Weekly Wire Archive

March 29, 2009

An All-Inclusive Guide To Some Of The Best All-Inclusive Resorts Around

What’s  included: accommodations, meals, soft drinks & alcoholic beverages, non-motorized water sports & fitness facilities, service, tax & gratuities.*

What’s not Spa treatments, activities( such as horseback  riding,  deep sea fishing, scuba, snorkeling), excursions.*

  Category Families Adults Description Highlights
Club Med Punta Canta
Domican Republic
Value

571 rooms & suites  with garden & ocean views.
1312 feet of private beach.
3 restaurants, 2 bars.
Wellness & Fitness centers.
Sports include sailing, scuba, water-skiing, wind-surfing, snorkeling & tennis.
Baby Club Med (from babies of 4 months), Children's Club. 

Children's circus school with flying trapeze, juggling, tightrope walking, trampoline, unicycle and 'clowning'.

Dreams Tulum Resort & Spa
Mexico 
Value

431 guest rooms & suites (incl. 2 Presidential suites) with sea or garden view & terrace or balcony.
24 hour concierge & room service, 8 restaurants, 6 bars.
3 pools (free form, quiet and children only), Kid's Explorer Club (3-12 years old).
Fitness center & Spa offering complete spa menu.
Scuba diving & deep sea fishing . 

Close proximity to Mayan ruins.
Beautiful beach.
Unlimited golf included in rate--18 hole championship golf course nearby. 

Beaches Resort & Spa
Turks and Caicos
Affordable

Full-fledged resort comprised of 3 villages with either a Caribbean, French or newly built Italian theme. 453 rooms & suites (incl. a Presidential suite) with garden or ocean views.
Suites have butler service &  VIP check-in.
16 restaurants, 12 bars, 6 pools (special zero-entry pool for tots).
Spa & fitness center.
Supervised Kid's Camp (ages 5-12) & teen center. 

Certified nannies included in rate.
Sesame characters walk around property.
Water Park with 7 water slides.

Azul Beach Hotel
Puerto Morelos
Mexico
Affordable

97 rooms & suites with garden or ocean views & verandah or balcony.
4 restaurants, 3 bars, 24 hour room service, 2 pools.
Spa, small fitness center.
Kid's Activity Program (ages 5-12).

Small, boutique hotel atmosphere.
Beach butlers.
Baby essentials provided: strollers, cribs, milk heaters, refrigerators for milk & medicines.

Club Med Columbus Isle
Bahamas
Affordable  

236 rooms & suites with garden or ocean views. All rooms have flat-screen TV's, wi-fi, bathrobes, slippers & branded toiletries.
3 restaurants, 3 bars.
Wellness center and fully equipped fitness center with daily aerobic & yoga classes.

This is the only hotel on the island so there's a feeling of exclusivity.
Emphasis on  water sports including: diving,  scuba,  snorkeling, sailing & water skiing., kayaking.

Couples Swept Away
Negril, Jamaica
Affordable Plus  

312 all suite property with garden or ocean views located on Negril's Seven Mile Beach.
6 restaurants & 8 bars including a Sports & Piano bar.
10 acre Sports & fitness center, a 25 meter lap pool and an outdoor jogging track. Extensive individual fitness programs. yoga.
Full service spa.

Unlimited golf, scuba, catamaran cruise & glass bottom-boat tour included in rate.
First rate fitness center.

Paradisus Palma Real
Punta Cana
 Dominican Republic
Affordable Plus

689 rooms & suites (incl. 2 oceanfront Presidential suites ) with garden & ocean views. Family section with 'Family concierge' , adults- only 'Royal Service' section &  'Reserve' exclusive section. 7 restaurants, 8 Premium bars, nightclub,3 outdoor swimming pools plus a 37,600 sq ft beachfront free form pool & 2 small children's pools. Casino, Kid's Club Programs, 8,600 sq foot spa & health club. Life enriching classes including cooking, wine tasting, painting & tango dancing. Sports include horseback riding, tennis, sailing, diving, deep-sea fishing, golf.  

Excellent concierge services.
Activities & excursions galore.

Secrets Maroma
Maroma Beach, Riviera Cancun
 Mexico
Affordable Plus  

412 all suite property (incl. 2 Presidential suites) with tropical, pool or ocean views. Each suite has a 4 poster king or 2 double beds, an armoire with his and her closets, Jacuzzi for 2 & 24 hour room service.7 restaurants, 8 bars, open -air theatre, game lounge, 13 swimming pools, 13,000 sq ft spa, full service beauty salon, state-of-the-art Fitness center.  Water sports include kayaking, snorkeling, sailing, deep sea fishing & scuba.

Voted best beach in the world by The Travel Channel.
Unlimited golf included in rate.
Swim out pools. 

Curtain Bluff
Antigua
Deluxe

72 rooms & suites, all with ocean views.
2 beaches, 5000 sq foot spa with complete spa menu, fully equipped fitness center.
4 lighted tennis courts, pro shop, putting green & 3 full time tennis instructors.
Kid's Play room & educational, ecologically friendly programs for teens.  

One of the most highly regarded  wine cellar in the Caribbean with over 25,000 bottles.  Wine tastings.
Professional tennis tournaments throughout the year. 

Regent 7 Seas
Cruise
 
Deluxe

 The 'fleet' is comprised of the Seven Seas Voyager, Mariner, Navigator and Paul Gauguin all with spacious staterooms/suites & private balconies, full service spas, several dining and bar/lounge options with nightly entertainment. Many ships have retractable water sports platforms.  Enrichment programs, lectures & a wide range of shore excursions plus  pre and post cruise programs.
Club Mariner Youth Programs with 3 age groups(5-8,9-12,13-17). 

Many destinations to choose from  including Europe, Alaska, Caribbean, Asia & French Polynesia.
Gratuities, most alcoholic beverages & 24 hour in room dining  now included in rate(this is  new).

Royal Hideaway
Playa del Carmen, Yucatan Peninsula Mexico
Deluxe  

200 rooms, jr. suites & suites (incl. 2 Presidential suites) with resort & ocean views. Concierge service.
Oversized cascading infinity pool and relaxing pools & bi-level oceanfront solarium decks  around the property.
6 gourmet restaurants plus a dinner theatre, 2 bars including a piano bar.
Full service spa with complete spa menu, Fitness Club.
Golf nearby.

AAA  5 Diamond Award property.
Fabulous on- property restaurants.

Zoetry Paraiso De La Bonita
Riviera Maya, Mexico
Deluxe  

90 luxury beach front suites with terraces starting at 1248 sq. feet.  Private chauffeured airport transfers, in-room champagne, Bulgari bath amenities, Frette bed linens and bathrobes, complimentary cell phones with unlimited worldwide calls and 24 hour laundry service included.
22,000 sq.ft   Thalasso therapy Spa & Anti-Aging Center.
Activities include diving, sailing, Mayan ruin excursions, photo safaris, golf. 
4 gourmet restaurants, 2 bars.

Gourmet dining experience; all meals are a la carte (no buffets).
Skin analysis & consultation by an M.D. and a spa treatment included in rate.
Unlimited golf included in rate at nearby Playa Mujeres Golf Club, a Greg Norman signature 18-hole championship golf course.. 

 


*as in life, there are always exceptions to the rule!

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