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WHEREVER YOU GO ON THE ISLAND YOU WILL FIND THAT MANY OF THE THINGS THAT THE VENDORS WILL TRY TO SELL YOU ARE THE SAME THROUGHOUT. IF YOU REALLY WANT SOMETHING BE PATIENT IN BUYING IT. IF THE PRICE ISN'T RIGHT FOR YOU SIMPLY WALK AWAY BECAUSE THEY'LL EITHER COME CHASING YOU TO BUY IT OR YOU WILL FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE WHERE YOU CAN BUY IT FOR YOUR PRICE. Leave a Comment
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Do not sit around the hotel all day,do go on the odd trip and see the island.Be careful of beggers on the beach. Another great beach
Another beautiful beach Leave a Comment
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Do be careful on the beach if people try and sell you something,always ask a price before saying yes.I was forced onto a horse ,even though i kept saying no,then taken up the beach a couple of times and then the bloke saidŁ20 please.When i refused,he became abit narsty. Leave a Comment
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One of the nice things about the resorts in Punta Cana is that there are no vendors on the beach at your hotel. If you want to shop, you go to the little marketplaces along the beach, between various properties. There is one between the Barcelo Bavaro Palace and the Melia Caribe/Tropicale. At the marketplace there are 10-20 vendors all selling exactly the same items! Four types of vendors: Artwork, t-shirts and wraps, trinkets and sculptures, and liquor/tobacco. So they compete with each other for price.. all tell you they'll give you the 'best price', 'cheapie cheapie' etc. Nothing is marked, and all prices they quote are at least double as a rule. Most likely you can buy it for a third. Get several items from one vendor and it's definitely a third.
Additionally, outside the marketplace are reps for the watersports such as parasailing, snorkeling and deep-sea fishing. If you book through these guys you can negotiate price and duration of trip, and get more for your dollar. Booking through the tour operators (Apple, Turinter, etc.) at the resort can cost you up to $20 more per person. Leave a Comment
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If you go shopping at the Dominican Republic be carefull with the prices. Don't pay too much! Also be carefull with people who try to steel from the tourists, there aren't many people who do that but you do have them. Just like you probably have them all over the world. Most Dominicans are very friendly, and helpfull, but there is a very little group Dominicans who try to become friends with the tourists, and steel their money or something else. The 'good' Dominicans will warn you for these 'bad' Dominicans, because they get really upsad when someone is trying to steel something from their friends. You can trust most of the Dominicans for 100%, and you will also notice yourself when someone is trying to steel something from you. Leave a Comment
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We were happily sunbathing when a man came up and tried to befriend us and before you could say anything we were being introduced to his colleague to try and sell us a timeshare! Leave a Comment
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The local venders are very pushy, save yourself some trouble and don't make eye contact unless you are actually interested in an item. Remember to barter, never pay asking price,try to get it for half that. Buy cigars at the markets at your own risk, many are counterfeit. Leave a Comment
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Be very, very careful. it's beginning on the AIRPORT !!!
Take small money with you !!!
Please dont rent a car or motorcycle!
Only Take a taxi !
Dont go with private-Taxi-car ! Leave a Comment
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If you are planning to stay at an all inclusive hotel don't shop in the hotelshops. Things are a lot more expensive here than they are in a local city. Try intstead to visit a nearby city like Puerta Plata (if you for example live in Playa Dorada) and check out the prices at a supermarket, you will save a lot.
Plus the fact that you will get the chance to see the real Dominican Republic.
And if you are staying at an all inclusive hotel you sholud know that the day trips can be bought for half the price at the beach compared to the hotel prices. Leave a Comment
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Better to speak Spanish. Not many traps when you stay in a resort.
TIME SHARE PEOPLE:
Don't listen to the people saying they have a present for you although they are working in the hotel (Time share people).
HOTEL DOCTOR:
Don't get sick and bring your own drugs, don't go to see the doctor from the hotel. The cost of the visit is extremely high, the cost of the drugs are really high too ! Leave a Comment
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