6/10 Okay
Joshua
Traveled with family
Apr 18, 2025
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
This was our first experience with taking our kids (ages 8, 6, & 4yo) to an all-inclusive resort, and overall, it was a decent vacation experience, but we do not plan to return to the Barcelo resorts. We had fun swimming at the various pools (but no hot tub which sucked), the food was decent, and the beach was fun; however, the resort staff offered no help outside of the dining area. The complex is huge, but there was no tour or explanation of services at arrival (a first for us at a resort) and the "resort guide" provided by a QR code provides nothing informative. Typically, on vacation, I will book a spa day and we'll do a few excursions, but it felt like it took so much effort on our end trying to figure out how to do those things, we didn't do any of it. The only time the staff put effort into anything "extra" for us, was when they tricked us into a sales pitch for a membership - I won't elaborate on details, but let's just say over an hour of time wasted on a BEAUTIFUL day, midday w/ 3 HANGRY and tired kids. That same night, we got locked out of our room due to a dead battery, and it took over an hour to get someone to fix it - so, we had 3 exhausted kids sitting outside the room at 9:30pm with nothing to do bc everything is shut down by then. No apologies or consideration for the inconvenience. The only reason it wasn't a bad vacation is because we chose to make the most of it and our kids still had fun, but they've never experienced anything else.
Joshua
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2025