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n bishop from cannock staffordshire travelled to Beaches varadero with
cosmos
on a couples holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 05 2006 |
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| said: As our honey we expected something special from a sandals resort - we were wrong !!
Lifts weren't working, drinks were available one day and not the next.
The food was often un recognisable and when I asked for a salad in one of the a la carte restaurants I was given a piece of broccoli, a carrot and a roast potato. ????
After 5 days we complained about food, service, entertainment etc and luckily were moved to the Sandals Resort further up the resort. Which was much better and what we had paid for.
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Hewins from Leicester travelled to Beaches varadero with
Virgin
on a friends holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 10 2005 |
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| said: Hotel is now very dated, bathrooms urgently require an update.
Food was very basic and repetitive.
Staff very helpful and friendly.
Reminded me of Butlins
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Sarah from London travelled to Beaches varadero with
trade winds
on a couples holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 09 2005 |
rated the Beaches varadero as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: My first visit to a Sandal’s resort and probably my last.
The hotel was meant to be a 4 star plus (possibly 15 years ago when it was new). The furniture and decorations and fittings were very tired and worn. The lift (only one working for the whole resort) was dangerous (in my opinion) and the doors would try and open when between
floors.
The staff were reasonably helpful and spoke good levels of English.
The food was horrendous and appalling. The "restaurants" were booked up nights in advance and the level was OK however nothing to write home about. The buffet style main area (similar in my opinion to a school canteen) was a massive free for all. The food lacked any flair and was mostly cold and un -appetising. It has to be said that we both had upset stomachs whilst staying in this resort and these are now OK since we have returned home.
The evening entertainment was dull and boring.
The water sports were very limited.
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Becky from Bristol travelled to Beaches varadero with
Virgin
on a family holiday.
There were 3 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 08 2005 |
rated the Beaches varadero as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: We had a 3 weeks stay booked, checked out after first night - It was an absolute pit!
Met about 20 other couples (of all nationalities) who had done the same.
Wish I had read reviews first!
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Mary from London travelled to Beaches varadero with
Kuoini
on a couples holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 07 2005 |
rated the Beaches varadero as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: We had booked this as we thought once in a lifetime honeymoon to a Sandals resort. We could not have been so wrong, it was a nightmare.
Hotel was dirty, food was disgusting and staff were unhelpful.
I will never travel with Kuoini again after recommending this holiday.
My honeymoon was ruined.
Do not visit this resort!
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D Noble from Dorchester travelled to Beaches varadero with
Kuoni
on a family holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 07 2005 |
rated the Beaches varadero as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: We just got back from this hotel and the only good thing I can say is the beach is lovely - clear blue sea and white sand.
We booked this hotel because it is part of the Sandals group and therefore expected a quality hotel. We went to Beaches rather than Sandals as I went with my sister and Sandals is for couples. We paid extra for a concierge room which should be the best rooms in the hotel. We were disappointed when we found the whole hotel was very worn and poorly maintained.
The food is the worst part, not much choice, poor quality and mostly cold. There is a festering waterway around the hotel which is full of green slime and smelly, a breeding ground for mosquitoes, I don't think there were many guests not covered in bites. You need to apply mosquito repellant both day and night.
The staff were in the main friendly but did not deal well with complaints and did not take ownership of maintenance & food issues.
Entertainment was ok but the high level of all inclusive you expect from a Sandals resort was not evident. Watersports were thin on the ground and even if you were an experienced sailor they wanted to charge $15 to take you to the reef rather than let you go out sailing on your own for nothing.
All in all I would not recommend this hotel.
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Andy edden from huthwaite travelled to Beaches varadero with
Thompson
on a couples holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 05 2005 |
rated the Beaches varadero as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: Don't go here if it's not in high season, the standards are pretty poor. You get the impression that 'they are cutting back'.
The only good point was our wedding, which thanks to the co-ordinater was great (thanks Candy).
The restaurants were terrible with not much choice, coldish food, under cooked food and bad availability of menu choices. Most nights at least 2 of them were closed, we even went without food 1 night as they shut the buffet and we could not get in any of the others! Many people throughout our 3 week stay suffered with some form of stomach upset or worse!!!
The reps are useless, don't turn up, or return your calls either!
Some of the entertainment staff were good but they lack imagination, the night time shows last '1 hour' then thats it for the night so don't expect any more and its very repetitive too(quite boring). This is not what we expected from Sandals and when I complained they were not interested one bit so we won't be using Sandals ever again, we were passed from one dept. to another.
To be fair to Thompson they did refund us £100 so they obviously accept that there was a problem!
I had a meeting with the manager and he was totally oblivious to what was 'not happening' in his own hotel!!!
Beware too they let gangs of lads or girls in, it can get a bit like Magaluf 18-30's round the pool. All in all I would not recommend this hotel to anyone. It's a disgrace to the Sandals name!!! Be warned. (Huthwaite)
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