Possible double occupancy required?
Gran Ventana
From $44 per person per night All Inclusive!
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The Gran Ventana at Playa Dorada
[QUOTE=Marc Anthony;1106407]The ventana link says $44 per person, probably assuming double occupancy, so $88 per couple. Plus tax of 16%.$14, so $102 per day for the couple all inclusive. I think this is a real rate and more or less covers their marginal costs and is a desperate effort to keep up occupancy. Because they are all about their fixed costs. If you don't stay in the room they still have to pay the cleaning staff. If you don't eat the buffet food they still have to put it out. Local generic rum and beer are pretty cheap and a few heavy drinkers average out...[/QUOTE]Nice job! That sounds about right. Since 2009, Orbitz has been pricing the Gran Ventana All-Inclusive Hotel at about US$95 to US$105 a night (double occupancy, off-season rate).
My girlfriend and I stayed at the Gran Ventana at Playa Dorada in November 2009. It's a very nice hotel. I was looking for a Playa Dorada hotel with a good reputation for good food and I found it in the Gran Ventana. The hotel has three restaurants and a buffet, which are all-inclusive in the price of the stay. Also, the service is very good and the rooms had been recently renovated (2008 or 2009) in two of the three wings.
-Helpmann