John A
Google
A Real Honest Review.
The Wyndham Alltra Playa Del Carmen is perfectly located for someone wanting to buy some souvenirs, experience some night life, or for someone planning to do a fishing charter.
The Resort:
- Staff is friendly
- Food is average overall.
- Location is excellent.
- Clean & spacious rooms.
- Stocked mini fridge, which gets restocked every day.
The Staff:
The staff was great, with the exception of the front desk staff & some of the bartenders.
The Bell Boys at the resort were amazing and more informative & helpful than any of the front desk staff.
"Gabriel" was amazing, helping us with whatever we needed or enquired about. Gabriel provided us with answers about the resort, as well as outside the resort & his English was amazing.
The front entrance security guard "Franco" was very pleasant & welcoming.
Franco provides a sense of hospitality & has a calming/ safe presence about him.
The best bartender in my opinion was Sebastian, who works at the upper pool.
He makes great drinks, which are not watered down like a lot of all inclusive resorts I've been to.
Our room cleaner was "Valentina" who did an amazing job of keeping our room clean. One of the best cleaners I've had in a very long time.
Cons:
The pools close very early, especially for being an adults only all inclusive resort.
The upper pool closes at 6:00pm, while the main pool closes at 8:30pm.
Most resorts I've been to in Mexico close at around 10:00pm - 10:30pm.
The front desk staff was horrible.
When we arrived at the resort, the person didn't properly greet us like what I'm typically used to from other resorts I've stayed at in Mexico.
The person who checked us in didn't provide us with a resort map, or explain where the a la carte restaurants were, or didn't explain what amenities are offered at the resort, or what entertainment was included to guests during our stay.
We arrived on a Sunday night & it wasn't until Wednesday afternoon that the Bell Boy "Gabriel" showed us where the amenities/ entertainment board was located in the resort.
To top off our check-in experience, two days before we left the resort we mentioned to the front desk that we'd like our shuttle to the airport to show up at around 2:00pm.
The person working the front desk said they don't arrange that for guests because they don't have anything to do with the airport. The person told us that we would need to arrange that ourselves & contact the airline directly, or contact our travel agent to arrange transportation back to the airport.
"This was the first time I have ever been told this at any resort I've ever been to".
Obviously I was upset about this because we paid for an all inclusive holiday, with transportion included. We're in a foreign country & now being told by the front desk to arrange our own way back to the airport.
We mentioned this to Gabriel in passing & he was able to help us yet again. Gabriel asked to see our booking information for our return trip home. He made a couple of phone calls & arranged our included transportation back to the airport.
Bottom Line:
The hotel is perfectly located in Playa Del Carmen & the staff are amazing, except for the front desk staff & some of the bartenders as previously mentioned.
I would consider coming back, especially because of the excellent location of the hotel & the wonderful staff like "Gabriel, Franco, Sebastian & Valentina" who really take pride in their work & make guests feel welcomed like your a family member.