Glad it was helpful! Enjoy your trip!

Thank you!

Thank you! We used the company California Closets!

It was pretty easy! Airport is very small. Make sure you have your transportation booked before you get there. The most annoying part is bypassing the sales people at the airport. Follow the instructions from your airport transfer and go straight outside after you finish with customs. Don’t stop for the people saying they will help you find your transfer, they will try to sell you excursions. Just don’t make eye contact, say no thank you and go outside and your transfer will likely hold a sign with either your name or the company name. Once you find them, they’ll get you to the hotel. Roads are pretty good too.

I didn’t feel Excellence was a night life place. It was more quite relaxing vibe. I don’t think it had a club so if that’s the goal Excellence probably isn’t the best fit especially because it’s a bit far from town so it’s not like you can quickly go out somewhere either. Hope that helps with the decision!

Thank you!

No issues with fiberglass so far! Holding up well, we love it! No regrets!

We got some good stuff coming up!

lol yes! Excellence has yet to fail me!

My grandfather, who was a pool builder, said the same thing, but my cousin, who is a pool builder, said they've come a long way

So excited for you, enjoy!!

I used an online company called Frame It Easy. I really liked them and qualify of the frames are good.

Good idea that should hopefully help. Also, if you’re booking for now, hopefully it’s not as busy since it’s not peak season. I imagine it gets busier in the winter when people try to escape the cold

I believe it was but you had to stay a certain amount of days, maybe like 3 or 4. Double check the website, it said it before I did the booking!

Hi! Omg so exciting, this is place is perfect for a honeymoon! Also congrats on the marriage! Yes, i believe all rooms on the Impression side get butlers. We booked the basic level room and got a butler. If you book a facial or anything at the spa that is an additional charge unless when you booked it said comes with free facial. Sometimes it may come with free hydrotherapy but likely not a facial. The commute was about 45 minutes. Book your transportation before getting there. You can book it through the hotel (costs extra) or separately. I used USA Transfers and it was cheaper. So most things are included but there are some extra you can add on like specialty restaurants. You’d have to book those separately so it’s hard to accidentally go to a place that’s out of pocket. And then there may be like a specialty wine menu but they’ll ask you if you want it. If you’re staying in like a suite or for 5 days, you get one of the specialty restaurants for free (Teodora) so make sure you ask about that restaurant if it applies to you. They’ll also send you an email beforehand with some of the extras you can pay for. We did none of these and had an amazing time and ate great food so don’t feel pressured.

As for tipping, it’s not really expected or pushed but appreciated. We aren’t heavy tippers in countries where that’s not necessarily the culture. If you use your butler a lot, a tip would be nice at the end or if you want to do a couple bucks as get help each time that’s fine but we didn’t feel the pressure or expectation. Some people tip a couple bucks with drinks and food but we definitely didn’t feel the pressure at all. For us, we do all-inclusive so we don’t have to think about money at all on the trip. Regardless we got great service!

Aww thank you!

Thank you!

Oh wow I did not know about that. We had no security issues and felt very safe. The beach was private so that helped too.

@yourtwobiggestbills they moved it to a level three and we already bought tickets. I think we will still go as it's a private location but we shall see.

I have not tried to access it for a fee but when I was reading reviews, it seems like it’s possible. If you’re on Facebook there’s a Facebook group for Secrets Wild Orchid and that’s where I saw people mention it.

@yourtwobiggestbills thank you. I'm staring st aying at the Secrets St James in a couple of months. Hopefully, it goes well.

Of course!

Glad you enjoyed your stay too! We spent most of our time on the rooftop lol so next time we’ll try to venture out a bit more. How was Teodoro? I may try to go for 5 nights next time so we can try it too.

@@yourtwobiggestbills Teodoro was a great experience! However to me it’s not worth the 250 per person if you do not have the 5 night stay . I wouldn’t go out of my way to do it again !

November can’t come soon enough lol! I hope you have an amazing stay like we did, literally top notch. I haven’t tried Atelier so I’ll definitely add that to our list, looks beautiful!

We have been Excellence loyal for over 15yrs.. had our honeymoon in 2004 in punta cana... and have been vacationing yearly at either ERC or EPM ... however, we have defected a few times to Atelier and various Secrets... heading back to Atelier in October... but will definitely try out Moxche ... the experience.. got to say Excellence has somewhat dropped down a notch... BUT , Coral in Playa will open in January 2025 .. supposed to be upscale Excellence.. we are booked for May!!! Enjoyed your video!

Aww thank you 😊 lol! I’m a lawyer, a really cool one though lol 💁🏾‍♀️!

So excited for you! So we really didn’t so any of the activities, we’re probably the exact opposite of you and your fiancé lol , we just relaxed and hung out by the pool all day! I will say, our butler sent me the activities every morning and was super helpful if I had any questions. Next time, we’ll do better and try a couple out lol!

Omg, so excited for you! So we didn’t try the Spa at the resort although it looked amazing. A couple weeks before our stay, the concierge reached out and sent us all the spa details in case we wanted to book in advance. We ventured out and went off the resort for a spa just because it was cheaper. If you do decide to go off the resort, highly recommend Sol Spa by Prana! It had great reviews on Google and definitely didn’t disappoint!

Bed bugs! Oh wow, that is terrible! I’m glad you still somehow had a good time. We had a good time too but definitely shouldn’t be at the price point it is and definitely isn’t luxury.

I’m jealous! Please eat a taco for me lol, I’m obsessed! Where are y’all staying?

@@yourtwobiggestbills Hilton playa Del Carmen, I’ll have 2 Tacos 🌮😂🤣 your trip looked amazing by the way.

Is that just for suites in preferred? We had preferred but not a suite and didn’t have a butler but maybe we just didn’t get a good butler and he/she never checked on us 🤷🏾‍♀️.

Butlers are only for swimouts,master suite or presidential suite, you can also pay around 150 per day if you are booked in preferred buildings.(also depends on availability)

We had a terrible butler, never checked in at Secrets Cap Cana​@@yourtwobiggestbills

@@yupyeahtoo wow. People speak so highly of secrets cap cana, good to know. It’s on our list of places to try. Did you otherwise enjoy your stay?