El Dorado Seaside Suites by Karisma, Cancun - Anyone been?
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Just booked the above for 10 nights all inclusive in middle of June.
Has anyone been? Any tips? What`s it like?
Photos look amazing and it gets great reviews on Trip Advisor (bar the usual few grumpy yanks!!).
Can`t wait
http://www.karismahotels.com/resort/el-dorado-seas...
Has anyone been? Any tips? What`s it like?
Photos look amazing and it gets great reviews on Trip Advisor (bar the usual few grumpy yanks!!).
Can`t wait
http://www.karismahotels.com/resort/el-dorado-seas...
Well..Great holiday really enjoyed it.
Pro's - Good food-Great staff/service-Great booze (top shelf stuff) - water sports (seadoo's parasailing kayaking Scuba etc etc- Lovely beach
Con's - Small complex- Maybe 5* in Mexican standards but a 4* at the very best British standard-you have to get up 5-5.30 to secure one of the nice beach beds (Very nice sunrise tho) -Evening entertainment is shocking if your under 40 not bad for the older generation. Americans make up 90% of the guests. Need i say more!
Naturist resort next door makes for a intersting walk on the beach left to the hotel!
Pro's - Good food-Great staff/service-Great booze (top shelf stuff) - water sports (seadoo's parasailing kayaking Scuba etc etc- Lovely beach
Con's - Small complex- Maybe 5* in Mexican standards but a 4* at the very best British standard-you have to get up 5-5.30 to secure one of the nice beach beds (Very nice sunrise tho) -Evening entertainment is shocking if your under 40 not bad for the older generation. Americans make up 90% of the guests. Need i say more!
Naturist resort next door makes for a intersting walk on the beach left to the hotel!
Rules of the hotel is if the bed is vacant for over 45 minutes people are entitled to remove your towels/belongings, however this rule isn't policed in any way shape or form most of them stayed vacant until 10-11. If your a tea drinker take your own over the stuff over there is vile! also there is no kettle in the room only a coffee machine so ask your concierge for one when you get there.
Your flying Thompson/First Choice expect delays every flight out and back in is always delayed we were told..Ours 5.5 hr delay going out and 2.5 back.
Have a great trip.
Your flying Thompson/First Choice expect delays every flight out and back in is always delayed we were told..Ours 5.5 hr delay going out and 2.5 back.
Have a great trip.
Husky610 said:
Rules of the hotel is if the bed is vacant for over 45 minutes people are entitled to remove your towels/belongings, however this rule isn't policed in any way shape or form most of them stayed vacant until 10-11. If your a tea drinker take your own over the stuff over there is vile! also there is no kettle in the room only a coffee machine so ask your concierge for one when you get there.
Your flying Thompson/First Choice expect delays every flight out and back in is always delayed we were told..Ours 5.5 hr delay going out and 2.5 back.
Have a great trip.
Sounds fair enough mate, typically we are flying Thompson/First Choice I`ll pack a good book Your flying Thompson/First Choice expect delays every flight out and back in is always delayed we were told..Ours 5.5 hr delay going out and 2.5 back.
Have a great trip.
Apologies for the thread resurrection!
What did you make of the resort, OP? I have just booked to go there for 2 weeks for my honeymoon next June. Having read the tripadvisor reviews they are generally very positive bar a few Americans who complained of small portions. And on the topic of Americans, a few of the British reviews mentioned that the Yanks received better service because they were more willing to tip greater amounts more often. Was this an obvious issue on your trip?
And lastly, did you get up at the crack of dawn of 'reserve' a lounger by the pool? I like to get up early, but 5 is a bit too early, especially on honeymoon!
TIA.
What did you make of the resort, OP? I have just booked to go there for 2 weeks for my honeymoon next June. Having read the tripadvisor reviews they are generally very positive bar a few Americans who complained of small portions. And on the topic of Americans, a few of the British reviews mentioned that the Yanks received better service because they were more willing to tip greater amounts more often. Was this an obvious issue on your trip?
And lastly, did you get up at the crack of dawn of 'reserve' a lounger by the pool? I like to get up early, but 5 is a bit too early, especially on honeymoon!
TIA.
Sorry for the late reply, I cannot recommend this place enough, it was truly superb 
I wouldn`t use Thompson again if you paid me, they were stupidly painful from start to finish!
But......the Karisma hotel/resort was absolutely excellent, the staff were all brilliant, no-one could do enough for us.
I did tip most of the time, but my advice would be little and often, I generally tipped $1 US most times we had a drink and $5-10 US for meals but as it`s gourmet inclusive everything is included anyway and the staff really do deserve a little here and there.
