Honestly, this would have been a 3 star review. Because that’s basically what this hotel is, a decent 3 star hotel. Food was great, the staff was mostly wonderful, and the snorkeling right off the beach is amazing.
Prob is, it’s priced as a 4 star resort, and just plain isn’t one. The upkeep/maintenance on the property is abysmal. Lawns not mowed, not 1 or 2 but close to half of the exterior light fixtures in our “preferred” section of buildings missing, leaving lightbulbs dangling on wires as you walk around; scuffs and stains on the stairwell walls, and the toilet room of our bathroom was missing the door. Combine that with the exhaust fan above the toilet not working, and you can imagine what a nice experience that was.
So what turns this into the 1 star review was the awful time the hotel gave us trying to get a simple early check out or transfer to the sister Hyatt hotel next door Dreams. So the first four days of our trip, I had to spend tons of time going back-and-forth to the office, on chat with Expedia customer service simply trying to get permission to leave, Until finally, we had to take the chance and double book to stay at a hotel that met our expectations, not knowing at the time whether we would be refunded for the unused four days or not
Either Hyatt doesn’t know what condition this place is kept in or I need to re-frame what Hyatt means to me
Save yourself the time, just book at Dreams, it’s much more up-to-date and feels like you’re at a Hyatt resort.