Sosua Hotels

[Jaosousa]

The last time I booked a room at the Sosua Bay Hotel all inclusive, a guy I knew who used to work there got me a room in the victorian house. The lobby for the Victorian House is in a small white building that shares the grounds of the Sosua Bay Hotel. Inside that white building they had a wireless router with a non password protected wifi connection for the internet. You may want to walk over to somewhere close to that white building to see if you can get a wifi signal for the internet.

Many of the rooms that I have stayed at, in All Inclusive hotels in the Dominican Republic have a small plastic box on the wall near the door. Usually you have to insert the plastic key card inside that box to get the electricity to come on in the room (including air conditioning). You can slip another plastic type card inside that box, to keep the electricity on, when you exit the room with the key card. Many hotels only give one plastic room key card, the box can be fooled into believing that the room key is inserted, by using something else inserted into it.

You are right. The safe is $3/day. The wireless internet was $2/2 hours. Another guy told me he paid $6/24 hours. So I am not sure if the 2 hours run consecutively from when you first log on or if you can break it up into different sessions. I can tell you, however, that it was not worth a damn. That is why I have not posted any reports since. The internet there was soooooo slow that it was not worth even attempting to log on again. I will definitely stay here again though. I loved the location and the beach view.

Drawbacks:

1. Extremely slow internet at $2/2 hours (I'm talking pre-dial up; smoke signals were faster).

2. There is a motion sensor in the rooms that control the power. So, when you leave the room or you go to sleep, after so much time everything will shut off. It sux when you are trying to charge a laptop or phone or you want your a/c on all night while you are sleeping.

3. Towel situation: It seems they only have so many towels. I think they wash them as they take them from your room. So after they clean you won't have towels for a while. I got in good with the maid and got her to give me extras. Also the maid closet in the corridor on each floor stays unlocked, however the carts only have sheets on them, no towels.

4. My girlfriend, a non-pro, came from Santiago to stay with me. I asked the lady at the desk if she needed a wristband or anything. She said no. Saturday night when we came from the club the guys at the desk were asking her for her id, which made her feel uncomfortable. I explained to them the situation. Then the next morning the waiter had to charge me Road$350 for my girlfriend's breakfast because she did not have a wristband.

[Member #2041]

You are right. The safe is $3/day. The wireless internet was $2/2 hours. Another guy told me he paid $6/24 hours. So I am not sure if the 2 hours run consecutively from when you first log on or if you can break it up into different sessions. I can tell you, however, that it was not worth a damn. That is why I have not posted any reports since. The internet there was soooooo slow that it was not worth even attempting to log on again. I will definitely stay here again though. I loved the location and the beach view.

Drawbacks:

1. Extremely slow internet at $2/2 hours (I'm talking pre-dial up; smoke signals were faster).

2. There is a motion sensor in the rooms that control the power. So, when you leave the room or you go to sleep, after so much time everything will shut off. It sux when you are trying to charge a laptop or phone or you want your a/c on all night while you are sleeping.

3. Towel situation: It seems they only have so many towels. I think they wash them as they take them from your room. So after they clean you won't have towels for a while. I got in good with the maid and got her to give me extras. Also the maid closet in the corridor on each floor stays unlocked, however the carts only have sheets on them, no towels.

4. My girlfriend, a non-pro, came from Santiago to stay with me. I asked the lady at the desk if she needed a wristband or anything. She said no. Saturday night when we came from the club the guys at the desk were asking her for her id, which made her feel uncomfortable. I explained to them the situation. Then the next morning the waiter had to charge me RD$350 for my girlfriend's breakfast because she did not have a wristband.

Thanks for the detail. This sort of information is invaluable. For me personally, I use a CPAP machine while sleeping, and this would simply be impossible without having uninterrupted electrical power overnight. I guess that I can scratch this place off of the list.

[Mr Enternational]

I made a reservation there for March and they were charging me $65 a night, after bargaining on the phone. Then I found out that I was going to be charged extra for the safety box and wi-fi. So I cancelled and made a new reservation at Terra Linda for the same cost but with everything included.

You are right. The safe is $3/day. The wireless internet was $2/2 hours. Another guy told me he paid $6/24 hours. So I am not sure if the 2 hours run consecutively from when you first log on or if you can break it up into different sessions. I can tell you, however, that it was not worth a damn. That is why I have not posted any reports since. The internet there was soooooo slow that it was not worth even attempting to log on again. I will definitely stay here again though. I loved the location and the beach view.

