Puerto Rico or Aruba

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We love Puerto Rico and have been there several times with extended family -- kids from toddlers to teens have loved it! We always stay at Hyatt Dorado -- 40 mins. from San Juan, so easy day trip into the city or to El Yunque. The resort has all kinds of accommodations, but we've also rented privately-owned villas in the development associated with the resort (check HomeAway for listings). Villas are lovely -- spacious, and well-equipped, beautiful landscaping, etc. The development has its own pool, which is quiet and perfect for the little ones; older kids can do the pools at the resort, including lazy river. You can walk to the Hyatt beach -- tons of families. There are also tennis courts and you can gold at Hyatt course. Supermarket is nearby. Really, a fabulous vacation. And, no, PR isn't a "third-world country" (ouch, PP, are you actually trying to bring back the Ugly American?) -- really, several of the adults in our family have traveled extensively and lived in Africa, Asia and Central America, so we can say quite conclusively that Puerto Rico looks nothing like LDCs. No issue with safety there at all in our experience.

The Hyatt Dorado does not exist anymore. The property was sold and they are building a huge new Ritz Carlton property with really gorgeous houses. It will also have a huge water park. The only Hyatt property is the Haciendas Del Mar which is a residence club. Room availability depends on if people are renting their rooms.

http://www.hyatt.com/hyatt/reservations/flow1/corpWait.jsp?_DARGS=/hyatt/reservations/flow1/corpWait.jsp

http://www.doradobeach.com/


Dorado is really nice but not quite an easy 40 minute trip from the airport. The traffic getting out of San Juan can be pretty bad.

[Anonymous]

Also getting to El Yunque from Dorado is a pretty long trip. At least 40 mins to san Juan and an hour to hour half from San Juan to el yunque. So plan on 2 hours each way to get therre and back.