For me, I do not like super crowded places so we pick our times carefully. Plus it helps with the price. We have some places that we have only been to once and some that we have visited as many as 6 times. Most of them are very consistent...

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This is very true, a lot of the resorts have similar food and drinks, and the biggest difference would be service. Having said that, some resorts may only have a couple of main restaurants, where as other may have a broader variety.

I'm also not a fan of the super crowded places, and like to stick with the hotels that are not quite as popular as say a Sandals(although it's still a great resort).

My vote is for Excellence, both the one on Isla Mujeres, and the one in Punta Cana(although they are building a second one in Punta Cana that looks awesome, we are booked for summer 2017 ).

You almost can't go wrong with most of the AI, however a big difference is whether or not it is adults only or not. We always choose adults only. Some of our friends didn't, and got bombarded with kids on summer break.