You can lie on the beach and not move, they`ll bring you drinks non-stop, we built up quite a rapore with a couple of the waiters/waitresses and in the end they didn't even bother asking, they just dropped off a fresh beer and momosa every half hour
I never deliberately got up early to reserve a bed and to be honest there was no need, there was plenty of beds to go round and all are very good. I see you`re going in June, which is when we went also, this is not their height of summer so not as busy as it could be and as such it rained every day, but this really doesn`t matter. You can be lying on the beach in amazing weather and all of a sudden there`ll be an epic storm for 10 minutes (run to the closest bar) and 5 minutes later it`s all over, the sun`s back out and it was as if nothing had happened.
You will have an amazing time mate, honestly. Don`t book any trips before you go, do it all when you get there, there`s a couple of lads who run a hut on the beach inside the resort who do all the trips at a fraction of the cost your travel agent will try to flog them to you for. I ignored this advice when I went and regretted it, I assumed it would be tricky to arrange and paid Thomson beforehand for a trip and they royally took the mick!
If you can do the day trip to Chichen Itza, do it, it`s a long day but amazing to experience (especially if they tie it in with swimming underground in a cenote).
They did give us some vouchers when we left and I just dug them out to send you and they bloody run out 4 weeks ago!
(only valid for 12 months).
Oooh just remembered they`ll try and sell you dinner upgrades, lobster on the beach etc, keep saying no and as the week goes on it gets cheaper I think we paid $20 in the end for lobster and champagne!
Any questions chum, just give me a shout.
Dave
I wouldn`t use Thompson again if you paid me, they were stupidly painful from start to finish!
But......the Karisma hotel/resort was absolutely excellent, the staff were all brilliant, no-one could do enough for us.
I did tip most of the time, but my advice would be little and often, I generally tipped $1 US most times we had a drink and $5-10 US for meals but as it`s gourmet inclusive everything is included anyway and the staff really do deserve a little here and there.
You can lie on the beach and not move, they`ll bring you drinks non-stop, we built up quite a rapore with a couple of the waiters/waitresses and in the end they didn't even bother asking, they just dropped off a fresh beer and momosa every half hour
I never deliberately got up early to reserve a bed and to be honest there was no need, there was plenty of beds to go round and all are very good. I see you`re going in June, which is when we went also, this is not their height of summer so not as busy as it could be and as such it rained every day, but this really doesn`t matter. You can be lying on the beach in amazing weather and all of a sudden there`ll be an epic storm for 10 minutes (run to the closest bar
) and 5 minutes later it`s all over, the sun`s back out and it was as if nothing had happened. You will have an amazing time mate, honestly. Don`t book any trips before you go, do it all when you get there, there`s a couple of lads who run a hut on the beach inside the resort who do all the trips at a fraction of the cost your travel agent will try to flog them to you for. I ignored this advice when I went and regretted it, I assumed it would be tricky to arrange and paid Thomson beforehand for a trip and they royally took the mick!
If you can do the day trip to Chichen Itza, do it, it`s a long day but amazing to experience (especially if they tie it in with swimming underground in a cenote).
They did give us some vouchers when we left and I just dug them out to send you and they bloody run out 4 weeks ago!
(only valid for 12 months).Oooh just remembered they`ll try and sell you dinner upgrades, lobster on the beach etc, keep saying no and as the week goes on it gets cheaper
I think we paid $20 in the end for lobster and champagne!Any questions chum, just give me a shout.
Dave
Thanks Dave for the detailed reply and the advice. I was thinking of tipping in line with what you did so there'll be no issues there.
We've not booked any trips but will definitely seek out these guys in the hut and see what they have to offer. What trips, other than the Chichen Itza did you do?
We mentioned to the travel agent (Thomson!) that it's our honeymoon and they said that a dinner on the beach will be included, along with a few other things, so we're really looking forward to that. But if we can get champagne and lobster on the beach for $20 then we'll definitely be doing that!!
Thanks again for the reply and the offer of the vouchers.
We've not booked any trips but will definitely seek out these guys in the hut and see what they have to offer. What trips, other than the Chichen Itza did you do?
We mentioned to the travel agent (Thomson!) that it's our honeymoon and they said that a dinner on the beach will be included, along with a few other things, so we're really looking forward to that. But if we can get champagne and lobster on the beach for $20 then we'll definitely be doing that!!
Thanks again for the reply and the offer of the vouchers.
matt173407 said:
I went a couple of years ago , only problem is I have not found anywhere like it for the money and you always end up comparing !
only advice is take some shoes for the sea as it can be a bit rocky but other than that an amazing place !
matt173407, thanks for the tip, I'll remember to pack some disposable shoes!only advice is take some shoes for the sea as it can be a bit rocky but other than that an amazing place !
Accumul8 said:
matt173407, thanks for the tip, I'll remember to pack some disposable shoes!
We only did the one trip, but Sari`s sister went after us and said you have to go to Coco Bongos, it`s a sort of nightclub come stage show come huge party, apparently superb. Also another couple we met when there did a trip off road and through the sea in a huge 6x6 lorry thing which was also supposed to be great.Good shout on the beach shoes, forgot about the stony sea bed!
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