Drawbacks:

1. Extremely slow internet at $2/2 hours (I'm talking pre-dial up; smoke signals were faster).

2. There is a motion sensor in the rooms that control the power. So, when you leave the room or you go to sleep, after so much time everything will shut off. It sux when you are trying to charge a laptop or phone or you want your a/c on all night while you are sleeping.

3. Towel situation: It seems they only have so many towels. I think they wash them as they take them from your room. So after they clean you won't have towels for a while. I got in good with the maid and got her to give me extras. Also the maid closet in the corridor on each floor stays unlocked, however the carts only have sheets on them, no towels.

4. My girlfriend, a non-pro, came from Santiago to stay with me. I asked the lady at the desk if she needed a wristband or anything. She said no. Saturday night when we came from the club the guys at the desk were asking her for her id, which made her feel uncomfortable. I explained to them the situation. Then the next morning the waiter had to charge me RD$350 for my girlfriend's breakfast because she did not have a wristband.

[Coolie High]

Hey has anyone ever stayed at the Villa Brigette beach rentals. The link is below. I know Caribic_Monger co-sign on the place but was wondering if anybody else has stay there. I called them up and to rent out the 3 villas for week would only cost 2000 dollars total. That’s not bad at all. But is it to good to be true.

http://www.sosuarentals.com/bungalow.html

[Jaosousa]

When I sent an email to make reservations they told me it would cost $80, so I held off. I showed up without reservations and was able to get the $60 rate. And the girl at the mongering entrance desk told me that the $60 rate was because it is high season. She said in low season it will only cost $50. The rooms are good, especially with the sea view balcony, and the air conditioning works well. The bed is king size. You are supposed to use the mongering entrance which is close to the beach parking lot. If you have a car then you can just park it right in front of that entrance with no problem. There is a security guard there at night who will keep an eye on it. This is where I will be staying from now on in Sosua.

I stayed at the Sosua Bay Hotel many times, they have the big air conditioning units that sit on the floor on the inside near the balcony doors, not a bad idea to pull out the air cleaner filter and rinse it in the bathtub.

On my next trip down to the Dom Rep, I will probably bring with me one of those suction cup things that people use in the shower. I will attach it to the glass of one of the balcony doors to block the other door from opening. I don't trust any sliding balcony doors in the Dominican Republic. Some places like the casa marina have a metal pin that you can push through a hole in both doors to keep them from opening.

[Dw1987]

It seems they are all higher online .Kind of like renting a car.

I paid 55 cash last week Terra Linda.

[Member #4351]

I made a reservation there for March and they were charging me $65 a night, after bargaining on the phone. Then I found out that I was going to be charged extra for the safety box and wi-fi. So I cancelled and made a new reservation at Terra Linda for the same cost but with everything included.

[Helpmann]

When I sent an email to make reservations they told me it would cost $80, so I held off. I showed up without reservations and was able to get the $60 rate. And the girl at the mongering entrance desk told me that the $60 rate was because it is high season.

Thanks for the information.

-Helpmann

[Mr Enternational]

When I sent an email to make reservations they told me it would cost $80, so I held off. I showed up without reservations and was able to get the $60 rate. And the girl at the mongering entrance desk told me that the $60 rate was because it is high season. She said in low season it will only cost $50. The rooms are good, especially with the sea view balcony, and the air conditioning works well. The bed is king size. You are supposed to use the mongering entrance which is close to the beach parking lot. If you have a car then you can just park it right in front of that entrance with no problem. There is a security guard there at night who will keep an eye on it. This is where I will be staying from now on in Sosua.

[Ehunter]

I guess an explanation is necessary regarding the links.

There is a filter on this website against photo-bucket. Trying to post the unbroken link gets published with ******* and the link does not work. This website wants non-paying users to NOT have access to photos of girls so they have taken away the common photo housing sites from being accessed to show photos. So I broke up the links and know users here are smart enough to figure out what is going on.

[Member #4351]

Works fine. Thanks.

[Helpmann]

That GF hotel map link isn´t working for me. Is anyone else having problems?

The links have a space in the full address. Copy and paste the address, then delete the space and send.

-Helpmann

[Manizales911]

That GF hotel map link isn´t working for me. Is anyone else having problems?

Not working for me either.

[Member #4351]

That GF hotel map link isn´t working for me. Is anyone else having problems?

[Helpmann]

This map of girl friendly hotels corresponds to the hotel numbering in the text below:
http://s952.photo bucket.com/albums/ae2/ej_hoes/Sosua/sosua-map-changeable_current.jpg

Thanks! I hadn't seen this before.

-Helpmann