For me...This was my first real vacation outside Canada and boy was I impressed to say the least! The ground and the staff were amazing and friendly. The food quality and diversity was something I have never even imagined!
At first I was pretty worried considering I did my homework. We read all the reviews...talked to other people who had been there and at first we were pretty leery on how our experience was going to be. This trip was a gift for our daughters graduation and we were worried it was not going to end up being the vacation of her dreams. BOY WERE WE WRONG!
Any time we had any questions about anything the staff were always trying to go above and beyond. We made sure to try and speak some of the language and they were very appreciative for that and bent over backwards. Always happy to take pictures for us and with us!
The room was great and maid service was fantastic! Word to the wise.. a dollar US here and there goes a long way in getting some extra services!
The beach was amazing and clean. Lots of places to lie down and soak in the sun. However it is best if you like a bit of shade to get your towels down early and then go on about your day and you have your "spot" reserved.
The animation team was awesome and had so many great and fun activities available at all hours from dancing to areobics, horsehoes to pingpong. There was never a shortage of things to occupy our time.
Would I stay there again.. You bet! I am already planning our next trip back!
If you have any complaints about this place.. you need to get your head checked because we could not have asked for a better vacation!

When we arrived at the resort, We were greeted promptly and
rushed to our rooms. The rooms were very clean and upto
date. The resort is very clean but the serivce is poor. First you
HAVE to use the little door indicators to let the cleaners know
not to enter the room. We had cleaners comming in at
8am while we were in bed. Also had maintance workers walk into the room while we were sleeping to wake up yo find this man is working in the room while we are sleeping.

The food was good in all the ala carts. The BBQ alla cart
was a waste of time. The service was useless and the food was poor. All the other ala carts are very good.

The entertaiment was okay. I would rate it a 7 out of 10.

The pool staff is wonderfull and very pleasant. The beach
is kept clean, The is lot's of beach shade and lounge chairs
and the water is very clean..

I would not reccomend any of the snorkling excursion. You
are rushed from site to site and there is very few fish to see. We
were informed that we would be sent to a caged in site and
there is lot's of water species would be visable. The only
visable species that we had seen was seaweed. What a waste
of money & time.

Over all the service from staff from the is poor. The cleaners
and pool staff are great. I would only reccomend this
resort if the service staff changes.

I am the type of person who does a TON of research before I go away. I have to know what to expect and don't like to wonder anything. Which means I was on this site quite a bit reading reviews and the good ones are pretty acurate.
I traveled with Transat Holidays and stayed in the Royal Golden Club. Well worth the extra money.
I traveled with my boyfriend and 3 other friends. We all had nothing but good things to say about this resort.
My boyfriend is diabetic so we had to go to our room before or after every time we ate because he had to take his insulin. Because we were Royal Golden we have 24h free room service. This was def good for us because it saved us from walking all the way to the buffet to for lunch and then back to the beach. It also was well used by my friends who would order roomservice late after an evening of drinking.
The food: I am a pretty picky eater, and my boyfriend is even worse. Both of us ALWAYS had someting to eat and would be full.
I ate at the Garden Grill, Le Gormet, The Japanese and The Italian a la carts. Le Gormet was good, but my boyfriend and my 2 other male friends who are big eaters found the portion sizes a little small. I just don't reccomend the salmon and lobster app, its not very good. Garden Grill, if you are hungry order the mixed meat for your entre. Its a lot of food and gives a taste of everything offered at the grill. Just watch the steak it was a little pink for me. Italian, portion sizes HUGE. I was sick that night so i just orded the pizza and only had 2 slices, but my boyfriend had the lasgana (sorry can't spell to well) and it was the size of the plate. And the Japanese SOOOOO good! Its fun because they cook infront of you and you get to have everything on the menu, except for the desserts. If you don't want something though, don't worry you can just say no.
The buffet I was never unhappy with and neither were my friends. a lot of greasy food but there was also nongreasy food there too. I
Grounds: BEAUTIFUL! Thats all I have to say. Always being cleaned and groomed. Just AMAZING!
Staff: WICKED! Irma, at the lobby bar, shes one of the managers, she's just awesome. When I was sick she made me a Dominican drink to cure stomach problems, and its the most vile thing Ihad to drink but it really worked. Also everyone there smiles as you or says hola or is just there to make sure you have a good time.
Beach/Pools: Beautiful. Very clean. We went in the off season so we never had any trouble getting a palpa on the beach or at the pool. I dont know what it would be lik when they place is fullthough, but on the off season it was fine.
Check in/out: Easy. We were checked in on the bus and check out was fine. Just make sure that on your last day (if your royal golden or diamond) to hand your beach towels in for towel cards. My boyfriend and I almost didnt and would have been charged $20 US each, so good thing we did.
This place is amazing. I would reccommend it to anyone. We were a group of 21 year olds and had a blast and I think if my parents who are in their mid 50s would have an amazing time. Always something to do and never far from food, bathrooms and booze. If you have any questions don't be afriad to ask, I would be glad to answer any questions.

My husband and I just returned yesterday from BPPC after a wonderful 25th anniversary - 5 day vacation from May 26-30 2008. We are a mid age couple from Puerto Rico. After searching and reading many reviews of different hotels at Punta Cana, I asked a co-worker who travels to PC every year about a resort and she recommended Bahia. We had the time of our life there. The resort is BEAUTIFUL, very well maintained. The beach is enchanting. Food at the buffet and the restaurants (Cafe Paris and El Pescador) was better than we expected of such a big resort. The staff and service was excellent (Please tip them, they work so hard to service you always with a smile). For us it was perfect for relaxing and slow down from daily stress. If you are looking for a place for big kids and teens, this is not the place, beside the beach and the pools on daytime, there is nothing else to do. Evening shows are good and also the entertainment at Pueblo Principe. Most of the people staying at the resort that week were europeans and canadians. Not may americans, and only a few hispanics. We have no complaints of this resort. On our trip back home we heard the experiences of other tourist about the bad food on other hotels and also about incident of stolen clothes and cellular phones from their rooms and even passports that were locked at safes!