“Started out great. Night 1, noticed bites on my kids, night two (we had not been in sand) more bites appeared, this time, one on myself. Narrowed it down to the three of us being the only ones who slept in the king bed, my husband slept on sofa bed and didnt have anything. Went to front desk to make a report. Was told hotel is full and we had to stay in the same room again, to which we slept on the floor bc of the bed bug bites that were identified. The following morning, told at 10am we would get it handled. After 4 hours of getting rude customer service lady named ingrid in my face being sassy....then to oliver at the front desk who was a supervisor and told us he knew about this 10 min ago...not last night at 7pm when i made the report. I demanded the hotel to be responsible for washing all of my laundry asap and returning it asap, not the 72 hr normal turn around. They tried to get me to sign something that said riu is compensating me for my laundry and that i am100 percent fully satisfied. I refused to sign, bc i was not fully satisfied. With the help of our wonderful Amstar Rep, Dennis, we finally made progress to behind the desk in a managers office. After a lot of spanish speaking going on amongst themselves, i had had enough. Dennis was pulled in to translate for me what they were all talking about. It lasted Hours. Needless to say, at 245p i was given a new room...i had been without since 7am. After producing pics of my kids with their bites, and pics of the actual bugs we discovered after taking mattress off, you would think some sort of apology or compensation would take place. Nope. We were given the exact same typroom, to which when we got in it,there were open drinks and an open coconut in the fridge. Clearly the room was not thoroughly cleaned. But, hopefully no bed bugs. Im not looking. I cant. Im so discusted. They wasted the entire day today we had to have beach time or excursion time...nothing. i had to straight up tell Guillarmo i wanted an apology. Finally, after he looked at my pics, apologized. I then asked if they could reimburse me for the steroid cream (10 bux) i paid for my kids bites. He said no. This resort doesnt pay for things like those and until the investigation is over..he wont say they are bedbugs. Thats clearly a tabu word. I asked for a reservation for dinner, he agreed and that was all the compensation i was given from the resort. I was told there were bigger problems going on within the 5 resorts and this one is nothing. I told him to go tell my kids,who are outside that door clawing at bedbug bites, go tell them that their problem doesnt matter. He said, thats not what i meant...i replied but thats what you said, and that is exactly how your entire staff has treated us. I have never been so dissapointed in a vacation. Beautiful scenery, but clearly cleanliness and health are not a top priority.I would not be doing justice if i didnt tell you that room 6017 had bedbugs the past 4 days. Supposedly they are treating for it. However, he disnt have a solution for the multiple blood stains and mold on the linens and mattress. Said his housekeepers do a great job.I plan to go to that room in the morning and advise them to investigate before they stay. My travel agent has been nothing but wonderful, and the amstar guys have been nothing but wonderful. If you need an excursion booked, or have any general questions....these guys are on your side...not hotel. Use them. They know people, know the past complaints of hotel and have connections. Below are the photos. Taken august 2,3,4 2019 of my boys and our room.And my wonderful amstar repJenifer Braley is the best agent i have ever dealt with. I would trust her in a heartbeat. She had no idea, of course, or wouldnt have sent us here. She is informed, apologetic, figting with us to get the resport to do something about this nasty, filthy health hazards.Not an upgrade, i got forced apology under duress, and put in room that was semi cleaned. I would like to think if they came to texas, it would be different.we apologize/make it right”
— April Adams
“Everything was great, food , service, most of the staff was awesome. A few glaring issues though. The reception desk ripped us off. We had 3 rooms and charged us $50 us for each room. Said they we a upgrade. I didn’t ask for a upgrade, I only asked if he could get us as close together as possible. We ended up in building 50 and 60. Farthest from everything. And the pools we very very warm. Other than these issues, had a great vacation.”
— Kevin Young